Claude vs Google Gemini
Pricing
Claude: Free tier, Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly), Max from $100/mo
Google Gemini: Free tier, paid from $4.99/mo (Google AI Pro $19.99/mo)
Description
Claude: Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding, with Claude Code included in paid plans
Google Gemini: Google's AI assistant for chat, research, image and video generation, built into Gmail, Docs and other Google apps on paid plans
Pros
- The free plan includes web search, file creation with code execution, memory and app connectors
- Pro adds Claude Code, Research, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365
- Context windows of up to 1 million tokens, depending on the model
- The free plan includes image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live and Canvas
- Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo) adds 5 TB of storage, Gemini in Gmail and Docs, and higher limits in Jules and Antigravity
- Pro handles up to 1,500 pages of uploaded files and a 1 million token context window
Cons
- Usage limits apply on every plan, and heavy users are pointed to Max, from $100/mo
- The free plan has no Opus models and allows up to 5 projects
- Your chats can be used for model training unless you opt out
- These plans need a personal Google Account; business use goes through Gemini Enterprise, from $21 per seat a month
- Free access to the top 3.1 Pro model varies
Details
Claude is Anthropic’s assistant. It chats, searches the web, creates and edits files by running code, builds Artifacts, remembers context across conversations and connects to your apps and tools. Paid plans add Claude Code for software work, Research, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365.
It suits founders who write a lot, work with long documents or want one subscription that also covers coding. Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding tool, comes with Pro and Max.
Pro is $20 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly. Max starts at $100 a month for 5 times Pro’s usage, with a 20x option above it. To build Claude into your own product, use the Claude Developer Platform, which is billed per token.
Gemini is Google’s assistant, on the web and as a mobile app. It chats, researches with Deep Research, creates and edits images, and on paid plans generates video. Paid plans also put Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and other Google apps.
It suits founders who already live in Google’s tools. Google AI Plus ($4.99/month) doubles the free usage limits and adds 400 GB of storage. Google AI Pro ($19.99/month) gives four times the free limits, 5 TB of storage and entry access to Google’s coding agents, Jules and Antigravity.
Ultra starts at $99.99 a month for the highest limits. For a company account, Google sells Gemini Enterprise separately from $21 per seat a month, and Gemini also comes with Google Workspace plans.
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