# Grok 4.7 just landed in GitHub Copilot and Cursor — here's what actually changed for you

> Grok 4.7, out 21 September 2026, is in GitHub Copilot and Cursor now at unchanged $2/$6 pricing.

*Same price as before, a genuinely better model, and one number worth understanding before you pick it for a job: how many tokens it needs to finish.*

By The SuggestedTech Team · SuggestedTech
Canonical: https://suggestedtech.com/news/grok-4-7-copilot-cursor-explained

If you use GitHub Copilot or Cursor, you don't need to do anything to get Grok 4.7 — it's either already in your model picker or arriving there this week. xAI released it on 21 September 2026, and the rollout was unusually fast: live in Cursor and Grok Build on day one, with GitHub switching it on gradually across every paid Copilot plan the same day. That's the practical headline. The more useful one, if you're deciding whether to actually pick it for a job, is what's changed underneath and what it costs you to run.

> Rollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don't see it yet.
> — [GitHub](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-21-grok-4-7-is-now-available-in-github-copilot/), 2026-09-21

## What's actually new

xAI describes Grok 4.7 as built on a bigger underlying model than Grok 4.6, trained for longer on harder problems — specifically, tasks that take many hours rather than a few minutes to work through. In plain terms: it's meant to stay useful for longer without losing the thread or making a mistake it doesn't notice.

> The model is better at verifying its own work and managing longer context.
> — [xAI](https://x.ai/news/grok-4-7), 2026-09-21

That self-checking improvement matters more than it sounds. If you set an AI agent loose on a coding task that takes an hour of back-and-forth, a model that catches its own mistake at minute ten saves you from a mistake compounding for the next fifty. xAI also trained Grok 4.7 to work natively with its own agent tool, Grok Bot, which it says helps with everyday conversational use too.

## What it costs, in plain terms

The headline price hasn't moved: $2 per million input tokens, $6 per million output, exactly what Grok 4.6 charged. A million tokens is roughly 750,000 words, so for most individual jobs — a code review, a research summary, a first draft — you're talking cents, not pounds.

> **Info:** In plain English: 'price per million tokens' tells you the meter rate. It doesn't tell you how many tokens the model will actually spend getting your job done — and that second number is the one that decides your real bill.

And that second number moved. Independent testing by Artificial Analysis found Grok 4.7 needs roughly 81,000 tokens, at its most thorough setting, to finish the kind of task it uses to score models — against about 36,000 for Grok 4.6 doing the same. Same meter rate, more than double the tokens spent. If you're on a flat Copilot or Cursor subscription, that's invisible to you; the platform absorbs it. If you're calling the API directly and paying per token, it's the number that decides whether Grok 4.7 is actually cheaper for your job or just cheaper-looking on the rate card.

## How it stacks up, and where it's weaker

On xAI's own comparison, Grok 4.7 beats Grok 4.6 on every benchmark the company published — coding, legal reasoning, electrical engineering, multi-hour office work. Against Anthropic's pricier Claude Fable 5.1, it's a mixed picture: Fable still wins on general coding and sustained terminal work, Grok 4.7 wins on electrical-engineering problems and legal-document tasks. Independent testers at Artificial Analysis measured its terminal-command performance notably lower than xAI's own published number, which is worth knowing if your work leans heavily on an AI running commands in a terminal rather than writing and explaining code.

| If you're doing... | Consider |
| --- | --- |
| High-volume coding on a budget | Grok 4.7 — cheapest of the three per token |
| Heavy terminal / command-line agent work | Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-6 Astra score higher independently |
| Legal-document or electrical-engineering tasks | Grok 4.7 leads Fable 5.1 here |
| You're already on a flat Copilot/Cursor plan | Just try it in the model picker — the token cost is the platform's problem, not yours |

The practical advice, in one line: if you're already paying a flat subscription for Copilot or Cursor, switch the picker to Grok 4.7 and see if you like it — there's no extra cost to trying. If you're paying by the token through the API for high-volume work, don't take the $2/$6 sticker at face value; run your own real job through it and compare what you're actually billed against what Grok 4.6 or another model would have cost for the same finished result.

## Key takeaways

- Grok 4.7 launched 21 September 2026 and is already selectable in GitHub Copilot (Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, Enterprise) and in Cursor and Grok Build.
- The price per million tokens hasn't changed from Grok 4.6: $2 for input, $6 for output, under a 200,000-token prompt.
- It's a real step up for coding and knowledge-work tasks, and xAI says it checks its own work more carefully on long jobs.
- The one thing to understand before choosing it for a paid-by-usage job: independent testing found it uses roughly twice as many tokens to finish a task as Grok 4.6 did, so 'same price per token' isn't the same as 'same price per job'.
- If you're on a flat Copilot or Cursor subscription rather than paying per token, none of that token math touches you directly — you just get a better model in the picker.

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.7 available in GitHub Copilot?
Yes — GitHub began a gradual rollout across Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise on 21 September 2026. If you don't see it in the model picker yet, check back; the rollout is staged.

### Does Grok 4.7 cost more than Grok 4.6?
The price per token is identical — $2/$6 per million. Independent testing found it uses roughly twice as many tokens to finish a task, though, so a job that used to cost X may now cost closer to 2X if you're paying per token.

### Should I switch to Grok 4.7 in Cursor or Copilot?
If you're on a flat subscription, there's no extra cost to trying it in the model picker. If you pay per token through the API for high-volume work, test it on a real job first and compare the actual bill.

### What is Grok 4.7 worse at than other AI models?
Independent testing found it notably weaker at sustained command-line and terminal work than Claude Fable 5.1 and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, even though xAI's own published figures show a smaller gap.

### Is Grok 4.7 from the same company as before?
Yes, though xAI now operates under its parent SpaceX as 'SpaceXAI' following a 2026 merger — the same team, same product line.

## Sources

- [Introducing Grok 4.7](https://x.ai/news/grok-4-7) — xAI, 2026-09-21
- [Grok 4.7 is now available in GitHub Copilot](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-21-grok-4-7-is-now-available-in-github-copilot/) — GitHub, 2026-09-21
- [Grok 4.7 scores 46 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index to bring SpaceXAI into the top 4 AI labs](https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/benchmarking-grok-4-7) — Artificial Analysis, 2026-09-21
- [Grok 4.7 pairs coding gains with the same affordable pricing — but high token consumption threatens real-world ROI](https://venturebeat.com/technology/grok-4-7-pairs-coding-gains-with-the-same-affordable-pricing-but-high-token-consumption-threatens-real-world-roi) — VentureBeat, 2026-09-21
- [Grok 4.7 Brings Big Coding Upgrades to Challenge Claude AI at Unchanged Pricing](https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/09/grok-4-7-ai-launch-coding-upgrades-pricing.html) — Android Headlines, 2026-09-21
- [Grok 4.7 pricing: API token costs, tiers, and the Fast tax](https://www.eesel.ai/blog/grok-4-7-pricing) — eesel AI, 2026-09-23
- [xAI launches Grok 4.7 at $2 per million input tokens](https://tbreak.com/xai-grok-4-7-launch-price-benchmarks/) — tbreak, 2026-09-22