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X has reportedly raised its + subscription price to $50 (roughly Rs. 4,350) a month in the US. 1v2op

Written by David Delima | Updated: 18 February 2025 18:27 IST

X + Subscription Price Reportedly Hiked Hours After Grok 3 AI Model Launch

The social media platform had previously raised + subscription prices in December 2024 6a18k

Highlights

The new prices are said to be reflected on X’s page
There are reportedly some inconsistencies in the pricing
xAI claimed that Grok 3 outperforms GPT-4o on several benchmarks

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X (formerly Twitter) has reportedly hiked the prices of its X + subscription — the highest subscription tier on the microblogging platform. The price of + on X has currently been hiked in the US. As per a report, the price increase was rolled out hours after Elon Musk's xAI introduced the Grok 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Customers will effectively pay twice the price of the older subscription cost. The price hike only affects the highest subscription tier, and the Basic and tiers are currently available at the same price. Notably, the platform has also announced another Super Grok subscription.

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According to a TechCrunch report, X has hiked the price for the + subscription plan to almost $50 (roughly Rs. 4,350) per month in the US, doubling it from the previous $22 (roughly Rs. 1,900) per month. The annual price is also said to be increased to $350 (roughly Rs. 30,400).

The publication states that the new prices were mentioned on the social media platform's page in the US, but adds that there are several inconsistencies in the pricing. While testing out the new pricing, the publication's reporters were offered a monthly price of $39.83 (roughly Rs. 3,460) or $477.95 (roughly Rs. 41,560) annually. However, the final check-out page was charging $395 (roughly Rs. 34,350). When Gadgets 360 staff checked the page, the price of X + was still listed at $22 a month.

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If true, this would mark the second price hike for the particular tier in the last three months. In December 2024, the platform raised the + subscription plan's price from $16 (roughly Rs. 1,400) a month to $22 per month. This change was also reflected in India where the subscription's price went up from Rs. 1,300 a month or Rs. 13,600 a year to Rs. 1,525 per month or Rs. 18,300 annually.

It is possible that the company is conducting A/B testing with the pricing across various channels to gauge the reaction of consumers. However, so far the prices in India have not been updated, and they are currently listed at the same hiked prices introduced last December.

Notably, the reported price hike was spotted just hours after the Grok 3 AI models were released. The new models come with features such as chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning, DeepSearch, and voice mode.

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