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Prices for United States, before sales tax Data release 2026.10.16-3, Oct 16, 2026 Rules 2.1.0
Comparing Claude Pro and Google AI Pro: individual plans, prices for United States. Change the plans below to compare any other two.
The verdict is being reviewed because facts about these plans changed. The comparison below already shows the current facts.
This page is for writers, analysts and developers deciding between Claude Pro from Anthropic and Google AI Pro, the plan behind the paid version of Gemini. Both cost about $20 a month and both can be paid yearly, so the choice comes down to what each plan includes and how you work. We also cover the free tiers, and the higher plans for heavy users: Claude Max and Google AI Ultra.
Everything here is what Anthropic and Google document on their own pricing and help pages for individual plans in the United States, checked on October 12, 2026. Each row in the comparison below links to its source and shows when it was verified. Where a company does not say something, we say it is not documented. That is not the same as saying the feature is missing.
$20 a month or $200 a year
$19.99 a month or $199.99 a year
Opus, Sonnet, Haiku; Fable via usage credits.
3.8 Flash; 3.1 Pro (Expanded); no Deep Think.
Up to 1M on all individual plans.
1 million tokens.
Pricing comparison lists only Anthropic models for Pro: Fable (uses 50% of weekly limits), Opus, Sonnet, Haiku. No models from other AI companies are offered.
Only inside Antigravity: Pro column lists Gemini models plus Claude Sonnet 5.5/Opus 5.5 (non-trial subscriptions only), Claude 4.6 models and GPT-OSS-120b (4.6/GPT-OSS removed Nov 2, 2026). Gemini app lists Google models only.
Claude chat on web, desktop and mobile for writing, editing, questions and everyday work (at least 5x Free usage per 5-hour session); chat and Claude Code share one usage pool.
Gemini app with 4x Free usage limits, 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro, Deep Research, plus Gemini in Gmail, Docs and Sheets.
Web search on all plans.
Search grounding with source links not described on fetched plan pages.
Research.
Expanded Deep Research.
PDF, DOCX, CSV, TXT, XLSX etc.; 500MB per file, up to 20 files per chat (no plan split stated).
Up to 1,500 pages of file uploads.
Create and edit files with code execution.
Spreadsheet/CSV computation not described on fetched plan pages.
Claude Code included; 5-hour session + weekly limits.
Jules (higher limits), Antigravity (entry limits), AI Studio, Android Studio.
Claude Code extension for VS Code and Cursor (also other VS Code forks such as Devin Desktop, Kiro) and plugin for JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Android Studio, WebStorm, PhpStorm, GoLand). Shares Pro usage limits.
Via Google Antigravity: Antigravity IDE and CLI, plus extensions for VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Zed, Xcode. Pro: higher quota refreshed every 5 hours up to a weekly limit, plus AI-credit overages. Code Assist IDE/Gemini CLI consumer access ended June 18, 2026.
Claude Code is an agent (chat panel, inline diffs) in VS Code/JetBrains; no page documents inline as-you-type code completions. The Desktop app docs explicitly say it has no autocomplete; the IDE extension docs are silent.
Antigravity baseline (all plans) includes unlimited Tab completions; Pro adds higher agent rate limits, not more completions.
Claude Code on the web: cloud sessions run on Anthropic-managed VMs, keep running after you close your laptop, clone GitHub repos and create PRs; auto-fix PRs. Counts toward Pro usage limits; no separate VM charge.
Jules in Pro: 100 daily tasks (rolling 24h), 15 concurrent tasks, higher access to latest model (Jules limits page); cloud VM tasks that can open PRs. Gemini subscriptions page: 'Higher limits'.
Via Claude Code GitHub Actions authenticated with a Pro subscription token: review workflow posts inline PR comments automatically. Managed Code Review (research preview) is Team/Enterprise only; local /code-review also works.
Consumer Gemini Code Assist on GitHub (which covered Google AI Pro users) shut down July 17, 2026; Code Assist IDE/CLI also stopped serving Google AI Pro on June 18, 2026. No replacement PR reviewer documented for Pro.
No photo/illustration generation; can build diagrams/charts/SVG visuals (beta, web/desktop).
Expanded image generation (Nano Banana Pro).
Claude Motion (beta) marked No on Free, Pro, Max.
Omni Flash; 1,000 Flow credits/mo; limited Veo 3.1 Lite trial.
Voice mode on all plans.
Gemini Live.
