by Google DeepMind
The Launchpad take
Multimodal AI, research, images, video, long-context analysis
Google ecosystem tasks; research with grounding; multimodal analysis; email drafting; spreadsheet formulas
Best for
USD, United States, as of 2026-10-26. Personal plans from the Personal tab; Gemini Enterprise from the Business tab of the same page. The page says Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra are available to users over 18.
| Plan | Price | Key limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | With a Google Account |
| Google AI Plus | $4.99/month | 2x higher usage limits than Free; 400 GB storage |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99/month | 4x higher usage limits than Free; 5 TB storage |
| Google AI Ultra 5x | $99.99/month | Google AI Ultra's starting price: 5x higher usage limits than AI Pro |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | $199.99/month | Google AI Ultra at 20x higher usage limits than AI Pro |
| Gemini Enterprise Business edition | $21/seat/month | Starting price; up to 300 seats |
Prices checked 2026-10-26
Works with
Outputs
How to use Gemini on phones and tablets.
Drive), Google Maps, YouTube, Extensions
Last verified Oct 24, 2026. Figures that could not be confirmed on an official vendor page are marked unverified — we do not guess.
Best for: Hard coding, math, science, and long agent jobs.
Gemini app: needs Google AI Pro or Ultra; Ultra gets the highest access (Google's plans page, checked 2026-10-24).
Source: Gemini 4 ArgonBest for: Most Gemini API projects, and everyday Gemini use if your app plan includes it.
API free tier is listed as free of charge. Which Gemini consumer-app plans include 3.8 Flash was not named on the Google AI plans page checked.
Source: Gemini 3.8 FlashBest for: Existing apps that already call gemini-3.6-flash.
Consumer Gemini-app access for 3.6 Flash was not confirmed on the pages checked.
Source: Gemini models| Version | Context | Max out | API in / 1M | API out / 1M | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gemini 4 Argon Current gemini-4-argon | 1.05M | 65.5K | $2 / 1M | $10 / 1M | Gemini 4 Argon |
Gemini 3.8 Flash Current gemini-3.8-flash | 1.05M | 65.5K | $0.75 / 1M | $3.75 / 1M | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
Gemini 3.6 Flash Prior gen gemini-3.6-flash | Unverifiedunverified | Unverifiedunverified | $0.75 / 1M | $3.75 / 1M | Gemini models |
by Anthropic
Coding, analysis, writing assistant
Good for writing & conversation
Free-plan details
Chat on web, desktop and mobile; search the web, create files and run code; memory across conversations; connect apps and tools; Artifacts; Claude Design, Slides and Docs; up to 5 Projects.
Paid options: $17/month
Source · checked 2026-10-26 ↗Meet the toolby Perplexity AI
AI-powered search engine with cited answers
Good for writing & conversation
Free-plan details
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Paid options: $10/month
Source · checked 2026-10-26 ↗Pricing source · checked 2026-10-26 ↗Meet the toolby xAI
Fact-checking, conversational AI, images/video on X platform
Good for writing & conversation
Free-plan details
limited, exact limit not published
Paid options: $8/month
Source · checked 2026-10-14 ↗Meet the toolby OpenAI
Conversational AI assistant, content generation, image/video via GPT Image 1.5 and Sora 2
Good for writing & conversation
Free-plan details
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Paid options: $8/month
Source · checked 2026-10-24 ↗Pricing source · checked 2026-10-24 ↗Meet the tool
