Is Grok 4 Worth $30/mo? (Full Test)

Is Grok 4 Worth $30/mo? (Full Test)

Marketing Against The Grain · 2025-07-15

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Ep. 343

Is Grok 4 really the smartest AI model?

Kipp and Kieran dive into the hype, hands-on tests, and real-world marketing applications of Elon Musk’s latest AI release. Learn more on what makes Grok 4 different from other models, explore creative ways marketers and founders can use Grok’s X data access, and put Grok 4 up against OpenAI’s O3 in live marketing challenges to see which delivers the best results for content creation and campaign planning.

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Grok 4 https://x.ai/news/grok-4




Chat GPT Pro https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pro/




Gemini https://gemini.google.com/




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Marketing Against The Grain

Kipp Bodnar (HubSpot’s CMO) and Kieran Flanagan (Hubspot's SVP of Marketing), lead you down the rabbit hole of marketing trends, growth tactics and innovation. On the way you’ll pick up undiscovered strategies to give you that slight edge for success. These are not your typical twitter thread regurgitated marketing tactics that everyone is doing. These are new methods, with unfiltered examination of successful fresh ideas.

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