# Grok Bot is too expensive to run daily

*17 October 2026 · Grok, AI agents, Subscriptions, Codex*

I seem to find it rather difficult using Grok [@bot](https://x.com/bot). On a premium+ subscription, for menial tasks, a few research queries get quota exhausted. In just 2 days. I topped it with $20, thinking that it should be enough to sail things through. Not to my surprise, this quota was exhausted within a few hours.

While paying the fair price is the absolute approach, the bot is just too expensive to operate on a daily basis.

PS. It is not yet used for code; I continue to use Codex, which is my daily driver. Going by the current costs, I think the bot can never be my go-to.

PSS. I have started to pass the same tasks to my Dot, and it just works with no overage.

I have a feeling Grok Bot is a bubble.

![Phone usage screen showing 9% of the weekly SuperGrok limit used, the weekly Grok Bot limit at 100% with an Upgrade button, and $0.00 in extra usage credits.](https://cdn.mohit.dev/2111310596859969825/image)

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