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ChatGPT or Gemini: which is cheaper on a shared plan?
Both list at $20 a month. Split across a shared plan they do not land in the same place, and the gap is bigger than the list price suggests.
Prices last read 2026-09-01
The short answer
Gemini, on price. But the two plans are not the same shape, and that decides it more often than the number does.Both are $20 a month bought direct. Shared, they separate — and one of them runs on more devices while the other has a top-up plan that is cheaper still. The figures below are read from the seller every day, so they are current rather than remembered.This is the comparison people actually run. Two assistants, the same list price, and no obvious reason to prefer either until you look at what a seat costs.
| Services | Official | Shared | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Recharge | $20.00 | $2.45 | 88% |
| Gemini | $20.00 | $3.50 | 82% |
| ChatGPT | $20.00 | $5.00 | 75% |
| Perplexity AI | $16.67 | $4.09 | 75% |
| Poe | $19.99 | $10.99 | 45% |
Every price on this page was read on 2026-09-01.
Perplexity and Poe are in the table because they are the two people compare against these next, and because a two-row table is not a comparison — it is an assertion with a border around it.
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Where the difference comes from
Not from the service. Both charge the same list price. The difference is in how the shared plan is built: how many people a plan holds, and how long the term runs.
$20.00 direct, $5.00 shared, on a three-month term. Runs on mobile, PC, tablet and web — the widest device list of the two.
$20.00 direct, $3.50 shared, also three months. Mobile and web only. There is also a top-up plan at $2.45 on an eighteen-month term.
The cheapest row is not always the same product
Gemini Recharge is a top-up rather than a seat on a plan, and it is priced against an eighteen-month term. That is why it sits below both. Read what the seller says it is before comparing it to the others on price alone.
What a year looks like
A monthly figure is easy to wave away. Twelve of them is the number most people are actually deciding about, and it is where the two separate properly.
Direct, either one is $240 a year. Shared, ChatGPT is $60 and Gemini is $42.
Read from GamsGo on 2026-09-01Before you pick on price
A shared seat is not always the whole product, and the exclusions differ between these two. The seller writes its own notes on each product page and this site quotes them rather than summarising them. Read the one for the plan you are buying.
How to choose in a minute
- Decide where you will use itIf you want it on a desktop app or a tablet, that narrows it before price does. ChatGPT's shared plan lists mobile, PC, tablet and web; Gemini's lists mobile and web.
- Look at the term, not the monthThe lowest monthly figure here is attached to an eighteen-month commitment. A three-month term at a slightly higher monthly price is a different decision.
- Check the seller's notesThey are on each product page, quoted in full. This is where a missing feature or a region lock is written down, and it is the part most people skip.
- Read the service's own termsWhether sharing is permitted is decided there, not here. Every product page links the terms with the date the link was checked.
Questions people actually ask
Is Gemini cheaper than ChatGPT?
Bought direct they are the same, at $20 a month each. On a shared plan Gemini is lower — $3.50 against $5.00 when this page was last built. The prices are read daily, so check the table above rather than this sentence.
Why are both $20 direct but different shared?
Because the shared price depends on how the plan is put together rather than on what the service charges. A plan that holds more people divides further, and a longer term is usually priced lower per month.
What is Gemini Recharge?
A top-up rather than a seat on a shared plan, priced against an eighteen-month term, which is why it is the cheapest row in the table. It is a different product and worth reading the seller's description of it before treating it as the same thing.
Can I use a shared plan on my computer?
It depends which one. ChatGPT's shared plan lists mobile, PC, tablet and web. Gemini's lists mobile and web. Both are on their product pages, taken from what the seller published.
Which should I get?
If you want it on a desktop or tablet, ChatGPT's plan covers more devices. If price is the deciding factor and mobile and web are enough, Gemini is lower. Neither answer survives a price change, which is why the table is rebuilt every day.
Read it yourself
- OpenAI Terms of Use — what ChatGPT permits, in OpenAI's own words
- Google Terms of Service — covers Gemini
- Perplexity Terms of Service
- Poe Terms of Service