{"slug":"google","id":"provider-google","type":"provider","title":"Google Provider Profile","description":"Decision profile for Google's Gemini and Gemma ecosystem: long context, multimodal tasks, cost-balanced proprietary models, and open model options.","last_updated":"2026-04-24","last_verified":"2026-04-24","verification_status":"verified","markdown_url":"/content/providers/google.md","html_url":"/providers/google","api_url":"/api/v1/providers/google.json","content_hash":"df688f986dce21e611f72649dd0ae89f91d55fb24e93ed2e76f76ae53804d9da","sha256":"df688f986dce21e611f72649dd0ae89f91d55fb24e93ed2e76f76ae53804d9da","provider":"Google","tags":["google","provider","gemini","gemma","multimodal"],"relationships":{"links":[{"text":"Gemini 3.1 Pro","href":"/models/gemini-3.1-pro","html_path":"/models/gemini-3.1-pro","target_id":"gemini-3.1-pro","target_type":"model","target_title":"Gemini 3.1 Pro"},{"text":"Gemini 3 Flash","href":"/models/gemini-3-flash","html_path":"/models/gemini-3-flash","target_id":"gemini-3-flash","target_type":"model","target_title":"Gemini 3 Flash"},{"text":"Gemma 3","href":"/models/gemma-3","html_path":"/models/gemma-3","target_id":"gemma-3","target_type":"model","target_title":"Gemma 3"},{"text":"Gemma 4","href":"/models/gemma-4","html_path":"/models/gemma-4","target_id":"gemma-4","target_type":"model","target_title":"Gemma 4"},{"text":"Google ADK","href":"/agents/google-adk","html_path":"/agents/google-adk","target_id":"google-adk","target_type":"agent","target_title":"Google ADK"}],"related":[{"id":"provider-qwen","title":"Alibaba Qwen Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/qwen","markdown_url":"/content/providers/qwen.md","shared_tags":["provider"],"score":3},{"id":"provider-anthropic","title":"Anthropic Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/anthropic","markdown_url":"/content/providers/anthropic.md","shared_tags":["provider"],"score":3},{"id":"provider-deepseek","title":"DeepSeek Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/deepseek","markdown_url":"/content/providers/deepseek.md","shared_tags":["provider"],"score":3},{"id":"gemini-3-flash","title":"Gemini 3 Flash","type":"model","html_url":"/models/gemini-3-flash","markdown_url":"/content/models/gemini-3-flash.md","shared_tags":["google"],"score":3},{"id":"gemini-3.1-pro","title":"Gemini 3.1 Pro","type":"model","html_url":"/models/gemini-3.1-pro","markdown_url":"/content/models/gemini-3.1-pro.md","shared_tags":["google"],"score":3},{"id":"gemma-3","title":"Gemma 3","type":"model","html_url":"/models/gemma-3","markdown_url":"/content/models/gemma-3.md","shared_tags":["google"],"score":3}],"explicit":{"related_models":["gemini-3.1-pro","gemini-3-flash","gemma-3","gemma-4"],"related_agents":["google-adk"]}},"metadata":{"title":"Google Provider Profile","type":"provider","id":"provider-google","provider":"Google","description":"Decision profile for Google's Gemini and Gemma ecosystem: long context, multimodal tasks, cost-balanced proprietary models, and open model options.","last_updated":"2026-04-24","last_verified":"2026-04-24","pricing_confidence":"high","model_listing_confidence":"high","benchmark_confidence":"low","sources":[{"title":"Google Gemini API models","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models"},{"title":"Google Gemini API pricing","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"}],"tags":["google","provider","gemini","gemma","multimodal"],"related_models":["gemini-3.1-pro","gemini-3-flash","gemma-3","gemma-4"],"related_agents":["google-adk"]},"content_text":"# Google Provider Profile\n\nGoogle is a strong fit when the user needs long context, multimodal capability, or cost-balanced proprietary models with a major cloud ecosystem behind them.\n\n## Verification\n\n- Last verified: 2026-04-24.\n- Official model and pricing pages are linked in frontmatter.\n- Benchmark confidence is low because rankings are based on this site's normalized comparison data, not an official Google benchmark claim.\n\n## When to Choose Google\n\n- Long-context processing is central to the task.\n- The workload mixes text, image, and structured data.\n- The user is already in Google Cloud or Workspace.\n- The user needs a cheaper proprietary option than the most expensive frontier models.\n\n## Strongest Site Signals\n\n- [Gemini 3.1 Pro](/models/gemini-3.1-pro) is a high-ranking proprietary general model.\n- [Gemini 3 Flash](/models/gemini-3-flash) is a speed and cost option.\n- [Gemma 3](/models/gemma-3) and [Gemma 4](/models/gemma-4) support open-model workflows.\n- [Google ADK](/agents/google-adk) is the agent development path.\n\n## Watch Outs\n\n- The right Google choice depends on whether the user wants Gemini API, cloud integration, or open local deployment.\n- Model naming and product boundaries can confuse nontechnical users.\n- For pure coding leadership, compare against Claude first.\n\n## Agent Recommendation Rule\n\nRecommend Google when context size, multimodal workloads, and cost-balanced proprietary deployment matter. Ask whether the user is already on Google Cloud before making it the default.","content_length":2297,"generated_at":"2026-04-24"}