Anthropic says Claude does not generate photos or illustrations; it can view and analyze uploaded images. No page documents editing an uploaded photo.
Gemini app (Nano Banana 2): upload an image and ask Gemini to make edits, change parts of it, or combine several photos; editing is 18+. Plan adds Nano Banana Pro ('Redo with Pro') and higher limits.
No Anthropic page documents background removal. Claude does not generate photos or illustrations.
Google says you can tell Gemini to 'change the background, replace an object, or add an element'; no page documents removing a background to transparency.
No image generation: Claude does not make photos or illustrations, so there are no generated images to put text in. It builds HTML and SVG diagrams, charts and visuals instead.
Nano Banana 2 lists 'Better text rendering: Add text to images with more accurate spelling'; Nano Banana Pro (paid plans) is pitched for images with text rendering.
No logo maker or logo template is documented. Claude Design (all plans) makes visuals, mockups, prototypes, one-pagers and landing pages.
No logo maker, logo templates or logo mode documented; Google's Nano Banana page says you can create logos, invites and posters with clear text. No dedicated logo tool or template set is documented.
Custom visuals (beta, web and desktop, all users) are built with HTML and SVG; you can download a visual as an .svg or .html file.
No Google page documents SVG or vector output for Gemini images; downloads are full-size images (2K with a Google AI plan, 1K without).
No Anthropic page documents image upscaling for Claude.
The Google AI plans comparison shows no 4K image upscaling (Google Flow) for this plan; it is ticked only for Ultra 5x and Ultra 20x.
Claude Motion (short animations built as code from your text, charts and images, exported as MP4) is marked No on Free, Pro and Max; it is a Team and Enterprise beta and uses no video generation model.
Gemini app (Gemini Omni): turn up to 5 photos into a video. Also Google Flow Frames to Video (1,000 Flow credits/month plus 50 daily) and Google Photos Photo to video (Expanded generations).
No Claude page documents editing uploaded video footage on Free, Pro or Max; Claude Motion edits only its own code-built animations and is not on these plans.
Gemini app and Google Flow (Gemini Omni): prompt edits to uploaded or generated video (Flow: upload up to 60 s, 1 GB, edit a 10 s segment, 40 credits per edit; Scenebuilder trim and arrange). Google Vids: text-based transcript trim. Uploading video for edits is not offered in some US states.
No Claude page documents a digital presenter. Claude Motion (not on this plan) 'doesn't create realistic footage or people'.
Google Vids AI avatars speak the words in your script (25/month, includes personal avatars). Gemini app and Flow also let you record your own face and voice as an avatar for Omni videos (not in EEA, UK, Switzerland; English only in Gemini).
No Claude page documents lip sync on any plan.
No Google page documents lip sync to new audio for these plans. Google says of Gemini Omni: editing video to change audio and speech is still being tested.
No Claude page documents automatic video captions on any plan.
Not stated as automatic: Google Vids has styled captions that sync with the audio, open to personal accounts; no page says they are generated without your input. Google Vids styled captions, synced to the audio, available to all personal Google accounts (also transcript trim and teleprompter); you can correct caption errors.
No Claude page documents turning long videos into short clips on any plan.
No Google page ties automatic long video to short clips to the Gemini app, Flow, Vids or Photos on this plan.
Claude makes no video on this plan (Claude Motion is marked No on Free, Pro and Max), so a video watermark does not apply.
Visible watermark can be turned off: Gemini app (Settings, Media, Watermark) and Google Flow have a visible watermark toggle in the US. Invisible SynthID watermark and C2PA Content Credentials always remain.
Artifacts (all plans) turn a description into single-page websites, small interactive tools and apps that can call Claude; Claude Design makes prototypes and landing pages. Claude Code (included in paid plans) builds full apps in your codebase.
Canvas in the Gemini app creates apps and web pages from a prompt, with code view and Gemini-powered features. Google AI Studio Build (vibe coding agent, 'Expanded' daily usage on this plan) builds full-stack web and Android apps from a prompt.
Artifacts start private; Pro and Max can share with 'Anyone with the link' (viewers sign in to Claude; not for artifacts that use Claude or connectors). Claude Code artifacts publish to a claude.ai URL that can be public with no sign-in; one self-contained page, no backend.
Canvas apps can be shared with a public g.co/gemini/share link (opens in gemini.google.com). AI Studio deploys apps to Cloud Run with a public URL; needs a Cloud billing account except the Starter Tier (eligible accounts, up to 2 apps).
