Grok
Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ga...
78
/100
Microsoft Copilot
Your AI companion
78
/100
Grok vs Microsoft Copilot
Detailed side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and performance
Comparing
Our Expert Verdict
RankTool's data-driven recommendation based on scores, features, and pricing.
Winner
Grok
by a narrow margin
For most users, both Grok and Microsoft Copilot are strong options. Grok edges ahead overall, while Microsoft Copilot may be better for specific workflows. Use the category winners and feature matrix below to decide.
💻
Best Coding
Microsoft Copilot
🎨
Best Creative
Grok
👥
Best for Teams
Grok
Overview
Complete side-by-side specs in one place.
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| RankScore™ | 78 /100 | 78 /100 |
| Category | AI Chatbots & Assistants | AI Chatbots & Assistants |
| Starting price | $30/month | $10/month |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| API available | ✓ | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Target user | individuals | individuals |
| Learning curve | Beginner | Beginner |
| Context window | Uses web and X search tools to retrieve current in... | — |
| Image generation | Supports image input for visual understanding task... | Creates AI-generated images from text prompts for... |
| Languages supported | ["German","English"], ["French","English"], ["Spanish","English"] | — |
| Launch year | 2023 | 2023 |
| Company | XAI | Microsoft |
| Funding | Public · $45 Billion+ | — |
| Team size | 5,400+ | — |
Pricing Comparison
Plan-by-plan breakdown with what's included at each tier.
Free
Grok
Free
Free
- ✓ Grok apps: Web, iOS, Android, and X where supported
- ✗ Grok 4.5 model
- ✓ Real-time web and X search: Limited
- ✓ Voice mode: Included
- ✗ Image generation
- ✗ Video generation
- ✓ Connectors: Included
- ✗ Grok Build CLI
- ✓ Usage capacity: Limited free usage
- ✗ Team administration
- ✓ Security and compliance: SOC 2 compliance Type I and II listed
- ✓ Support: Community support
- ✗ API access: Separate xAI API account required
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot Free
Free
- ✓ AI chat: Included
- ✓ Web-grounded answers: Included
- ✓ Image creation: Available when signed in
- ✓ Chat history: Available when signed in
- ✓ Longer conversations: Available when signed in
- ✓ Voice interaction: Available when signed in
- ✗ Microsoft 365 desktop apps with Copilot
- ✗ Higher usage for select Copilot features
- ✗ Higher usage for AI image creation
- ✗ AI-generated audio
- ✗ Visual AI assistance
- ✗ Use Copilot with work files in select apps
- ✗ Microsoft Teams video calling with Copilot
- ✗ Cloud storage
- ✓ Multiple device access: Web, desktop, mobile, and Edge access available
- ✗ Family sharing
- ✗ Advanced AI agents
- ✗ Exclusive advanced Copilot features
- ✗ Video editor with 4K export
- ✗ Identity, data, and device security
- ✗ Free trial
Plus / Pro
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 Personal
$9.99/month
- ✓ AI chat: Included
- ✓ Web-grounded answers: Included
- ✓ Image creation: Included
- ✓ Chat history: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Longer conversations: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Voice interaction: Included with signed-in account
- ✓ Microsoft 365 desktop apps with Copilot: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook desktop apps with Microsoft Copilot
- ✓ Higher usage for select Copilot features: Higher than free
- ✓ Higher usage for AI image creation: Higher than free
- ✓ AI-generated audio: Select Copilot features; English only
- ✓ Visual AI assistance: Screen or camera questions in supported experiences
- ✓ Use Copilot with work files in select apps: Select apps
- ✓ Microsoft Teams video calling with Copilot: All-day video calling and Copilot in Teams
- ✓ Cloud storage: 1 TB
- ✓ Multiple device access: Use on PCs, Macs, phones, and tablets; sign into five devices at once
- ✗ Family sharing
- ✗ Advanced AI agents
- ✗ Exclusive advanced Copilot features
- ✓ Video editor with 4K export: 4K export, brand kits, filters, and effects
- ✓ Identity, data, and device security: Included
- ✓ Free trial: 1 month
Team
Grok
Business
$30/month
- ✓ Grok apps: Business workspace access
- ✓ Grok 4.5 model: Included
- ✓ Real-time web and X search: Included
- ✓ Voice mode: Voice listed
- ✓ Image generation: Imagine listed
- ✓ Video generation: Included through Imagine where available
- ✓ Connectors: Included
- ✓ Grok Build CLI: Included
- ✓ Usage capacity: Increased rate limits
- ✓ Team administration: Team and seat management, consolidated billing, RBAC, domain verification, user analytics
- ✓ Security and compliance: SOC 2 Type I and II, no training, custom data retention, advanced audit and security controls
- ✓ Support: Business support; dedicated onboarding not listed for Business
