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Grok vs Perplexity
Compare Grok vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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grok.com ↗ Perplexity
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Free tier
Free with X account, throttled
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
SuperGrok — $30/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Heavy — $300/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$5.00
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
256K Best
200K
Max output tokens
16K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
68% Best
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Math (AIME 2025)
75% Best
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
76% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1378 Best
1280
Features
Image input
✓
✓
Voice mode
Partial
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Web search
✓
✓
File upload
✓
✓
Image generation
✓
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Code execution
Partial
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Agent / tool use
Partial
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Persistent memory
Partial
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Grok
Real-time X data feed. Image gen via Aurora. Less guarded tone than other frontier models.
Perplexity
Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.
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