The Ai leaderboard pricing changed overnight: Gemini AI Ultra moved from $250 to $100, Gemini Omni went free in YouTube Shorts and Plus stayed at $20 without matching the cut.
One job, one winner: Gemini for short prompts and image/video, ChatGPT for long-form writing, Claude for long-context document and code work — the guide tells you which is now strongest for your job.
A 5-question decision path inside: pick the tier that matches the work you actually do, run it for 30 days, and only level up to $100 if a background agent saves you 10+ hours a month.
Google halved its top AI plan from $250 to $100 the same hour it dropped Gemini Omni free into YouTube Shorts and shipped a $100 background agent that reads your Gmail, Calendar and Tasks. ChatGPT Plus stayed at $20 and didn't drop a dollar to match. This 13-slide field guide maps every tier — free, $20, $100 — across Gemini Spark, ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro and tells you, in plain English, which tier matches your actual work so you stop paying for the loudest keynote.