ChatGPT
OpenAIThe best-known general-purpose AI assistant: writing, analysis, code, images and web search in a single interface.
TextCodeImagesWeb search
Freemium · from €23/moView sheet →
Gemini
Google's AI built into Workspace: very long context window, native multimodality and deep ties to Google services.
Pricing
Freemium · from €22/mo
Platforms
Web, API, Mobile
Publisher
Origin
United States · 2023
Overview
Gemini is Google's AI assistant, designed to integrate natively with the Google ecosystem: Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive and Search. Its very long context window lets it analyze large documents, videos or entire codebases. Multimodal by design, it handles text, images, audio and video in a single conversation.
Editorial review
Strengths
- Very long context window (entire documents and videos)
- Deep integration with Gmail, Docs and Drive
- Natively multimodal: text, image, audio, video
Weaknesses
- Getting the most out of it assumes living in the Google ecosystem
- Data policy worth reviewing for professional use
Pricing
Free
€0
- · Standard model
- · Limited daily usage
Google AI Pro
€22/month
- · Advanced models
- · Workspace integration
- · 2 TB of storage
Prompt examples
Here is a one-hour conference video. Give me the chronological outline with timestamps, the 5 main ideas, and the questions asked by the audience with the answers given.
Go through my unread emails from this week in Gmail. Sort them into three categories: handle today, schedule, ignore. For the first category, draft a reply.
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