Google Gemini

Google’s assistant, closely tied to Gmail, Docs, Drive and Workspace.

Business Productivity Research Free plan API

Pricing: Free tier; Google AI Plus $4.99/mo; AI Pro $19.99/mo; AI Ultra from $99.99/mo

Best for
Teams already living inside Google Workspace
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
API
Yes
Integrations
Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, Meet, Google Cloud
Facts checked
28 August 2026
Website
gemini.google.com

What is Google Gemini?

Gemini is Google’s AI assistant, available as a standalone app and embedded inside Workspace — Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive and Meet.

What it does well

Working on material you already keep in Google. Summarising a thread, drafting in a document, pulling a table out of a Sheet, or answering a question about a file in Drive without you uploading anything.

Who should use it

Small businesses and schools already standardised on Workspace, where the integration removes the copy-paste step that eats most of the time saving.

Who should not use it

If your documents live in Microsoft 365 or a document management system, the integration advantage disappears and you should judge Gemini on raw output alone.

Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Cheapest realistic entry point of the major assistants
  • Least friction if your files already live in Drive
  • Strong at multimodal input

Limitations

  • Workspace features depend on which plan your organisation holds
  • Output quality varies more by task than the alternatives
  • Plan naming is confusing across consumer and Workspace tiers

How we evaluated this tool

Not tested hands-on by us. This entry is based on the vendor’s public documentation and pricing pages as of the date shown above. We label untested tools rather than implying testing we did not do. Read our review method.

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