Google Gemini vs Microsoft Copilot

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Google Gemini Google's flagship multimodal AI — the Gemini 3 family across Search, W... Visit Microsoft Copilot Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows, Microsoft 365, Edge and Bing Visit
RECATOOLS Score 8.7 / 10 8.5 / 10
Capability 9 8.5
Value for money 8 8.5
Ease of use 9 9
ASEAN readiness 8 8
API quality 9 8
Pricing Freemium Freemium
Free tier Free access to Gemini (3.5 Flash, limited 3.1 Pro) on web and mobile Free on Bing, Edge, Windows and the Copilot apps
Paid from Free tier; Google AI Plus ~$7.99/mo, AI Pro $19.99/mo, AI Ultra from ~$99.99/mo Microsoft 365 Premium ~$19.99/mo; M365 Copilot $30/user/mo (Business from $18/mo promo)
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users Hundreds of millions via Google products ~420M monthly active users across all Copilot surfaces (Microsoft, Q1 2026)
Founded 2023 2023
Maker Google / Alphabet Microsoft
Verdict

Gemini is one of the three frontier assistants alongside ChatGPT and Claude, and the tightest-integrated of the three if your life runs on Workspace, Android and Search. The Gemini 3 family brings strong multimodal reaso...

Copilot is the AI most office workers meet first, simply because it's already inside Windows, Word, Outlook and Teams rather than living in a separate tab. The free tier covers basic chat and summarizing; Microsoft 365 C...

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