ChatGPT excels at conversational depth, creative writing, and has a larger ecosystem of plugins and custom GPTs. Gemini shines in multimodal tasks, Google Workspace integration, and handling very large contexts. For general use, both are excellent. Choose ChatGPT if you want the most mature platform; choose Gemini if you live in Google's ecosystem.
ChatGPT is generally preferred for coding thanks to its Canvas feature, strong debugging capabilities, and extensive community resources. Gemini is competitive and improving rapidly, especially for Python and Google Cloud-related tasks.
Yes — Gemini has a free tier with access to Gemini 1.5 Flash. Gemini Advanced ($20/mo) unlocks Gemini 1.5 Pro with a 1M token context window, priority access, and advanced reasoning.
ChatGPT integrates DALL-E 3 directly, making it more convenient for image generation within a chat. Gemini can analyze images but does not generate them natively. For image creation, ChatGPT is the clear winner.