Forgeron3 or Google Gemini: which one for an SME?

Gemini is Google’s AI built into Google Workspace. It is not sold separately: it comes with the Business Starter, Standard and Plus offers, with a scope that widens from one offer to the next. Business Starter gives the Gemini app and Gemini in Gmail. Docs, Sheets, Meet and Drive come with Business Standard.

Forgeron3 does not replace your email or your office suite. The platform connects to your Google or Microsoft accounts and adds assistants that read your email, calendar, meetings and documents. So the comparison is about what you pay for AI, and what each offer actually includes.

Gemini’s advantage is integration: it works inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet and Drive, with no extra tool to open. The entry price is low, because business email, storage and video calls come with the subscription. Workspace Studio lets you build agents and skills from Business Starter. From Business Standard, note-taking in Meet files the notes in the organiser’s Drive, and data regions let you keep some data in the European Union.

With Google, AI follows your Workspace subscription tier. To get Gemini in Meet, Docs and Drive, you need to move from Business Starter to Business Standard, at €16.20 excl. VAT per user per month with no commitment. With Forgeron3, meeting notes, email, calendar and documents are included from the Free plan, and the price depends on the token volume you choose.

Gemini works on Google Workspace data. Forgeron3 accepts several Google and Microsoft email addresses and accounts, and Drive, OneDrive or SharePoint files: useful if your teams or customers mix both worlds. To put an assistant in front of your customers, Forgeron3 embeds it on your site via iframe or shares it by URL link from the Apprentice plan.