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CGeneral-purpose AI chat assistant for writing, research, coding and everyday tasks
Free, from $8/mo
Gemini vs Semantic Scholar
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Gemini if…
- you're in its core audience: google account users, students and researchers
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Choose Semantic Scholar if…
- you're in its core audience: researchers, students
Side by side
Feature Gemini Semantic Scholar
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price—Free
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryAI ChatbotsResearch Assistants
CompanyGoogleThe Allen Institute for AI
Based in——
Founded—2015
Part of—Ai2
Key features
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
S Semantic Scholar
- Search across 239+ million scientific papers
- Coverage of all fields of science
- Semantic Reader augmented reading for select papers (beta)
- Developer API with paper search
- API documentation, tutorials and gallery
- Free user accounts
- Resources for librarians and publishers
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
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
Semantic Scholar
FreeFree
Strengths and limitations
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
Semantic Scholar
- Free to use
- Indexes over 239 million papers from all fields
- Public API with documentation and tutorials
- Built by the nonprofit research institute Ai2
- Semantic Reader is in beta and only works on select papers
- No mobile apps listed
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