No Anthropic page documents serving an artifact on your own domain. Legacy published artifacts offer embed code with an Allowed domains list, which is embedding, not a custom domain.
No Google page documents putting a Canvas or AI Studio app on your own domain. AI Studio lets you pick a custom subdomain under ai.studio (for example your-app-name.ai.studio).
Artifacts can store data between sessions: personal or shared storage, 20 MB per artifact, text only. Visitors of AI-powered artifacts sign in with their own Claude account. No other database or auth service is documented.
Canvas apps can save data across sessions and devices (anyone with a public link can view and edit that data). AI Studio Build provisions Firebase Firestore and Firebase Authentication (Sign in with Google).
Claude Design exports a .zip, standalone HTML, or hands off to Claude Code or tools such as Lovable, Replit, v0 and Vercel; Claude Code (included in paid plans) writes code in your own project, and published artifact pages come from a local file.
Canvas has a Code view where you can read and edit an app's code, and exports Python to Colab. Google AI Studio Build exports code as a ZIP or syncs two ways with GitHub.
No official Claude page describes generating songs or any audio output.
Lyria 3.5 in the Gemini app makes tracks with music and lyrics (vocals) from text, photos or video; short (about 1 min) or full (2 to 3 min, needs the Pro model); 18+. Ticked on every plan; higher plans get higher limits. Google Vids 'Generate music' is also included.
No official Claude page describes generating instrumental music.
When creating a track you can choose whether it has vocals or not, so instrumental tracks are possible; same usage limits as music generation.
No official Claude page describes stem downloads.
Help article lists downloads as MP4 video with cover art or audio-only MP3; separated stems are not described.
Voice mode lets Claude talk back in a spoken conversation (pricing table: Voice mode Yes), but no official page describes turning text you supply into a voiceover file.
Google Vids 'AI voiceover' and Google Docs 'Audio generation' are both listed for this plan.
No official Claude page describes copying a voice.
Not documented: Google's personal avatar feature records your face and voice for videos, but no page says it reads new text in a copy of your voice.
No official Claude page describes translating and re-voicing audio or video.
Not documented for recorded audio or video: Google Meet translates speech live in calls on some plans, which is not dubbing a file.
No official Claude page describes generating sound effects.
No official page describes generating stand-alone sound effects from a description in the Gemini app or Google Flow.
The upload help article lists document types (PDF, DOCX, CSV, TXT and more) and images only; no audio or video file formats are listed and transcription is not described.
Audio files can be uploaded to Gemini for answers and summaries (total audio up to 10 minutes; 3 hours with Google AI Pro or Ultra), but no official page names transcription as a feature.
No official page describes Claude joining or recording meetings. Connectors (for example Microsoft 365) can read existing meeting notes or summaries.
Gemini 'Take notes for me' in Google Meet captures notes in Google Docs, gives 'Summary so far' and a recap email; recommended for 15 minutes to 8 hours; 8 spoken languages.
Dictation is available to all plans, but only inside the Claude iOS and Android apps to speak prompts; no official page describes typing into other apps.
No official Gemini page describes system-wide dictation into other apps; help center search found only voice input inside Gemini.
Projects.
Gemini Notebook (research/writing assistant, notebooks).
No GPTs/Gems-style assistants listed; Skills and Projects listed separately.
Gems ('Custom AI experts').
Memory across conversations.
Memory of past chats; requires 18+, personal account, Keep Activity on. Plan not specified.
Directory connectors (e.g. Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Slack, Microsoft 365) + custom remote MCP. Also Claude for Microsoft 365.
Connected Apps: Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Home, Flights, Hotels, Spotify, WhatsApp; varies by device/country.
No Claude add-on that works inside Gmail is documented. Claude in Chrome (a browser agent) can act on Gmail pages, and the Gmail connector works from Claude's own chat; neither is an integration inside Gmail.
All Gemini in Gmail features in Google's compare table, incl. Help me write, Proofread, AI Overviews (threads and Gmail search, search US only), AI Inbox, Help me schedule. US Pro/Ultra users may no longer see the Gmail side panel; in-line AI replaces it.
Claude for Google Workspace add-on: Claude sidebar in Google Docs (Extensions > Claude). Beta; Chrome, Edge, or Safari (not Firefox); Google account must be allowed to install Marketplace apps.
Gemini in Docs: Help me write, Write and edit, Summarize a document, Create personalized documents, Generate an image, Audio generation. Docs Live (voice) rolling out on Android and iOS in US only. Select languages, 18+.
