Google AI Studio
Google's free Gemini interface, 1M token window, multimodal (image, video, audio). Ideal for prototyping prompts and exploring ideas before coding.
Strengths
- Permanently free, unlimited access to frontier Gemini models
- 1M token context window, handles massive documents, codebases, multimedia
- Access to image generation (Imagen), video creation (Veo), and TTS
- Full model parameter control, temperature, safety filters, system prompts
Limitations
- Google trains on your prompts on free tier, not safe for confidential data
- Free tier rate limits make it unsuitable for any production traffic
- Steeper learning curve than consumer chatbot UIs like ChatGPT
Best for
- Developers exploring and prototyping Gemini API integrations for free
- Researchers needing massive context windows for document analysis