Electricity Bench

Kimi Allegro vs SuperGrok Plus

Kimi Allegro is for daily use of an open-weight model you already like; SuperGrok Plus is for people who want Grok plus live X search in one subscription. SuperGrok Plus costs $100/mo, 1x Kimi Allegro's $99/mo.

Our verdict

The Moonshot AI ladder. Every Kimi tier runs the same open-weight K3 on the same credit mechanics, and the rungs are credit multiples of the $19 tier (roughly 2x, 5x and 10x its allowance). Pick a rung by how much you will use; the model is identical everywhere.

The xAI ladder. It splits at $30. Lite, below that, is chat only; from SuperGrok up every rung runs the same Grok CLI and model. xAI publishes no usage multiples, so we cannot say what a bigger rung buys beyond "more". The one feature only this ladder sells is live X search, and only SuperGrok Plus has it.

Kimi Allegro is for daily use of an open-weight model you already like; SuperGrok Plus is for people who want Grok plus live X search in one subscription.

SuperGrok Plus costs $100/mo, 1x Kimi Allegro's $99/mo.

We have not measured Kimi Allegro on its own plan; its card below points at the closest graded evidence.

We have not measured SuperGrok Plus on its own plan; its card below points at the closest graded evidence.

Moonshot AI

Kimi Allegro

$99/mo per kimi.com/pricing, 2026-08-12

The right tier for a daily Kimi habit, arriving at the wrong moment. Five times the credits sounds like the fix, but the thing that changed is the model: K3 does less than it did, and $99 of a weaker model is still a weaker model.

Pros

  • Five times the entry-tier credits
  • Enough allowance for daily use

Cons

  • Buying volume does not fix the model
  • Heavy use still burns credits quickly

Best for Daily use of an open-weight model you already like.

How far it goes: we have not measured this plan

No graded Kimi subject at the moment; see the leaderboard for graded alternatives.

The leaderboard lists every plan we do grade.

xAI

SuperGrok Plus

$100/mo per x.ai/grok, 2026-08-12

The one thing on this page you cannot buy anywhere else is X: live search over posts is part of the plan, and if your work runs on what people are saying right now, that alone can justify the $100. As a coding subscription it inherits Grok 4.6 and its speed problem.

Pros

  • Live X search, which no other plan here has
  • Higher limits than the $30 tier
  • The same Grok CLI as the $30 tier

Cons

  • xAI states no usage multiple, so the extra $70 is unquantified
  • The coding agent is the slow 4.6

Best for People who want Grok plus live X search in one subscription.

How far it goes: we have not measured this plan

Same Grok CLI as SuperGrok with a bigger allowance - the SuperGrok scorecard is the closest evidence.

The leaderboard lists every plan we do grade.

Verdicts and prices are the quiz's versioned editorial catalog, last reviewed 2026-08-20; usage figures come from our own published runs and stay a share of each plan's own allowance. Any other pair composes on the subscription comparison, and the quiz turns your answers into a recommendation.

Frequently asked questions

Which should I pick, Kimi Allegro or SuperGrok Plus?

Kimi Allegro is for daily use of an open-weight model you already like; SuperGrok Plus is for people who want Grok plus live X search in one subscription.

How much do Kimi Allegro and SuperGrok Plus cost?

Kimi Allegro costs $99/month (public price as of 2026-08-12); SuperGrok Plus costs $100/month (public price as of 2026-08-12).