Evaluation
Round by round
Writing qualityClaude
Claude's drafts need less editing.
Google Workspace integrationGemini
Gemini works inside Gmail, Docs, Drive and Meet.
Long documents and codeClaude
Careful reasoning over long context and a strong coding line-up.
Video and multimodal inputGemini
Gemini is very strong on video understanding.
Free planTie
Both offer capable free tiers with usage limits.
Pick Claude if
You write, analyze documents or code for a living.
Pick Gemini if
Your work lives in Google Workspace or Android.