Just saw that xAI rolled out a paid tier for SuperGrok called SuperGrok Lite at $10 a month. Basically gives you access to Grok 3.5 if you're willing to pay, which makes sense - they're clearly pushing the better model behind a paywall.

Free users are stuck with Grok 3, but here's the catch: your queries get throttled and you lose a bunch of features. Like, pretty limited if you actually want to use it regularly. Meanwhile the paid SuperGrok Lite removes most of those restrictions, so it's clearly targeting people who actually need this stuff - researchers, content creators, professionals.

Not surprising honestly. Every AI service does this eventually. Wonder how many people will actually pay for it though. The $10 monthly price point seems reasonable enough for serious users, but Grok 3.5 has to actually be significantly better to justify the subscription.