Claude for Google Workspace add-on: Claude sidebar in Google Sheets (Extensions > Claude). Beta; Chrome, Edge, or Safari (not Firefox); Google account must be allowed to install Marketplace apps.
Gemini in Sheets: AI function, Enhanced Smart Fill, Generate insights and analyze data. Works best with native Sheets files; Excel (.xlsx) files must be saved as Google Sheets first.
Claude for Word add-in, generally available. Word on the web, Windows (Microsoft 365, Version 2205+), and Mac (16.61+). Pricing table: Claude for Microsoft 365 Yes.
No official Google page found that documents a Gemini add-in for Microsoft Word on any personal Google AI plan. Only third-party add-ins turned up. Gemini app can export files, which is not working inside Word.
Claude for Excel add-in, generally available. Excel on the web, Windows (Microsoft 365 subscription), and Mac (16.46+); not Excel on iPad. Pricing table: Claude for Microsoft 365 Yes.
No official Google page found that documents a Gemini add-in for Microsoft Excel on any personal Google AI plan. Only third-party add-ins turned up. Gemini app can export files, which is not working inside Excel.
Claude for PowerPoint add-in, generally available. PowerPoint on the web, Windows (Microsoft 365 subscription), and Mac (16.46+). Pricing table: Claude for Microsoft 365 Yes.
No official Google page found that documents a Gemini add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint on any personal Google AI plan. Only third-party add-ins turned up. Gemini app can export files, which is not working inside PowerPoint.
Claude for Outlook add-in, Beta. Needs Exchange Online through Microsoft 365 and a one-time tenant-wide Microsoft Graph consent by a Global Administrator; not Outlook on iOS or Android. Pricing table: Yes.
No official Google page found that documents a Gemini add-in for Microsoft Outlook on any personal Google AI plan. Only third-party add-ins turned up. Gemini app can export files, which is not working inside Outlook.
Claude in Chrome; hand off and schedule tasks.
Chrome auto browse (US and India) and Gemini Spark (select countries).
User chooses 'Model Improvement' at signup/in-app; changeable anytime in Privacy Settings. Default not stated.
Default ON for 18+; turn off Keep Activity (chats still kept up to 72 hours).
Export from web or desktop (not iOS/Android).
Export via Google Takeout.
Ad-free commitment.
No official statement found about ads in the Gemini app.
Conflict: Anthropic's help center says you own outputs and may use them in your products; the Consumer Terms we could read say non-commercial use only. Check the terms for your account.
Not stated as a permission: Google's Terms say Google won't claim ownership of generated content and set no plan-specific ban; no page grants commercial use in so many words.
No cloud-storage bundle.
5 TB.
Web, iOS, Android, desktop.
Web, Android, iOS, desktop app for Windows 10+ and macOS 15+ (Apple Silicon).
The two plans cost almost the same. Claude Pro is $20 a month, or $200 a year, which Anthropic describes as $17 a month billed up front on the web. Google AI Pro is $19.99 a month, or $199.99 a year, about $16.67 a month, also paid up front. A yearly plan is not cancel-any-time: it saves money only if you keep it for the full year.
The difference is what comes with the price. Google AI Pro is also a Google storage plan with 5 TB, and Google lists YouTube Premium Lite among the US extras. Claude Pro has no storage bundle; the money goes into the assistant and Claude Code. Neither company says on these pages whether US sales tax is included, so every total on this site is before tax.
Anthropic says Claude Pro has a usage limit per session that resets every five hours, plus a weekly limit, and the same limits cover Claude Code. Google describes AI Pro's limits as expanded compared with the free tier, without a figure on the pages we checked. Both companies sell higher tiers for heavy use, so if you hit limits often, compare Claude Max with Google AI Ultra rather than paying for two $20 plans.
Both document a context of up to 1 million tokens: Anthropic for all of its individual plans, Google for AI Pro. Anthropic accepts PDF, Word, CSV, text and Excel files of up to 500 MB each, up to 20 files in a chat. Google documents uploads of up to 1,500 pages on AI Pro. How well either one uses a long document is a question only testing answers.
Anthropic documents code execution, which lets Claude create and edit files and work through spreadsheets, and web search on every plan, including Free. On the Google plan pages we checked, neither spreadsheet computation nor search answers with source links is described for Gemini. We mark both as not verified for Gemini, not as missing. Our spreadsheet and source kits are the quickest way to see the difference for yourself.
