Alternatives · Gemini
Updated · By llmwise, AI-assisted.
Gemini alternative: plans, limits and who should pick which
Gemini's cheapest paid plan is $4.99 a month. It publishes no message count, so its price per message can't be worked out. llmwise Pro costs $20 a month and gives up to 125 Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) messages a month ($0.16 each), counted before you send. What Gemini has that llmwise lacks: Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets.
Checked : Gemini subscriptions and Google One: Google AI plans.
Gemini, in Google's words
“Varying access to 3.1 Pro”
Source: Gemini subscriptions
“For the Gemini app, compute-based usage limits factor in the complexity of your prompt, the features you use, and the length of your chat. Your limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach your weekly limit.”
Source: Gemini subscriptions
“Get 4x higher usage access than Free”
Source: Gemini subscriptions
Gemini's plans
Google sets these prices and can change them; each quote links its page.
| Plan | Price | What Google says | Messages it states |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini's free tier | Free | “$0/ month with a Google Account” (Gemini: plans) | None published |
| Google AI Plus | $4.99 a month | “$4.99/ month: Get 2x higher usage access than Free” (Gemini: plans) | None published |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99 a month | “Monthly ($19.99)” (Google One: Google AI plans) | None published |
| Google AI Ultra (Ultra 5x) | $99.99 a month | “$99.99/ month: 5x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” (Gemini: plans) | None published |
| Google AI Ultra (Ultra 20x) | $199.99 a month | “$199.99 / month: 20x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” (Gemini: plans) | None published |
Is Gemini cheaper per message than llmwise?
Gemini publishes no price and count together, so there's no price per message to set beside llmwise's. Here's llmwise Pro's ($20), model by model.
| Where | Messages | A message |
|---|---|---|
| llmwise Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| llmwise Pro, Claude Sonnet 5 | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| llmwise Pro, GPT-6 Sol | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
One more published limit: Pro's fair use stops at $7.50 of AI spend a month, which a month of typical messages doesn't reach. Very large prompts and heavy research can. Every limit, explained.
Does Gemini train on your chats?
Google's privacy pages, read September 28, 2026. llmwise's own policy: no training on your content, and chats kept until you delete them.
| App | Trains on chats | Turning it off | Chats kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini | Yes, by default | Turn off Keep Activity, or use temporary chats | 18 months by default (3 or 36 to choose); 72 hours with Keep Activity off; reviewed chats up to 3 years |
“Google uses your activity to provide, develop, and improve its services (including training generative AI models), as well as to protect Google, its users, and the public with the help of human reviewers.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Temporary chats are not used to train Google’s AI models. If Keep Activity is off and you don’t submit feedback, Google also does not use your future chats to improve its AI models.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Your activity is auto-deleted after 18 months. You can change this to 3 or 36 months, or choose not to auto-delete.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“Future chats are still saved for 72 hours so Gemini can respond to you, process your feedback, and protect Google, its users, and the public.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
“If you delete your activity, past chats already reviewed by service providers aren’t deleted because they aren’t connected to your Google Account. Instead, they’re retained for up to 3 years.”
Quoted from Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
How do llmwise's models do on the jobs you'd give Gemini?
Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet 5, and GPT-6 Sol: 50 prompts, the same for each.
| Job | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Claude Sonnet 5 | GPT-6 Sol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Summarization | 5 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Data analysis | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Support replies | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Translation | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| All 10 jobs | 49 of 50 | 46 of 50 | 45 of 50 |
No misses from any of them on coding, math, SQL, answering from documents, and tool use. 5 prompts per job, from our runs of September 27, 28, 29 and October 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 2026, graded alike for every model. Read every prompt and reply.
Should you pick Gemini or llmwise?
Our view, against Google's own words.
Pick Gemini if…
You use Gmail, Docs and Drive all day: Google's plans put Gemini inside them and add storage, and its free tier is generous.
Pick llmwise over Gemini if…
You want Gemini and Claude, GPT and the rest in one chat, with a count per model you can see before you send, not a compute limit that refreshes every 5 hours.
Only in Gemini
Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets. Cloud storage and other Google benefits in the same plan. Video generation.
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Questions about Gemini
How much does Gemini cost?
Gemini's free tier: Free; Google AI Plus: $4.99 a month; Google AI Pro: $19.99 a month; Google AI Ultra (Ultra 5x): $99.99 a month; Google AI Ultra (Ultra 20x): $199.99 a month (from Google's own page, checked September 2026).
Is llmwise cheaper than Gemini per message?
Gemini publishes no message count, so there's no per-message price to set beside llmwise's. On llmwise Pro, up to 125 Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) messages a month ($0.16 each).
What does Gemini have that llmwise doesn't?
Gemini inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets. Cloud storage and other Google benefits in the same plan. Video generation. llmwise's answer: You want Gemini and Claude, GPT and the rest in one chat, with a count per model you can see before you send, not a compute limit that refreshes every 5 hours.
Ask Gemini 3.1 Pro what you'd ask Gemini
It's up to 125 a month on llmwise Pro ($20). When an answer needs a second look, switch models mid-chat.