xAI has folded Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, and X Premium into a single plan. One bill now covers the chat model, a coding agent, and your X account, but the cheapest path isn't automatically the one you want.
What The X Subscription Bundles Together
xAI launched The X Subscription on October 12, merging four products that used to be paid for separately. Grok handles chat, voice, image, and video generation. Grok Bot is a cloud-based assistant that can work across tasks. Cursor is the coding tool that runs both locally and in the cloud. X Premium covers the verified badge, creator tools, and ad-free browsing on X.
The pitch is a single subscription instead of a stack of them. One plan covers thinking through a problem, building it, and shipping it. The whole thing rolls out globally over the days after launch, according to xAI.
The concrete change is a shared usage pool. Instead of separate caps for each product, Grok and Cursor draw from the same weekly allowance on paid tiers. For anyone paying for both, that squashes the guesswork about which app was eating the budget.
The X Subscription Pricing Tiers
Five tiers make up the lineup, starting at free and climbing to the top end. The free tier costs nothing. Plus lands at $8 a month, Premium at $30, Super at $100, and Ultra at $200.
Premium is the tier xAI leans on in its messaging. The company says it bundles what used to be SuperGrok, Cursor Pro, and X Premium+, which it says added up to about $90 a month when bought separately. That's a large cut on paper.
Super and Ultra add priority access to Grok models during peak hours. Both carry larger allowances. xAI says Ultra comes with 20 times the quota of the Plus tier. These higher figures come from the company and from press coverage of the launch, not from independent testing.
Where the bundle wins
- You already pay for Grok, Cursor, and X Premium separately
- You use Grok models as your main coding assistant
- You want one dashboard and one bill for teams
Where it doesn't
- You only use Cursor and rarely touch Grok or X
- You lean on third-party models inside Cursor
- You want to keep an existing plan that already fits
The Shared Usage Pool and the Coding Multiplier
The shared pool is the mechanic that makes the bundle work, and it's also where the fine print lives. On paid tiers, your Grok and Cursor usage come out of the same weekly allowance, which refreshes each week.
xAI says coding usage on its own models is at least double what the comparable standalone Cursor tier would give you. So if you code mostly with Grok models, the bundle hands you more headroom than paying for Cursor alone.
That perk doesn't carry over to other companies' models, the ones built by other labs. Third-party models inside Cursor are billed separately at API rates. Only Premium and higher tiers get access to them. In plain terms, the shared pool covers xAI's own models and leaves everyone else's out of it.
For a heavy Cursor user who leans on non-xAI models, that's the catch. The bundle can lower your fixed monthly cost while doing nothing about the pay-as-you-go part.
Switching From an Existing Cursor or Grok Plan
xAI is keeping the older standalone plans alive for the moment. Current SuperGrok, Cursor, or X Premium subscribers can stay where they're at or move to the new structure. The company says it will eventually migrate the remaining users but hasn't set a date, and it says switching is voluntary with notice up front.
The switch itself lives in your account's billing settings. xAI says it's rolling the option out gradually, and when it appears you link your X, Grok, and Cursor accounts. The system then suggests a tier based on what you already pay for. Cursor users get their own migration page.
Refunds are handled by the day. When you switch, xAI credits the unused days of your old plan, and annual subscribers keep every day they've already paid for, with nothing changing until the current cycle ends. A limited-time offer rides along, but the exact amount only shows up in your billing page.
Should You Move to The X Subscription
The math depends on what you were already paying. Were you buying SuperGrok, Cursor Pro, and X Premium+ as three separate subscriptions? If so, and you used all three, the Premium tier is worth pricing out carefully. That's the case the bundle was built for.
If you only pay for Cursor, or you mostly use free chat tools, or you burn through third-party models all day, the merged plan may not save you anything. The fixed cost drops, but per-use charges don't disappear.
A few checks help before you commit. List every AI subscription you're renewing and its next charge date. Mark the features you actually open three or more times a week. Add up any third-party model top-ups and tax on top of the sticker price. Then hold off on canceling your old plans, because the switch entry point isn't live for everyone yet, and jumping early can leave a gap in service. Move once the billing toggle appears, and let the pro-rated credit do its job.
