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CChatGPT vs Gemini
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose ChatGPT if…
- you're in its core audience: individuals and students, writers and knowledge workers
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Choose Gemini if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: google account users, students and researchers
Side by side
Feature ChatGPT Gemini
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes—
Web search—
File upload & analysis—
Image generation—
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryAI ChatbotsAI Chatbots
CompanyOpenAIGoogle
Based in——
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
C ChatGPT
- Chat-based answers to questions and tasks
- Help with writing and editing
- Coding help through the included Codex agent
- Several individual tiers from Free to Pro
- Per-seat team workspaces through Business
- Enterprise plan sold through sales
G Gemini
- Chat with Gemini models
- Deep Research reports
- Image generation and editing
- Gemini Live voice conversations
- Canvas for writing and coding
- Custom Gems
- Video generation on paid plans
- Gemini in Gmail, Docs and Vids
Plans and prices
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ChatGPT
Free$0
Go$8/mo (US)
Plus$20/mo
ProFrom $100/mo
Business$20/user/mo billed annually; $25 monthly
EnterpriseCustom
Gemini
Free£0
Google AI Plus£4.49/mo (UK pricing)
Google AI Pro£18.99/mo (UK pricing)
Google AI UltraFrom £79.99/mo; £189.99/mo for 20x tier (UK pricing)
Gemini Enterprise BusinessFrom $21/seat/mo
Gemini Enterprise Standard/PlusFrom $30/seat/mo
Strengths and limitations
ChatGPT
- Free plan available
- Go plan costs $8/month in the US
- Codex is included in all plans, Free included
- Business plan starts at just 2 users
- Free plan has limited features
- Pro tiers cost $100–$500 per month
- Enterprise pricing is only available from sales
Gemini
- Free plan includes Deep Research, Gemini Live and Canvas
- Paid plans bundle 400 GB to 20 TB+ of storage
- Business edition available from $21 per seat per month
- Developer access through AI Studio and a usage-based API
- Free plan limits are not specified exactly
- Personal plan prices on the page fetched were shown in GBP only
- Paid prices for AI Studio and Antigravity are not listed
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