Gemini vs WorkBuddy
Gemini and WorkBuddy now overlap more than they used to. Google's Gemini desktop app can tidy folders and summarize local files, and WorkBuddy's whole job is turning your files into reports, decks and spreadsheets. The deciding question is where you want the results to end up: Gemini puts them into Google Docs and Sheets and lives inside Google's apps, while WorkBuddy is a standalone app from Tencent that you can also message from WeChat Work, Feishu or Slack.
Working with files on your computer
Gemini for desktop runs on Windows and macOS and opens with Alt+Space or Option+Space over whatever you're doing. Google says its Tasks feature can clean up folders or summarize local files into Google Docs and Sheets, with more features on macOS first and Windows catching up. In the browser and on Android and iOS, Gemini also pulls from Gmail and Calendar once you connect them.
WorkBuddy runs on macOS and Windows too. It works from the files you point it at and keeps taking tasks from chat apps while it's open on your machine. Its FAQ says it needs the internet to reach Tencent's model services, so your requests leave the computer either way.
What a month costs
Gemini is free with a Google account (on a Flash-Lite model). Google AI Plus is $4.99 a month, and AI Pro is $19.99 and adds Gemini 4 Argon and the Pro model. Ultra starts at $99.99. These plans also bundle Google storage: 400 GB on Plus.
WorkBuddy's free plan gives 100 credits a month, Pro is $10 a month or $96 a year for 2,000 credits, and new users can get the first month for $7. Credits run down with use, so heavy months may need a $15 top-up of 500 credits.
Gemini: Pick Gemini if you already work in Gmail, Docs and Drive and want an assistant on your desktop that saves results there.
WorkBuddy: Pick WorkBuddy if your team talks in WeChat Work or Feishu and you want an office agent you can send tasks to from there.
Which one should you try?
WorkBuddy
FreemiumBest for Office professionals handling repetitive multi-step document and data workflows
Pricing, capabilities and platforms side by side. Prices are as of the "Pricing checked" date in the table.
Gemini
Google's assistant for writing, research, file analysis and tasks using supported connected apps.
WorkBuddy
WorkBuddy runs as a local-first agent on the desktop, autonomously chaining file access, web search, and document generation into single-prompt workflows. The Tencent ecosystem fit is real: WeCom and WeChat integrations mean scheduling and messaging tasks route without extra setup, which matters if your organization already lives there. Outside that ecosystem, the integration surface narrows fast. Teams running mixed SaaS stacks report reaching for MCP-compatible connectors to fill the gaps — which adds configuration overhead the tool is supposed to eliminate. Self-hosted execution is the headline privacy story, but the closed-source codebase means you audit what the vendor discloses, not the code itself.
| Attribute | Gemini | WorkBuddy |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Price | Free; paid plans from US$4.99/month (Google AI Plus, US pricing) | Free (100 credits/mo); Pro $10/mo or $96/yr; Team $40/seat/mo |
| Pricing checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| Open source | No | No |
| Has API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted option | No | No |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS, Windows, macOS | macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (x64, ARM64); remote tasks via Slack, Telegram, Discord, WeChat Work, Feishu, DingTalk, QQ |
| Released | — | 2026-03-09 |
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Made up your mind?
WorkBuddy
FreemiumBest for Office professionals handling repetitive multi-step document and data workflows
Specs come from each tool's own site and docs (how we test). AIDiveForge is editorially independent.