Head-to-head · facts checked 22 Sept 2026

Gemini vs Leonardo.Ai

Gemini uniquely has 25 features · Leonardo.Ai uniquely has 24 features.

Gemini

#5 of 8 AI assistants

7.9

/ 10

From

$4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)

Free plan

Yes

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Leonardo.Ai

#2 of 7 AI image generators

8.0

/ 10

From

$12/mo (Essential)

Free plan

Yes

Visit Leonardo.Ai →Read the review

The verdict

Gemini or Leonardo.Ai?

Section 01

Pricing, plan by plan

Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.

Gemini

Free

Image generation with Nano Banana 2

Google AI Plus

$4.99/mo

Get 2x higher usage limits

Google AI Pro

$19.99/mo

Get 4x higher usage limits

Google AI Ultra

$99.99/mo

Get up to 20x higher usage limits

Leonardo.Ai

Free

150 fast tokens a day plus a 150-token bank, public creations

Essential

$12/mo · $120/yr

8,500 fast tokens/month, 25,500 token bank, 10 personal AI models, 2 max simultaneous generations

Premium

$30/mo · $288/yr

25,000 fast tokens/month, 75,000 token bank, 20 personal AI models, 3 max simultaneous generations, unlimited relaxed image generation

Ultimate

$60/mo · $576/yr

60,000 fast tokens/month, 180,000 token bank, 50 personal AI models, 6 max simultaneous generations, unlimited relaxed image and video generation

Section 02

Pros and cons

From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.

Gemini

Pros

Gemini is free to use with any personal Google account, with all three models available even without a paid plan.
Gemini reads directly from Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Maps and other Google apps through Connected Apps.
Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers get a 1 million token context window.
Gemini generates images with Nano Banana 2 on every plan, including free.

Cons

The free plan's context window is capped at 32,000 tokens, far below the 1 million tokens on Pro and Ultra.
Gemini Live voice conversations run in the mobile app, not in the web app.
Google uses your chats to improve its AI models unless you turn off Keep Activity, which also switches off memory.

Full Gemini review →

Leonardo.Ai

Pros

The free plan gives 150 Fast Tokens a day plus a 150 Token Bank, at no cost.
Its own models accept a fixed seed, a negative prompt field and adjustable prompt enhancement for precise control.
One account reaches a large roster of other companies' models, including FLUX, GPT Image, Nano Banana, Ideogram and Seedream.
Leonardo runs on web, iOS and Android, with a separate pay-as-you-go API alongside the subscriptions.

Cons

Leonardo does not offer vector output.
Free-plan generations are public by default, and keeping them private requires a paid subscription.

Full Leonardo.Ai review →

Side by side

Company
Founded	2023	2022
HQ	Mountain View, USA	Sydney, Australia
AI model	Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Proprietary (Phoenix, Lucid Origin, Lucid Realism, Motion 1.0/2.0, plus FLUX and third-party models)
User base	100M+	4M+ users (based on public reports)
Platforms	Web, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Languages	40+	English only (interface); content generation supports multilingual prompts
Pricing
Pricing model	Freemium	Credit-based
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Starting price	$4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)	$12/mo (Essential)
Enterprise	Custom — Google Workspace add-on pricing	Custom — contact sales
Refund policy	Pro-rated refund via Google Play / Google account billing policies	—
All plans	Free — Free Google AI Plus — $4.99/mo Google AI Pro — $19.99/mo Google AI Ultra — $99.99/mo	Free — Free Essential — $12/mo Premium — $30/mo Ultimate — $60/mo
Positioning
Best for	Google users who want an assistant that reads their Gmail, Calendar and Drive, with images and voice on the phone	Creators who want one workspace over many companies' models, with a daily free allowance, an API and training on your own images
Differentiator	Tiered access with up to 20x higher usage limits, Google Flow creative studio credits, and first access to advanced features like Deep Think and Gemini Spark	Leonardo.Ai combines a highly customizable token-based image and video generation platform with proprietary model training, real-time canvas tools, Blueprints workflow automation, and a developer API, all in one creator-first ecosystem.
Competitors	ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot	Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 3, Ideogram, Runway
Features
Canvas	✓	—
Deep Research	✓	—
Fast Tokens	—	✓
Gemini Live	✓	—
Google Flow Credits	✓	—
Image Generation	✓	—
Personal AI Models	—	✓
Personal Collections	—	✓
Token Bank	—	✓
Top Up Tokens	—	✓
Unlimited Relaxed Image Generation	—	✓
Video Generation	✓	—
AI Assistant	✓	—
Aspect Ratio	—	✓
Batch Generation	—	✓
Browser Extension	✓	—
Calendar Integration	✓	—
Commercial Rights	—	✓
Document Creation	✓	—
Email Management	✓	—
Export Formats	—	PNG/JPG (images); MP4 (video) — exact formats not fully enumerated in scraped text
Image Animation	—	✓
Image Reference	—	✓
Image to Image	—	✓
Inpainting	—	✓
LoRA Support	—	✓
Meeting Summary	✓	—
Mobile App	✓	—
Negative Prompts	—	✓
Note Taking	✓	—
Offline Mode	✕	—
Outpainting	—	✓
Presentation Builder	✓	—
Private Generations	—	✓
Project Management	✓	—
Prompt Customization	—	✓
Research Assistant	✓	—
Spreadsheet AI	✓	—
Style Controls	—	✓
Task Automation	✓	—
Team Collaboration	✓	—
Text to Image	—	✓
Text to Video	—	✓
Upscaling	—	✓
Video Style Transfer	—	✓
Video Upscaling	—	✓
Integrations
API Access	✓	✓
Browser Extension	✓	—
Google Calendar	✓	—
Google Drive	✓	—
Key Integrations	Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Calendar, YouTube, Google Search, Zapier, Google AI Studio API	Developer REST API, Blueprints workflow automation, Realtime Canvas, Realtime Generation
Microsoft 365	✕	—
Slack Integration	✓	—
Zapier	✓	—

Section 03

Gemini vs Leonardo.Ai: common questions

Is Gemini or Leonardo.Ai cheaper?

Gemini's cheapest paid plan is $4.99/mo (Google AI Plus) and Leonardo.Ai's is $12/mo (Essential). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.