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Google Gemini vs ChatGPT

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.

Written head to head: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini, with when to choose each side.

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Google Gemini

Free plan · from $4.99/mo

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ChatGPT

Free plan · from $8/mo

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What it isGoogle's AI assistant app, with paid Google AI plans for higher limitsOpenAI's AI chat assistant for writing, research, images, voice and coding
Free planFlash-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 limitUnlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna (subject to abuse guardrails); limited uploads, image generation, voice chats, deep research, memory and Codex access
Cheapest paid plan$4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)Google Gemini pricing$8/mo (Go)ChatGPT pricing
What it covers2x Free usage limits, video generation, Gemini in Google apps, 400 GB storage.Go may include ads. Plus is $20/month. OpenAI's FAQ says Go and Plus are sold as monthly plans; annual plans are for Business and Enterprise.
Free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, Android, iOS, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Researching a topic with Deep Research
  • Drafting emails and documents inside Gmail and Docs
  • Creating images for posts and presentations
  • Drafting and editing emails, reports and posts
  • Researching a topic with web search and deep research
  • Analysing a spreadsheet or document you upload
Watch out for
  • 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
  • Free and Go have limited uploads, image generation, voice, deep research and Codex access
  • The Go plan may include ads
  • Business plans start at 2 users; Enterprise and Edu pricing requires contacting sales
Made byGoogleOpenAI

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.

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