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Gemini alternatives, graded

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One of the 8 assistants on the record scores higher than Gemini's 12½ of 19 (grade B−): Claude (13½, B), ChatGPT (12, C+), Mistral Vibe (12, C+) lead the ranking. Every grade is read from the maker's own page, checked 22 October 2026 to 3 November 2026, never from a review.

B−
Gemini · 12½ of 19
8
assistants to compare
1
score higher
22 October 2026 to 3 November 2026
Makers' pages checked

Every assistant on the record, ranked

Gemini’s own row is shaded. The six columns are the tests a person switching asks about first; each product page has every test, with the maker’s line and the source.

assistantGradeRemembersExport memoryStop trainingExport chatsDelete accountPrice public
Claude#1 · AnthropicB13½/19
Gemini#2 · Google · this oneB−12½/19
ChatGPT#3 · OpenAIC+12/19
Mistral Vibe#4 · MistralC+12/19
Perplexity#5 · PerplexityC10½/19
Copilot#6 · MicrosoftC10/19
Grok#7 · xAID7/19
DeepSeek#8 · DeepSeekF5/19
Meta AI#9 · MetaF5/19
  • Remembers · Does it remember across a new chat?
  • Export memory · Can you export its memory?
  • Stop training · Can you stop your chats training its models?
  • Export chats · Can you export all your chats from it yourself?
  • Delete account · Can you delete your whole account with it yourself?
  • Price public · Does it put every plan's price on a public page?

Gemini alternatives, by what matters

6 assistants that let you stop your chats training the model

  1. B Claude
  2. C+ ChatGPT
  3. C+ Mistral Vibe
  4. C Perplexity
  5. D Grok
  6. F DeepSeek

Gemini passes this test too.

The one assistant that let you export all your chats

  1. C Copilot

Gemini's grade on this test: partly.

What Google changed lately

  1. Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, its video generation model, generally available in the Gemini API on 5 November 2026 at $0.07 per second of 720p video, which Google says is 30% below the price of Gemini Omni 1.1. Clips can run up to 15 seconds, up from 10. The announcement gives no retirement date for Omni 1.1.

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  2. Google emailed Google AI Plus subscribers ($4.99 a month) that from November 13, 2026, Pro models in the Gemini app and in AI Mode in Search will only be available on Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month) and above. Plus keeps the Flash and Flash-Lite models; earlier Pro chats can be continued with a different model.

    source

  3. Google Cloud stopped selling new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions and points buyers to Antigravity via Gemini Enterprise. Renewals are allowed until January 31, 2027 (annual) or December 31, 2027 (monthly).

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Every change from Google, dated →

Alternatives to the others

The whole shelf: The Scorecard. How the grades are made: How we grade. No maker pays for a place or a grade.