- ✗ API access: Separate xAI API account required unless covered by a custom contract
Enterprise
Grok
Enterprise
Custom
- ✓ Grok apps: Enterprise workspace access
- ✓ Grok 4.5 model: Included
- ✓ Real-time web and X search: Included
- ✓ Voice mode: Voice listed
- ✓ Image generation: Imagine listed
- ✓ Video generation: Included through Imagine where available
- ✓ Connectors: Included
- ✓ Grok Build CLI: Included
- ✓ Usage capacity: Custom rate limits and volume pricing available
- ✓ Team administration: Team management, consolidated billing, custom RBAC, domain verification, user analytics, advanced user and access management
- ✓ Security and compliance: SOC 2 Type I and II, no training, custom retention, custom SSO, SCIM, advanced audit controls, customer-managed encryption keys, application-level encryption, dedicated data plane
- ✓ Support: Dedicated onboarding and ongoing support
- ✓ API access: Custom API, rate limit, invoice, and support options may be available through sales
Monthly cost for a 5-person team
Grok: $150/month
Microsoft Copilot: $50/month
Feature Matrix
Grouped capabilities — see who has what at a glance.
Core Features 2 features — Grok: 0/2 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/2
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Conversational AI Assistant
Provides a chat interface for answering...
✗
Conversational AI Chat
✗
Responds to natural-language questions a...
AI Capabilities 6 features — Grok: 0/6 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/6
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Reasoning Models
Offers Grok models designed for reasonin...
✗
Image Generation
Includes Imagine capabilities for genera...
Creates AI-generated images from text pr...
Video Generation
Supports video generation through the Im...
✗
xAI API
Lets developers access Grok models and m...
✗
AI Content Creation Across Formats
✗
Can help create images, videos, document...
Privacy Controls for Training
✗
Provides user-facing controls to manage...
Integrations 1 features — Grok: 0/1 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/1
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 App Integration
✗
Adds Copilot capabilities to apps such a...
Privacy & Security 1 features — Grok: 0/1 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/1
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Enterprise Security Controls
Enterprise features can include SSO, SCI...
✗
Developer Features 4 features — Grok: 0/4 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/4
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Voice API
Provides APIs for real-time voice agents...
✗
Grok Build CLI
Provides a command-line workflow for bui...
✗
Agent Tools API
Adds tools such as search, files search,...
✗
Structured Outputs and Function Calling
The API supports structured outputs and...
✗
Other 12 features — Grok: 0/12 · Microsoft Copilot: 0/12
Feature
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Real-Time Web and X Search
Uses web and X search tools to retrieve...
✗
Writing Assistance
✗
Helps draft, rewrite, summarize, and imp...
Image Input
Supports image input for visual understa...
✗
Voice Interaction
✗
Supports voice-based interaction in Copi...
Desktop Apps
✗
Provides Copilot access through Windows...
Mobile Apps
✗
Offers Copilot access on iOS and Android...
File and Information Search
✗
In Microsoft 365 Copilot app experiences...
Copilot Pages and Notebooks
✗
Supports organizing content and moving p...
Files and Collections Search
Supports document and collection-based s...
✗
Web and Browser Access
✗
Runs in a browser through copilot.micros...
Business Workspaces
Provides dedicated team workspaces with...
✗
Team Administration
Business and enterprise plans include te...
✗
Who Should Use What
Pick the tool that matches your workflow.
Choose Grok if you…
- Best for users who want a general AI assistant with real-time web and X search
- chat
- coding help
- media generation
- and voice capabilities. It is also suitable for developers and business teams that want access to xAI models through APIs
Choose Microsoft Copilot if you…
- Best for individuals
- students
- and Microsoft 365 users who want a conversational AI assistant for everyday questions
- writing
- brainstorming
Ratings Breakdown
All 8 RankScore dimensions compared side-by-side.
Grok
Microsoft Copilot
Decision scores
Five-dimension breakdown from expert reviews and verified user ratings (1–10 scale).
Grok
Decision score
Expert + user ratings blended per dimension (1–10 scale)
5.0
Overall / 5★ search score
Privacy/Security
5.0
Microsoft Copilot
Decision score
Expert + user ratings blended per dimension (1–10 scale)
5.0
Overall / 5★ search score
Privacy/Security
5.0
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