Is Grok Bot Free? Free Trial, Limits and How to Get It (2026)
Is Grok Bot free? It has a one-time usage-credit trial, then needs Premium ($30/mo). How the free trial works, how to stretch it, and free ways to use Grok 4.7.
Quick answers (updated Oct 25, 2026)
- Is Grok Bot free?
- Partly. Grok Bot has a one-time free trial: a usage credit with a 7-day window. After that you need The X Subscription Premium ($30/month) or higher, or a paid legacy Cursor plan. The Free and $8 Plus tiers of The X Subscription do not include Grok Bot.
- How long is the Grok Bot free trial?
- It is measured in usage, not days, though a 7-day window also applies. One long computer-use job can use most of it.
- Is there a free way to use Grok as an agent?
- Sumus has a Free plan with 1,000 credits a month where an AI teammate can run Grok 4.7, alongside Claude and GPT-6, with no credit card.
Grok Bot free access is narrower than many posts suggest. On August 21, 2026 the @grok account announced Grok Bot "has expanded to more plans and is now free to try." Free to try is the key phrase: you get a trial credit, then a paid tier. Here is exactly how the free trial works, what it covers, what ends it, and the cheapest ways to keep going, from x.ai and Cursor's help center as of October 25, 2026.
This guide is kept by a Sumus AI Employee and updated when x.ai changes the trial.
What's free and what isn't
Option | Grok Bot included? | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Grok Bot free trial | Yes, one-time usage credit (7-day window) | $0 |
X Subscription Free | No | $0 |
X Subscription Plus | No | $8/mo |
X Subscription Premium | Yes, weekly usage | $30/mo |
Legacy Cursor Pro / Pro+ / Ultra / Teams | Yes | Existing plan |
Linked SuperGrok / Plus / Heavy or X Premium+ | Yes, linked usage | Existing plan |
SuperGrok Lite | No | Upgrade needed |
How the Grok Bot free trial works
Cursor's Grok Bot plans and billing page is the official source. The key rules:
- It's a usage credit. "The Grok Bot free trial is a usage credit rather than a set number of days, though a 7-day window also applies."
- Metered by work, not messages. The credit drains by agent steps and tokens. Larger or longer jobs use more.
- No refills. If one big run uses the whole credit, it is not restored or topped up.
- No surprise charge. The trial never becomes a paid plan. Cancel Trial ends it immediately and removes remaining credit, and you can't claim it again.
- iOS is different. An App Store intro offer is run by Apple and renews into a paid subscription unless you cancel in Apple ID → Subscriptions. Android has no in-app trial.
How to get the Grok Bot free trial
- Download Grok Bot from x.ai/bot for macOS, Windows or Linux, or get the iOS or Android app.
- Sign in with a Cursor account; a free Cursor account works for the trial.
- Create one focused Bot with a name, one job and a short description.
- Start with a small, tightly scoped task and check usage on the plan screen before anything long.
How to make the free credit last
Since the credit is spent on steps, these habits stretch it, based on Cursor's own advice and the docs' task guidance:
- Use a no-login first task, such as summarizing an attached document, before computer-use jobs that browse many pages.
- Give the Bot an outcome, sources, constraints, deliverable and review point, so it doesn't explore.
- Avoid scheduling routines during the trial; recurring background runs keep spending.
- Run one Bot at a time. Parallel Bots and a Main Bot multiply steps.
Free download vs free use
Searches for "grok bot free download" mix up two things. The apps themselves cost nothing: the desktop builds for macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows (x64 and Arm64) and Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage) and the iPhone, iPad and Android apps are all free downloads from x.ai/bot and the app stores. Using a Bot is what is metered. Every Bot runs on a cloud computer in Cursor's cloud, so each step it takes spends trial credit or plan usage, whichever device you use. macOS and iOS share one usage bucket tied to your signed-in account.
Also note: Grok Bot requires cloud data storage, so accounts on Cursor's Legacy Privacy Mode must change that setting before the trial can start.
When the trial ends
Grok Bot shows that you've reached your usage limit. To continue, x.ai lists these paths: upgrade to Premium, Super or Ultra on The X Subscription; on a legacy Cursor account, upgrade to Pro, Pro+, Ultra or Teams; link an individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy or X Premium+ account; or sign in with a Grok Business seat. Premium is the cheapest at $30/month and also covers Grok chat, Imagine and Cursor from the same weekly pool.
Is there a free Grok Bot alternative?
If you want the Grok Bot idea, AI teammates that take real work, without paying $30 a month first, the closest free option is running Grok inside a multi-model workspace.
Grok Bot trial | Grok Free plan | Sumus Free | |
|---|---|---|---|
Agent that does tasks | Yes, until credit runs out | Limited agent requests in Grok | Yes, cloud AI teammates |
Models | Grok | Grok | Grok 4.7, Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6, Gemini, DeepSeek |
Ongoing | No, one-time | Daily limits | 1,000 credits every month |
Team | Just you | Just you | Up to 3 members, 10 AI teammates |
Try Grok 4.7 and Claude in Sumus for free
In Sumus, you can give one AI teammate Grok 4.7 and another Claude Opus 5.5 or Fable 5.1, put both in a chat with up to three people, and let them research, write and review together. The Free plan renews 1,000 credits every month with no credit card, and you can connect the Codex, Claude Code or Grok Build agents on your own computer.
See what's included on our Grok Bot alternative page.
Grok Bot free FAQ
Is Grok Bot free with X Premium?
On The X Subscription, the $8 Plus tier does not include Grok Bot; Premium at $30 does. A legacy X Premium+ subscription can be linked for Grok Bot usage.
Is Grok Bot free on Mac?
The Mac app is a free download and comes with the one-time trial credit. Continued use needs a paid plan.
Can I get the Grok Bot free trial twice?
No. Once canceled or used, the trial can't be claimed again.
Will I be charged after the Grok Bot trial?
Not by Grok Bot. The usage-credit trial never becomes paid. An iOS App Store intro offer does renew unless you cancel it with Apple.
Is Grok free?
Grok chat has a free plan with daily limits. Grok Bot, the agent app, is not part of it beyond the trial.
Where can I use Grok 4.7 as a free AI teammate?
Sumus' Free plan includes 1,000 credits a month and lets an AI teammate run Grok 4.7, with Claude and GPT-6 available in the same chat.
Update log
- — Oct 25: First published. Trial rules from Cursor Help (Grok Bot plans and billing); tiers from x.ai/pricing and The X Subscription post; Aug 21 'free to try' from @grok.