Grok 4.3 Review: The $300 Mode That Could Not Build the File
Grok 4.3’s real edge is live X data, and at $30 a month that is most of what justifies paying over the free tier. The $300 tier is a harder sell.
Grok 4.3’s real edge is live X data, and at $30 a month that is most of what justifies paying over the free tier. The $300 tier is a harder sell.
Anthropic and OpenAI converged on identical $20, $100, and $200 tiers in April 2026. The pricing pages mirrored. The math did not. ChatGPT Pro $100 burned through in 24 hours. Claude Max 5x held at 91% on parallel work. This review unpacks the Capacity Asymmetry between the two $100 tiers. Four months Claude, six months ChatGPT. The wrong question is “Claude vs ChatGPT.” The right question is which envelope fits your work.
We tested all three so you don’t have to.