What is our primary use case?
My use cases for Google Gemini are largely towards market research where I generate reports and understand the market, and there is a clear differentiator with Google Gemini that wasn't there earlier with other LLMs, specifically that it does a better job with real-time searches of content because it has access to Google's search results.
I use it for creating market research reports, planning strategies, and analyzing spreadsheets since my role involves a lot of market strategy and planning how to enter a new market.
When it comes to integrating Google Gemini with other Google products, it integrates well, including on Google Sheets where you can ask questions. I think it's available there, but I'm not sure about Word. Using it on the spreadsheets integrates seamlessly because they have the Google Suite available.
Regarding the real-time data streaming analysis tools of Google Gemini, I find them effective, as these are foundational LLMs fed with data sets every day, and I tend to shuffle between three or four different LLMs, including Google Gemini. From my experience, Google Gemini stands out for real-time data analysis and factual information.
What is most valuable?
The best features for my use cases with Google Gemini are its dynamic LLM model that can perform dynamic searches, which is wonderful for factual searches to understand numbers and to generate real-time answers.
I find that Google Gemini does a really good job and that's when I use it to get factual real-time answers.
Google Gemini's biggest strength is also its drawback; it's excellent for generating reports and working with data in real-time, but it isn't the most creative LLM for tasks such as creating a digital storytelling campaign or crafting marketing messages.
What needs improvement?
Google Gemini's biggest strength is also its drawback; it's excellent for generating reports and working with data in real-time, but it isn't the most creative LLM for tasks such as creating a digital storytelling campaign or crafting marketing messages.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Gemini directly for almost three years now since it came out.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
For my use case, stability is good; I don't notice any glitches, and it's quite stable overall.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
In terms of scalability for Google Gemini, the paid tiers offer better access to more computing power, which is where my use case hits the limits, but this would be a better question for someone developing AI applications.
How are customer service and support?
I have never contacted technical support from Google regarding Google Gemini because I've never had the need for it.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
Since I consume Google Gemini on the cloud, there's no setup involved; you just go and start using it.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
When comparing Google Gemini with Claude, Llama, and GPTs, each has its benefits based on use cases. Since I'm not a developer, I don't use them for creating code bases beyond some HTML or CSS scripting. I understand that different LLMs serve different purposes, and I feel Google Gemini excels for reporting and analysis.
What other advice do I have?
I currently work at Oracle, so most of the tools we use are in-house and we don't use many third-party tools. However, one tool which comes into use quite a bit for us is Seismic, which I just started using.
Seismic is a sales enablement tool that integrates with Salesforce, and as I am on the marketing side of things, we use this tool for providing enablement collateral for sales enablement. Personally, I use Figma as an open-source tool. After AI has come in, I largely rely on AI for most things and we have Oracle's own copilot.
As an Oracle employee, I don't directly work with any Google solutions for AI or Microsoft, but we have Oracle's own AI interface that takes APIs from different LLM models, so we consume ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Cohere through Oracle's interface built for us.
I have not used scalable ML models, as I don't directly deal with the engineering side of things. I have not used Google Gemini on-premises; everything I've used has been through existing Google servers. For the pricing of Google Gemini, you can find it online; I've not used the paid version, but I know ChatGPT's paid versions aren't very expensive and I find the pricing model satisfactory for users.
I don't use Google Gemini through AWS Marketplace as I'm an Oracle employee, so we use it through OCI, which is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, a competitor of AWS.
My rating for Google Gemini is 8 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.