AI agent workspace ('Super Agent') for research, slides, sheets, calls and content generation.
Google Gemini
AI Chat & General AssistantsGemini is Google's AI assistant, available on the web, as a mobile app and built into Android, Chrome and Google Workspace. It offers web-grounded answers, image and video generation, Gemini Live voice conversations, Deep Research and custom Gems. Paid Google AI plans add higher limits, newer models and extra Google One storage.
Pricing
Google Gemini pricing
Free plan: yes; Google AI Plus, Google AI Pro $19.99/mo, Ultra $249.99/mo
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on gemini.google.com
Features
What Google Gemini does
- Deep Research that browses the web and writes cited reports
- Gemini Live real-time voice and camera conversations
- Image generation and editing plus Veo video generation
- Gems: reusable custom assistants
- Connects to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Maps and YouTube
- Long context window for large file uploads
Pros
- Tight integration with Google apps and Android
- Generous free tier including Deep Research and Gemini Live
- Paid plans bundle Google One cloud storage
- Video generation is available in the consumer app
Cons
- Best models and video generation are limited to paid plans
- Less useful for people outside the Google ecosystem
- Gemini in Workspace apps depends on account type and admin settings
- Conversation history settings are tied to Google account activity controls, which can be confusing
Fit
Who Google Gemini is for
Look elsewhere if: Users who work mainly in Microsoft 365 or on Apple-only setups may get more from Copilot or ChatGPT.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Gemini for Google Workspace inherits Workspace identity, admin and compliance controls; prompts are not used to train models.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Via Google Workspace
- SCIM user provisioning
- Via Google Workspace
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- Yes
- HIPAA (BAA available)
- Workspace BAA
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Data residency options
- Workspace data regions
- No training on your data
- Yes
- Audit logs
- Yes
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
From the vendor's own security documentation (trust center). "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Chat Assistants feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Web search with sources | Yes |
| Image generation | Yes |
| Voice conversations | Yes |
| File & PDF analysis | Yes |
| Custom assistants / GPTs | Yes |
| Runs code / data analysis | Yes |
| Deep research mode | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Yes |
| Developer API | Yes |
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