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Gemini
by Google
Google's AI. Works across Search, Docs, and Gmail, and genuinely useful if you're already in the Google ecosystem.
Free + PaidChatbotMultimodalSearch-First
Last checked: 21 September 2026
The details
- Context Window
- 1,000,000 tokens (one million) — can process entire books, full codebases, or lengthy videos in a single session
- Cost
- Free tier available · Paid Google AI plans (AI Plus, AI Pro, AI Ultra) add more use and more Gemini inside Gmail and Docs.
- Open Source?
- No (Gemma — Google's open version — is though)
- Input / Output
- TextImagesVoiceVideo analysisFiles
Best for
- Google Workspace (Docs, Gmail)
- Real-time web research
- Analysing videos & audio
- Very long documents
Kevin’s take
“If you live in Google's world — Gmail, Docs, Drive — Gemini slots in beautifully. That 1 million token window is genuinely remarkable.”
— Kevin, formerly of IT Support
Privacy snapshot
Use With CautionPrivacy risk: Medium
Google's AI assistant. Text, image, and multimodal tasks. Integrated across Google products.
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From the Unspun Blog
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- You shouldn't have to learn Spark vs Chat vs Cowork to send an emailAI apps keep asking ordinary people to choose between Spark, Daily Brief, Chat, Work, and Cowork. The app should do that homework.
- What's the Actual Difference Between ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude?The Tinkerer opened all three up. They're more similar than the marketing suggests, and different in ways that actually matter.
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