Llama vs Google Gemini
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Llama
Meta's open-weight LLM family — Llama 4 landed, Behemoth didn't
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Google Gemini
Google's flagship multimodal AI — the Gemini 3 family across Search, W...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.3 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free model weights for download and local use | Free access to Gemini (3.5 Flash, limited 3.1 Pro) on web and mobile |
| Paid from | — | Free tier; Google AI Plus ~$7.99/mo, AI Pro $19.99/mo, AI Ultra from ~$99.99/mo |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 10m+ downloads | Hundreds of millions via Google products |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | Meta Platforms | Google / Alphabet |
| Verdict | Llama is still the backbone of the open-weight LLM ecosystem — Llama 2 and 3 built it, and Llama 4 (Scout and Maverick, shipped April 2025) kept it going, with a huge footprint on Hugging Face, Ollama, Together AI and Fi... |
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... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.