MULTIMODAL TYPE

Gemini Pro

RANK#116

by Google

CLOSEDHOSTEDFREE TO TRYWRITING HELPCODING HELPANSWERING QUESTIONS

RANKED #116 OF 228 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #192 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 5.8 · 899 VOICES

A versatile AI assistant by Google designed to help everyday users with writing, coding, and general tasks.

HAPPY7.9

150 mentions

SAD7.1

188 mentions

VIBE TRAJECTORY

26 weeks · 701 voices

HOLDING UP

Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.

HOW TO USE IT

Closed model. Google hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.

PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS

Gemini Pro is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.

WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS

Gemini Pro is popular for its strong writing, coding help, and good value, but users complain about frequent outages, limits, and occasional hallucinations.

681 POSTS · 218 COMMENTS · REDDIT · BLUESKY · STACK OVERFLOW · X · LEMMY · GITHUB · DEV.TO · HACKER NEWS · BLOG

PEOPLE LOVE

People feel it is worth the money (10 mentions)
Popular for coding help (7 mentions)
Usually gives correct answers (5 mentions)
Good at writing and wording things (3 mentions)

PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT

Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (4 mentions)

TOPIC BY TOPIC

PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
10 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
7 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
Getting facts rightMOSTLY POSITIVE
5 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
WritingPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

“Cancelled my ChatGPT plus subscription as well along with Gemini Pro - Keep making it worse and worse OpenAI good job.”
FROM REDDIT >
“Gemini Flash makes up bs 91% of the time it doesn't know the answer Gemini Pro has a high rate of hallucinations in real world usage - Reason 5621 of WHY model evals are broken beyond repair.”
FROM REDDIT >

LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?

Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Gemini Pro.

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REDDIT · 2026-02-12 · 879 UPVOTES
The Car Wash Test: A new and simple benchmark for text logic. Only Gemini (pro and fast) solved the riddle.
The Car Wash Test: A new and simple benchmark for text logic. Only Gemini (pro and fast) solved the riddle.
REDDIT · 2025-08-25 · 703 UPVOTES
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Weird creature found in mountain!!!
REDDIT · 2024-01-26 · 430 UPVOTES
This week in AI - all the Major AI developments in a nutshell
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REDDIT · 2025-09-01 · 344 UPVOTES
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REDDIT · 2025-11-30 · 340 UPVOTES
I switched
I switched
REDDIT · 2023-12-15 · 305 UPVOTES
This week in AI - all the Major AI developments in a nutshell
This week in AI - all the Major AI developments in a nutshell
REDDIT · 2025-08-10 · 286 UPVOTES
GPT-5 in Perplexity is... something.
GPT-5 in Perplexity is... something.
REDDIT · 2024-02-01 · 273 UPVOTES
Bard gets image generator and Gemini Pro expansion, Google announces Imagen 2-powered ImageFX
Bard gets image generator and Gemini Pro expansion, Google announces Imagen 2-powered ImageFX
REDDIT · 2024-04-01 · 264 UPVOTES
Overwhelmed by the LLM Apps…
Overwhelmed by the LLM Apps…
REDDIT · 2024-01-29 · 260 UPVOTES
New Gemini Pro Update (Likely the one that beat GPT-4 on Arena) is Coming to Bard Feb 1st
New Gemini Pro Update (Likely the one that beat GPT-4 on Arena) is Coming to Bard Feb 1st
REDDIT · 2023-12-26 · 226 UPVOTES
My 2024 AI predictions. What's yours?
My 2024 AI predictions. What's yours?
REDDIT · 2023-12-07 · 150 UPVOTES
How does the release of Gemini change your AGI timeline?
How does the release of Gemini change your AGI timeline?

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