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Grok 4
by xAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDFAST ANSWERSCODING HELPMATH SOLVERRESEARCH HELP
RANKED #104 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #138 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.7 · 2,710 VOICES ·
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A fast text model for everyday coding, math, and research tasks.
HAPPY7.7
227 mentions
SAD7.3
264 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 2,122 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. xAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Grok 4 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.9
GLM 5.2 504BZhipuTop tier coding and long context reasoning at a fraction of closed frontier costs.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT2.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8
DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekDelivers deep reasoning and coding comparable to flagship proprietary models.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT4.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.1Motif 3Motif TechnologiesOpen weight 314B general purpose MoE suited for complex everyday assistant tasks.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE6.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love Grok 4 for its blazing fast speed, strong coding performance, and great value for the price. However, some complain that it can make things up or refuse requests more often than desired.
1546 POSTS · 1164 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · OTHER FORUMS · X · LEMMY · GITHUB · DEV.TO · BLOG · DEV FORUMS
PEOPLE LOVE
- Answers come back fast (7 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (4 mentions)
- Popular for coding help (5 mentions)
- Rarely refuses reasonable requests (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (9 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Getting facts rightMIXED FEELINGS
6 thumbs up · 9 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
7 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
4 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Help with codePEOPLE LOVE THIS
5 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchMOSTLY POSITIVE
3 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- Long conversationsPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“Solving AI hallucinations according to ChatGPT-5 and Grok 4.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Grok 4 Fast Impressive performance - Gemini 2.5 pro level.”
- FROM BLUESKY >
“xAI Grok 4 → math/research powerhouse, blazing fast & dirt cheap Chinese pack (DeepSeek R1/V3, Qwen 3, GLM-4) → insane .”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Grok 4 fast Reasoning Is amazing in vscodes Kilo Code extension.”
- FROM GITHUB >
“cursor: effort-less Grok 4.5/4.6 requests are clamped to -low and refused by plans that include the model at a fixed tier.”
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- REDDIT · 2025-11-20 · 4391 UPVOTESGrok made to glaze Elon Musk
Grok made to glaze Elon Musk
- REDDIT · 2025-07-10 · 3291 UPVOTESTruth-maximizing Grok has to check with Elon first
Truth-maximizing Grok has to check with Elon first
- REDDIT · 2025-07-13 · 2985 UPVOTESGrok says its surname is Hitler
Grok says its surname is Hitler
- REDDIT · 2025-07-11 · 2901 UPVOTESIf you ask Grok about politics, it first searches for Elon's views
If you ask Grok about politics, it first searches for Elon's views
- X · 2026-08-20 · 2435 UPVOTESI thought the growth of Cursor was insane, but Grok @Bot is blowing me away. This feels like something special. Will be
I thought the growth of Cursor was insane, but Grok @Bot is blowing me away. This feels like something special. Will be
- REDDIT · 2025-07-09 · 1310 UPVOTESNew logo for Grok 4
New logo for Grok 4
- REDDIT · 2025-07-10 · 820 UPVOTESElon Musk: "[Grok 4] Works better than Cursor."
Elon Musk: "[Grok 4] Works better than Cursor."
- REDDIT · 2025-07-14 · 738 UPVOTESThe Pentagon Will Now Start Using Musk's Grok
The Pentagon Will Now Start Using Musk's Grok
- REDDIT · 2025-07-12 · 697 UPVOTESGrok 4 has the highest "snitch rate" of any LLM ever released
Grok 4 has the highest "snitch rate" of any LLM ever released
- REDDIT · 2025-07-13 · 576 UPVOTESGrok says its surname is Hitler
Grok says its surname is Hitler
- REDDIT · 2025-07-17 · 501 UPVOTESGrok is #1 in Japan, likely due to Companions feature
Grok is #1 in Japan, likely due to Companions feature
- REDDIT · 2025-07-04 · 361 UPVOTESGrok 4 and Grok 4 Code benchmark results leaked
Grok 4 and Grok 4 Code benchmark results leaked