Gemini vs Perplexity
Pricing, features, platforms and reader ratings, side by side.
Gemini
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Perplexity
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| In one line | Google's AI assistant for research, writing and work inside Workspace | AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources |
| Reader rating | — | — |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Plans | Free: $0 / month Google AI Plus: Varies by region / month Google AI Pro: $19.99 / month Google AI Ultra: $100 / month Google AI Ultra (top): $200 / month |
Free: $0 / month Pro: $20 / month Max: $200 / month Education Pro: $10 / month Enterprise Pro: $40 / seat per month Enterprise Max: $325 / seat per month |
| Free plan or trial | No | No |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, API | Web, iOS, Android |
| API | Yes | No |
| Open source | No | No |
| Key features | Multimodal input: text, images, audio and video Deep Research reports Works inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Drive Image and video generation on supported plans Long-document analysis NotebookLM and other Google AI tools Usage limits based on compute, refreshed about every five hours |
Web search with cited answers Deep Research reports Follow-up questions in context File uploads and Spaces (paid plans) Model choice on paid plans Comet AI browser Sonar API for developers (billed separately) |
| Integrations | Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive | — |
| Categories | Chat & Writing Assistants | Research & Knowledge |
| Made by | Google (1998) | Perplexity AI (2022) |
| Try Gemini | Try Perplexity |