The X Subscription combines Grok and Cursor with new billing rules
SpaceXSI announced The X Subscription on October 12, bringing Grok, Cursor and X into a single plan family. New customers can sign up now, according to the company. Existing subscribers are being offered the option to switch over the coming days, as the rollout expands globally.
The change carries an important cost distinction for Cursor users. Models from other providers are available on Premium and higher tiers and are excluded from the included allowance. Their use draws on prepaid additional credits from the first request, making the choice of model central to what a customer will actually spend.
The announcement follows the earlier XPASS report, which left final pricing and migration rules unconfirmed.
What the plans include
The published monthly prices are $8 for Plus, $30 for Premium, $100 for Super and $200 for Ultra, before applicable sales tax. A free tier offers limited access. Premium, Super and Ultra provide four, 15 and 50 times the base Plus allowance respectively.
Grok Bot is included from Premium upward. The $8 Plus plan excludes it. Teams can buy Premium, Super or Ultra at the same monthly price per seat and mix tiers within one team. Plus is unavailable for teams. X benefits require connecting a personal X account.
One allowance across products
The usage documentation describes a weekly allowance for each paid seat, shared across eligible Grok and Cursor activity. Different activities consume that balance at different rates. Further eligible usage becomes paid additional usage once the included balance runs out.
Team members each have their own weekly allowance. They share the workspace balance for purchased additional usage, rather than pooling their included allocations. That distinction matters when one person spends heavily on coding while another primarily uses Grok.
The spending controls also separate prepaid credit from a monthly cap on additional usage. Reaching that cap can stop paid usage even if credits remain. Automatic credit replenishment is optional and switching plans does not enable it. Leaving the spending cap unset means there is no cap.
Switching deserves a careful check
Existing customers can keep their current plans, prices and features for now unless they change or cancel. The company says remaining customers will eventually migrate with advance notice, but has not announced a timetable. However, the account documentation says completed account unification is permanent and support cannot reverse it. Eligible accounts move into one subscription, workspace and bill.
The billing route also matters. A Cursor subscription purchased through Apple is not automatically cancelled or refunded when the customer switches. It must be cancelled through Apple to prevent continued billing. The documentation distinguishes that case from eligible directly billed subscriptions, which receive a refund for unused time.
The practical comparison is the total cost of the products and models someone uses. Higher tiers still exclude other providers from the included allowance. ByteForward has not tested account migration or measured usage consumption.
Illustrative coding photograph by Christopher Gower on Unsplash. Used under the Unsplash License.
