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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | AI Assistants | Workflow Automation |
| Description | Google's multimodal AI assistant built on Gemini 3.1 Pro and the fast Gemini Flash line (3.6 Flash free, 3.8 Flash on paid plans), notable for deep Google Workspace integration. Available on Free, Google AI Plus, AI Pro ($19.99/mo) and AI Ultra ($99.99–$199.99/mo) plans with progressively higher usage limits and features. | The most widely adopted no-code automation platform with 7,000+ app integrations, designed for non-technical users who need to connect tools without writing code or managing infrastructure. Linear "Zap" workflows are the easiest entry point in automation, with a free tier for simple use cases. AI features (Zapier AI Actions) allow chatbots and LLMs to trigger Zapier workflows via natural language. |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro model with multimodal input (text, image, audio, video) | Supported | Not supported |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (Sept 2026) for AI Pro/Ultra subscribers, the Gemini API and Antigravity; the free plan includes 3.6 Flash and varying access to 3.1 Pro | Supported | Not supported |
| 77.1% score on ARC-AGI-2 abstract reasoning benchmark | Supported | Not supported |
| Deep integration with Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Meet | Supported | Not supported |
| Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) integration for research with source citations | Supported | Not supported |
| Google Search grounding for real-time factual responses | Supported | Not supported |
| Code execution sandbox for Python data analysis | Supported | Not supported |
| Google AI Ultra plan ($99.99/mo for 5x or $199.99/mo for 20x AI Pro usage limits) adds Deep Think and Gemini Spark (select countries). Ultra is a plan, not a separate model | Supported | Not supported |
| Gemini API with 2M token context for developers | Supported | Not supported |
| 9,000+ app integrations — largest integration catalog of any automation platform | Not supported | Supported |
| Zap builder: single-trigger linear workflow with filter, delay, and path steps | Not supported | Supported |
| Paths: conditional branching for up to 3 branches per Zap | Not supported | Supported |
| Zapier MCP: let ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants run 40,000+ actions across 9,000+ apps (2 tasks per tool call) | Not supported | Supported |
| Tables: built-in database for data storage between Zaps | Not supported | Supported |
| Interfaces: no-code forms and portals that trigger Zaps | Not supported | Supported |
| AI by Zapier: AI agent steps inside Zaps with per-tool approvals and task-based billing (standalone Agents are migrating here) | Not supported | Supported |
| Sub-Zaps: modular reusable workflow blocks called from multiple Zaps | Not supported | Supported |
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