Claude vs Google Gemini
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Claude
Anthropic's assistant and models for writing, analysis and agentic cod...
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Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant, now with Gemini 4 Argon on paid plans
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| RECATOOLS Score | 9 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation and code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts, up to 5 projects, usage limits apply | Free with a Google account: Flash-Lite model, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, 15 GB storage |
| Paid from | $20/month (Pro, or $17/month on annual billing) | SGD 6.98/month (Google AI Plus; US$4.99); Pro SGD 28.99, Ultra from SGD 139.99 |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Tens of millions of users globally | Hundreds of millions via Google products |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | Anthropic | |
| Verdict | Claude covers the full range from a free chat app to Anthropic's API, and the autumn 2026 releases reset the lineup: Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's recommended default, Fable 5.1 handles the longest agentic jobs, and Haiku 5.5... |
Gemini is the obvious assistant for people who live in Google's services: it reaches into Gmail, Drive and Docs, runs Deep Research and voice, and its paid plans bundle storage. Singapore pricing is reasonable at the low... |
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