Grok vs Together AI
A feature-by-feature comparison of Grok and Together AI across 7 capability categories.
Modalities — Grok Wins
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Text Input | Yes. Core feature | Yes, requires free plan. Serverless inference and playground take chat/completions text. |
Image Upload / Vision | Yes | Unknown. Vision on hosted models was not confirmed on the marketing homepage. |
Image Generation | Yes | Unknown. Together is inference/GPU cloud. Image model hosting was not on the homepage snippet. |
Voice Mode | No | No. Not a conversational voice product. |
Video Understanding | No | No. Not a video-analysis product. |
Video Generation | No. Not a video generation product. | No. Not a video generation product. |
File Upload (PDF, DOCX) | No | No. Chat/completions, not a PDF uploader. |
Code Execution | No | Yes, requires plus plan. Code sandboxes are listed on the product page. |
Audio Input | No | Unknown. Speech endpoints were not on the homepage snippet. |
Canvas / Artifact Editor | No | No. Playground, not a canvas. |
Screen Sharing / Computer Use | No | No. No computer-use product. |
Memory & Context — Tie
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Persistent Memory | No | No. Stateless inference. You keep history. |
Large Context Window | Partial. Standard context | Unknown. Depends on the open model you host. No single Together window on the homepage. |
Custom Instructions | No | Yes, requires free plan. System prompts in the API. |
Conversation History | Yes | Partial. Playground/console history. The API is stateless. |
Integrations — Grok Wins
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Web Search / Browsing | Yes. Real-time focus | No. Not a search product. |
Plugins / Extensions | No | Partial. Endpoints, batch, dedicated clusters. Not a GPT plugin store. |
API Access | Yes, requires pro plan | Yes, requires free plan. Inference API, fine-tuning, GPU cloud. Usage billing, not a seat. |
Zapier Integration | Yes. Zapier lists Grok by xAI as an official app. Zaps can Ask Grok, categorize text, extract fields from text or images, and generate images from a prompt. | Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked. |
Custom GPTs / Bots | No | No. No GPT store. |
Real-time Collaboration | No | No. No multiplayer chat. |
Live Social Data Integration | Yes. Real-time X data | No. No live social firehose. |
Live Citation Mapping | No. Not a cited-search product. |
Developer — Grok Wins
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Function Calling | Yes. The xAI API supports function calling: you define custom tools and Grok returns tool-call requests for your app to execute, alongside built-in tools such as web search, X search, and code interpreter. | Unknown. Tool use on hosted models was not confirmed on the homepage. |
Streaming Responses | Yes. The xAI API streams Grok text output over Server-Sent Events. Set stream: true on chat completions; all text-capable Grok models support it, including grok-4.6. | Yes, requires plus plan. Serverless inference streams tokens. Research kernels (FlashAttention) are the latency pitch. |
Fine-Tuning | No | Yes, requires plus plan. Fine-tuning is a listed product next to inference and GPU cloud. |
Embeddings API | No | Unknown. An embeddings endpoint was not confirmed on the homepage. |
Structured Output (JSON) | No | Unknown. JSON mode was not confirmed on the homepage. |
Reasoning / Thinking Mode | Yes. Auto populated | Unknown. You can host reasoning open models. No Together Deep Think toggle. |
Local Execution | No. Cloud GPUs / serverless. Not on your laptop. | |
Open Weights | Partial. Inference cloud for open models. Together’s serving stack is not a weight release. | |
Multi-Agent Orchestration | Yes. Four-agent backend | No. You orchestrate in your app. |
Platforms — Grok Wins
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Web App | Yes | Yes, requires free plan. together.ai console. |
iOS App | Yes. Via X app | No. No iOS app. |
Android App | Yes. Via X app | No. No Android app. |
Desktop App | No | No. No desktop app. |
Chrome Extension | No | No. No Chrome extension. |
Privacy — Grok Wins
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
GDPR Compliant | Yes | Unknown. Needs a current DPA read. |
Opt Out of Data Training | No | Unknown. Training use of prompts was not checked. |
Enterprise Privacy Mode | No | Unknown. Dedicated endpoints exist; enterprise contract terms were not on the homepage. |
Workspaces — Tie
| Feature | Grok | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
Projects / Folders | No | No. No consumer project product. |