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Gemini Alternatives

Gemini fits neatly into Google's tools. Here are the options worth considering alongside it.

Gemini's biggest advantage is how tightly it's woven into Gmail, Docs, and Sheets. If your team isn't fully on Google's stack, though, or you want a different strength -- broader plugin support, longer-form reasoning, or citation-backed research -- another tool may fit better.

Worth considering

ChatGPT

General-purpose use and broad plugin support

The most widely adopted assistant, with the largest ecosystem of integrations and third-party tools

Claude

Long documents, writing, careful reasoning

Strong at following detailed instructions and handling large amounts of text in a single conversation

Perplexity

Research with sources

Answers come with citations built in, closer to a search engine than a general assistant

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft 365 users

Embedded across Word, Excel, and Outlook, useful if your company runs on Microsoft's stack rather than Google's

NotebookLM

Working from your own documents

Also built by Google, but focused narrowly on a set of sources you upload rather than general assistance

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