Guide

Put your team on Grok Bot: seats, invites, a member stuck on Free, and spend limits

Updated 20 Oct 2026 · by Rosh Perera

To put staff on Grok Bot under The X Subscription, an admin invites them from Members at grok.com/dashboard and gives each one a Premium, Super or Ultra seat, because Free and Plus don't include Grok Bot. If an invited member shows Free, an admin picks a paid seat from the Seat menu next to their name, and upgrades apply right away. Owners on X said buying seats was confusing, that an invited member was stuck on the Free plan, and that they need spend limits per person. This guide covers picking the plan, inviting people, fixing a Free seat, what each seat includes, which spend controls exist today and which don't, and why a team can't unify like a personal account. Facts come from xAI's X Subscription docs and Grok Bot changelog and Cursor's help, checked 20 Oct 2026. Want a pick for your exact business? Try our free What should my bot do? planner. We're an independent site, not part of xAI.

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How do you put your team on Grok Bot?

Pick a team plan, not an individual one
xAI's docs say: "An individual plan is for one person and doesn't support adding members." And: "A team plan can have one person or many." Team plans are priced per seat, and each member can have their own seat: Premium, Super or Ultra. Plus isn't available for teams. Grok Bot is included on Premium, Super and Ultra, and Cursor's help says: "Plus and Free don't include it." Our Grok Bot pricing guide has current prices. If you haven't switched to The X Subscription, xAI says your current Cursor team or Grok team keeps working the way it does today.
Invite your staff
xAI's steps: sign in to grok.com/dashboard and open Members, select Invite, enter each person's email address, choose a Role (Member or Admin) and a Seat (Free, Premium, Super or Ultra), then select Send invites. Pick a paid seat here if they need Grok Bot. xAI says: "When someone accepts, they take an unused seat if there is one. If every seat is taken, a new seat is bought and charged a prorated amount for the rest of the billing period." Tell staff to accept with the email address the invite was sent to.
A member is stuck on Free: change their seat
xAI's docs say: "To change someone's seat, open Members at grok.com/dashboard and pick a new seat from the Seat menu next to their name." Upgrades apply right away, and the team's card is charged the prorated difference. If you don't see the Seat menu, check that you're an admin, because admins manage members and seats from the Members tab. Then have the member sign in to the team, not a personal workspace: xAI's changelog says: "If you belong to more than one team, sign-in asks you to pick one." If the seat still shows Free after that, contact support with a screenshot of the Members page.
What each seat includes
xAI's docs say each seat has the same usage as the matching individual plan, and Grok Bot usage "draws from that seat's shared weekly usage pool, not a separate additive pool." That pool is shared across Grok, Grok Bot and Cursor. You can mix tiers, for example a bigger seat for the person running most routines. Our free Grok Bot usage planner helps you estimate which seat a person's routines need.
Spend limits: the official pages disagree
xAI's spending caps page says: "Self-serve teams: admins set one monthly additional usage limit for the whole team, either a fixed amount or an amount per seat." Cursor's Members, Roles, and Seat Types page lists usage settings to "Set the team's monthly additional usage limit, the default per-member limit, and per-member overrides". As of 20 Oct 2026, these two official sources disagree, so treat per-member limits as Unverified. Open the spend settings under Additional usage credits on grok.com/dashboard and go by what your plan shows there. Cursor's help adds that on Teams: "Only admins can change it or the Auto Top-up settings." xAI's page also says: "Adding more money does not raise the monthly extra-usage cap." And spend alerts warn you but don't stop usage. Our Grok Bot spending limit guide covers setting the cap.
Removing someone and stopping the charge
To remove someone, open Members, select the menu next to their name, then Remove from team and Remove access. xAI says: "Their seat stays on your plan, and the next person who joins can use it." To stop paying for it, go to Billing & invoices, open the plan menu, select Edit seats, then Reduce seats. Removed seats come off at the end of the billing period. Moving someone to Free applies right away, but the paid seat stays on your plan until you reduce seats.
Why it says you can't unify a team
xAI's eligibility page says: "Personal accounts and teams unify separately". Personal accounts go through cursor.com/unify and teams through cursor.com/unify/team. A Cursor team owner or admin starts a team switch, and regular members can't. A team on legacy request-based pricing, or billed by invoice, isn't self-serve: xAI says to contact Support or your account team. Combining teams is permanent. Our X Subscription guide covers the switch in detail.
Then give the team a shared Bot
Once everyone has a seat, a Team Bot gives staff one shared assistant with its own instructions and plugins. Our Grok Bot Team Bots guide covers creating one, who can use it, and why teammates sometimes can't see it.
Start from a template, not a blank page
xAI's Use cases page lists 56 jobs and its official Marketplace lists 90 public templates, as of 20 Oct 2026 (our Grok Bot template stats page). Our templates page has drafts-first versions with copy-ready prompts, and our free What should my bot do? planner picks a first job for a business.

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What's the quickest way to set it up?

Choose a team plan, and Premium or higher for anyone who needs Grok Bot.
Open Members at grok.com/dashboard, invite each person with a paid seat and the right role.
If someone shows Free, pick a paid seat from the Seat menu next to their name.
Set the team's monthly additional usage limit, as a fixed amount or per seat.
Create one Team Bot for a shared job and check usage after the first week.

What should owners check before inviting staff?

Combining a team under The X Subscription is permanent, and Support can't undo it (xAI's docs).
Joining a team doesn't cancel a personal plan someone already pays for. They cancel it themselves (xAI's docs).
Spend alerts don't stop usage. Set the monthly additional usage limit for a hard stop.
Keep at least two admins, so the team isn't locked out if one leaves.
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FAQ

"what's the easiest guide to setting up Grokbot Teams? I can't even get a seat bought for my team it's so confusing"

Pick a team plan, then open Members at grok.com/dashboard and invite each person with a Premium, Super or Ultra seat. If every seat is taken when someone accepts, xAI says a new seat is bought and charged a prorated amount.

"I was able to invite a member, but they're stuck on the Free plan and I can't upgrade them to Premium."

Free is one of the seat choices on an invite. An admin changes it from the Seat menu next to the member's name on Members, and upgrades apply right away (xAI's docs). If you can't, check you're an admin, have them sign in to the team, and contact support with a screenshot.

"I need to set spend limits per user and change them as the month goes"

The official pages disagree as of 20 Oct 2026. xAI's spending caps page says self-serve team admins set one monthly additional usage limit for the whole team, either a fixed amount or an amount per seat. Cursor's members page lists a default per-member limit and per-member overrides. Treat per-member limits as Unverified, and check the spend settings on your dashboard for what your plan shows.

"My grokbot is on a team plan. It says I can't unify that."

Personal accounts and teams unify separately: teams use cursor.com/unify/team, and a Cursor team owner or admin has to start it (xAI's docs). Legacy request-based or invoiced teams need Support or their account team.

Does every team seat include Grok Bot?

Paid seats do. Grok Bot is included on Premium, Super and Ultra. Free doesn't include it, and Plus isn't available for teams (xAI's docs).

Do I keep paying after I remove someone?

Yes, until you reduce seats. The seat stays on your plan for the next person. Reduce it in Billing & invoices, and it comes off at the end of the billing period (xAI's docs).

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Put your team on Grok Bot: seats, invites, a member stuck on Free, and spend limits

How do you put your team on Grok Bot?

Pick a team plan, not an individual one

Invite your staff

A member is stuck on Free: change their seat

What each seat includes

Spend limits: the official pages disagree

Removing someone and stopping the charge

Why it says you can't unify a team

Then give the team a shared Bot

Start from a template, not a blank page

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