Claude vs Gemini

Claude is a standalone workspace, while Gemini is closely tied to Google products. Both analyze text, files, and code, research the web, and carry longer work contexts.

When to pick which

Choose Claude if Cowork should turn source files into reports, Excel analyses, or presentations, you want Office agents in open Microsoft 365 content, or you need Claude Code for software work. Claude Design is more than an image tool: it creates clickable prototypes, presentations, and visual designs with a design system and can hand work to Claude Code, but Anthropic says it does not natively generate photos or illustrations like an image generator. Choose Gemini when results should work directly with Gmail, Docs, and Drive or when Canvas, images, video, and music should share one Google account. Gemini Omni creates and edits 10-second videos with audio and photo references, while Lyria creates music; Claude needs external services for that media. Claude’s context depends on the model and on Chat, Code, or Cowork, and Anthropic’s pages publish differing figures; Gemini publishes 32k tokens on Free, 128k on AI Plus, and 1 million on AI Pro and Ultra for its app. Both provide web search, memory, file work, and voice. API costs are separate from the subscriptions, and the calculator below compares only Anthropic and Google.

Differences at a glance

Claude Pro includes Claude Code, Cowork, Design, and Science. Gemini AI Pro brings Gemini into Gmail, Docs, and other Google apps.
Claude’s context limit depends on the model and on Claude Chat, Claude Code, or Cowork; the general pricing table and dedicated context guide list different values.
Gemini combines AI access with Google storage and Flow credits. Claude remains independent of a specific office ecosystem.
Both offer free access, web search, voice, and memory. Usage limits depend on the plan and feature in each service.
For software projects, Claude Code can explain codebases, edit files, run tests, and prepare pull requests. Gemini analyzes uploaded repositories and suggests changes.
Office work: Claude creates Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files and has Office agents on paid plans. Gemini assists with documents and spreadsheets directly in Google Docs and Sheets and emails in Gmail, depending on the Google plan.

Criterion	Claude	Gemini
Free access	Free plan	Free plan
Paid from	Pro · $17 / $20Month	Google AI Plus · $4.99Month

Published plans by vendor

Each vendor separately. The same row does not mean the same plan. Prices follow the selected price region.

Claude

Free · freePermanent
Pro · $17 / $20Month
Max 5x · $100Month
Max 20x · $200Month
Team · $20 / $125Seat and month
Enterprise · $20seat and month, billed annually · API usage is charged in addition to the seat price