ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude — which to buy in 2026

We sell all three, so we have no reason to push one over another. What follows is what our customers tell us after a few months of use.

The short version

• ChatGPT Plus — the safest default. Broadest ecosystem, best voice mode, most third-party tutorials written for it.
• Google Gemini — best value if you already live in Gmail and Drive. The 5TB of storage bundled in is worth roughly half the subscription on its own.
• Claude Pro — the one writers and developers keep renewing. Strongest at long documents and at code.

If you are a student

Gemini, almost every time. The 5TB of Drive storage solves a real problem alongside the AI, and it integrates with the Google tools you are already submitting work through. At 1,299 ETB a month it is also the cheapest of the three, and you are getting two products rather than one.

If you write for a living

Claude. It holds a long document in its head better than the others and argues back when your reasoning is weak, which is more useful than it sounds.

If you are learning to code

ChatGPT Plus first, because the volume of beginner material written against it is enormous, and you will spend less time translating tutorials. Move to Claude once you are working on real codebases.

Private accounts only

We no longer sell a shared tier on any of the three. ChatGPT Plus is 4,499 ETB a month and Claude Pro is 4,999 ETB, each set up on your own email address and nobody else's. Gemini Pro is 1,299 ETB.

A shared AI account sounds like a saving and mostly is not one. You share a usage allowance with strangers, so the limits you hit are their fault as often as yours, and whatever you type sits in a history somebody else can open. For a film account that trade is fine. For the thing you paste your work into, it is not.

Buying all three is rarely worth it. Pick one, use it hard for a month, and switch if it is not fitting how you work.

Written by the Bezuale Solutions team in Addis Ababa. Questions? Message us on Telegram.