ChatGPT vs Google Gemini
ChatGPT sells standalone assistant tiers, while Gemini's paid plans bundle assistant usage with Google storage and Google app features.
Pick ChatGPT if…
You want an assistant plan that is not tied to a particular productivity suite, with tiers at $8, $20 and from $100 per month.
Pick Google Gemini if…
You want Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Chrome and value bundled storage (400 GB, 5 TB or 20 TB) or YouTube Premium in the same subscription.
Price
- Freemium
- Freemium
Starting price
Free plan
Open source
Works on
| Feature | OpenAI's AI chat assistant for text, voice, images, research and coding, on web, desktop and mobile. | Google's AI assistant app, with plans that bundle usage limits, Google app features and cloud storage. |
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| Starting price | $8/month (Go) | $4.99/month (Google AI Plus) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
| Works on | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| Try ChatGPT (opens the ChatGPT website in a new tab) | Try Google Gemini (opens the Google Gemini website in a new tab) |
ChatGPT's individual plans are Free, Go ($8 per month), Plus ($20) and Pro (from $100). Google's are Free, Google AI Plus ($4.99 per month), AI Pro ($19.99) and AI Ultra (from $99.99, with a $199.99 tier). The tiers are structured differently, so prices are not like-for-like.
Gemini's Free plan lists the Flash-Lite model, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, Gems and 15 GB of storage. ChatGPT's Free plan lists unlimited text chats (subject to abuse guardrails) and limited uploads, image creation, voice, deep research, memory, Codex and ChatGPT Work.
Google defines usage as compute-based limits that refresh every 5 hours until a weekly limit and can be extended with AI credits, and gives usage as multiples of Free (2x, 4x, 5x, 20x). OpenAI's paid tiers are described as more, expanded or maximum access without a numeric table on the page.
Gemini is on web, a Windows and macOS desktop app, and mobile; ChatGPT is on web, iOS and Android with Mac and Windows downloads and a Chrome extension. Google's Pro and Ultra plans also list Jules, Antigravity and Google Home Premium.
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