Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.
Free AI chat app and pay-per-token API from Chinese AI company DeepSeek
Google's AI assistant app, with paid Google AI plans for higher limits
Free plan
Yes
Flash-Lite model, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, Gems, Gemini Notebook and limited Google Flow; 15 GB storage; usage limits that refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly limit
2x Free usage limits, video generation, Gemini in Google apps, 400 GB storage.
Free trial
None stated
None stated
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android, API
Web, Android, iOS, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)
Not stated
Not stated
Open source
No
No
Good for
Everyday questions and drafting at no cost
Summarising uploaded documents
Developers running high-volume text tasks through the API
Researching a topic with Deep Research
Drafting emails and documents inside Gmail and Docs
Creating images for posts and presentations
Watch out for
API prices are higher at peak times (01:00-04:00 and 06:00-10:00 UTC on weekdays)
The deepseek-v4-pro API model does not accept images
No team or business subscription is listed on the pricing page
Gemini in Gmail, Docs and other Google apps needs a paid plan, is for ages 18+ and is in select languages
Video generation is not in the Free plan
The Free plan uses the Flash-Lite model, with usage limits that refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly cap
Made by
DeepSeek
Google
Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.