AI Pro puts Gemini inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Vids, and adds Meet notes. Anthropic lists no Google Workspace integration of that kind. Instead, Claude connects to other services through connectors, including Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Slack and Microsoft 365, and Pro adds Claude for Microsoft 365. If you want help inside Google's own apps, Gemini is the documented choice. If your work spans several tools, Claude's connectors cover more of them.
Google AI Pro generates images and includes 1,000 Flow credits a month for video. Claude does not generate photos, illustrations or video on any individual plan. It can build diagrams, charts and other visuals from code, which Anthropic lists as a beta on web and desktop.
Claude Pro includes Claude Code, Anthropic's coding agent, under the same five-hour and weekly limits. AI Pro includes Jules with higher limits, plus Antigravity, AI Studio and Android Studio. For an agent that uses your browser, Anthropic documents Claude in Chrome on Pro, and Google documents Chrome auto browse on AI Pro in the US and India.
Claude has Projects, which keep files and instructions together. Gemini has Gems, Google's custom assistants, and Gemini Notebook for research and writing. Anthropic does not list a feature like Gems, so that row is not verified for Claude.
Gemini uses your chats to improve Google's models unless you turn off Keep Activity, and Google says chats are still kept for up to 72 hours. Anthropic asks you to choose whether your chats help improve Claude when you sign up, and you can change it any time in Privacy Settings. Anthropic does not state which option is selected by default, so check it when you start. Turning training off says nothing about how long data is stored for other purposes, so read each privacy page if your work is confidential.
Anthropic says Claude is ad-free. We found no official statement about ads in the Gemini app, so that row stays not verified.
Claude Free includes Sonnet and Haiku, web search, file creation with code execution, voice mode, memory and up to five projects. It does not include Research or Claude Code. Gemini's free tier includes Gemini Live for voice, image generation, a deep research mode that Google says may be unavailable when demand is high, and 15 GB of Google storage. If you use an assistant a few times a week, try both free tiers on your real tasks before you subscribe.
You can export your Claude data from the web or desktop app, but not from the phone apps, and your Gemini data through Google Takeout. An export is a copy of your history. Neither company documents importing the other's conversations, projects or memory, so moving means starting fresh. If you pay yearly, switching saves money only from your next renewal.
This comparison was written by the What the tech desk with AI assistance, from the facts in our data release. We have not yet run our test kits on these two plans, so nothing here is a claim about quality. When we run them, the results will appear with their dates, and the change will show in the change log.
Google AI Pro. It puts Gemini inside those apps and adds Meet notes. Claude reaches Gmail and Drive through connectors instead, which is not the same as working inside Docs or Sheets. Check the Docs features on your own account, because Workspace features can differ by account type.
Claude Pro is the documented fit: Anthropic lists code execution and web search on every plan. For Gemini, both are not verified rather than missing. Run the spreadsheet kit and the source kit in both before you pay.
Claude Pro includes Claude Code under its five-hour and weekly limits; Google AI Pro includes Jules, Antigravity and AI Studio. If you hit Claude's limits often, compare Claude Max at $100 a month with Google AI Ultra at $99.99, and run our code kit in both.
Google AI Pro. It generates images and includes 1,000 Flow credits a month for video. Claude does not generate photos, illustrations or video; it can only build diagrams and charts from code.
Claude Pro. Anthropic documents connectors for Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Slack and Microsoft 365, plus Claude for Microsoft 365 on Pro. Gemini's connected apps are mostly Google services such as Gmail, Calendar, Maps and YouTube.
We have not run these tests for you unless a result above says so. Each kit gives you the same files, the same prompt and the same checks for both tools.
Yes, both. Claude Pro is $200 a year on the web, and Google AI Pro is $199.99 a year. Both are paid up front. Claude Max is sold monthly only, and Google shows no yearly price for AI Ultra on its US pages.
Yes. Claude Free includes Sonnet and Haiku, web search, file creation with code execution, voice mode and up to five projects, but not Research or Claude Code.
No. Anthropic says Claude does not generate photos or illustrations on any individual plan. It can build diagrams, charts and other visuals from code. Gemini generates images, and AI Pro also includes video credits.
Gemini does by default; turn off Keep Activity to stop it, and Google still keeps chats for up to 72 hours. Claude asks you to choose at sign-up and lets you change it any time in Privacy Settings. Anthropic does not state the default, so check the setting.
Neither company's documentation answers that, and we have not run our tests on these plans yet. Use our email and code kits with both: same files, same prompt, same checks.
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