Gemini vs Reflection Beam comparison

Gemini and Reflection Beam compared side by side in AI.

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Gemini

Google's AI assistant. Connects directly to Google services such as Gmail, Drive and YouTube

What is good

  • Strong integration with Google services
  • Good with long documents and video (up to 1M context)
  • Can start with the cheap AI Plus ($4.99)

What could be better

  • Fewer advantages outside the Google ecosystem
  • Features are split up in a complicated way across plans

Gemini official site

Reflection Beam

A 501B open-weight model that US-based Reflection AI released in October 2026. It drew attention as a US-made alternative to Chinese open models, with low inference compute as its strength

What is good

  • A large US-made open-weight model (Apache 2.0)
  • Strong coding benchmarks (SWE-bench Verified 80.9, official announcement)
  • GLM-5.2-class reasoning with 3 to 4 times less compute (official announcement)

What could be better

  • API price and free limits not disclosed
  • Text only (no image support, etc.)

Reflection Beam official site

At a glance

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

ItemGeminiVisit siteReflection BeamVisit site
Starting price$4.99+Official USD priceFreeNot applicable
Free tierFree plan availableFree
Korean supportGoodLimited
Main models
  • Gemini 4 Argon
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro
  • Gemini 3 Deep Think
  • Nano Banana 2/Pro (image)
  • Gemini Omni/Veo 3.1 (video)
Beam (501B total, 23B active MoE, text only)
TypeAI servicesAI services
CategoryChatbot/Assistant, Search, Image GenerationOpen Models
CompanyGoogle, United StatesReflection AI, United States
Plans
  • Free
  • AI Plus $4.99
  • AI Pro $19.99
  • AI Ultra $99.99 (5x), $199.99 (20x)
  • Enterprise from $21
  • Weights released free (Apache 2.0, 2026-10-16, Hugging Face BF16
  • FP8
  • NVFP4)
  • Reflection API public beta (starts free, limits not disclosed)
  • Also offered on partner platforms
  • API price not disclosed
Pros
  • Strong integration with Google services
  • Good with long documents and video (up to 1M context)
  • Can start with the cheap AI Plus ($4.99)
  • A large US-made open-weight model (Apache 2.0)
  • Strong coding benchmarks (SWE-bench Verified 80.9, official announcement)
  • GLM-5.2-class reasoning with 3 to 4 times less compute (official announcement)
  • Fine-tuning and evaluation tools to be released as well
Cons
  • Fewer advantages outside the Google ecosystem
  • Features are split up in a complicated way across plans
  • API price and free limits not disclosed
  • Text only (no image support, etc.)
  • No chat app for general users
  • Lower than Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on some benchmarks
  • No public Korean performance data

Prices and benefits may change. Check the official site before you pay.

Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,325.57 (2026-10-21). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.

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