Viktor vs Gemini

If you've written off the entire AI agent category because nothing has actually stuck, I get it. I roll my eyes when I see a "new AI employee" product now...

But then I was introduced to Viktor and something seemed different. People in the comments seemed to genuinely love it. It intrigued me enough to download it.

Viktor is an AI hire that lives in your Slack or Microsoft Teams workspace.

Viktor feels like having an unfair advantage in our business (like imagine having access to ChatGPT or Claude before the rest of the world 😅).

That's because he reads your channels, understands the work is being done, and will jump into a thread and say "Hey guys, want me to take on XYZ task?".

For me, the first time this happened was when he identified when we were about to post a YouTube video and suggested he gets the description ready (our descriptions are quite complicated since ever URL has to be specifically setup with UTM data and specific links).

It was a task I always dreaded doing, and equally dreaded the idea of delegating it because of the high room for error. I also did not have time to even think through working with Claude or ChatGPT on how to delegate it.

But Viktor walked me through the steps of what he needed to complete the task. He asked for the transcript for timestamps, he pulled the right links from our website on his own, and formatted all the UTMs based on how we did them in other videos (I didn't even give him the link to our channel or anything!).

He came back with something that was 90% right on the first try. No hand-holding, no lengthy explanation of our processes, no "here's a 10-step guide to how we do UTM tracking." He already knew the foundational stuff. We just filled in our preferences as we went.

And that experience repeated itself across our whole team. Our CEO started using Viktor for strategy and ops. Our head of engineering started using him as a technical collaborator. All of that happened organically, without anyone suggesting it. Viktor just showed up differently for each person based on what they needed. That's the thing that made us look at each other and go "okay, this one's real."

Genuinely, if you use Slack or Teams, this is a tool you gotta try 😅

• Shows up proactively. Reads channels and suggests tasks before you ask
• Remembers your preferences and processes across weeks without resetting
• Adapts to completely different roles on the same team
• Actually executes tasks, doesn't just tell you how to do them
• Sets up recurring automations through plain conversation
• You control exactly what it can and can't access
• SOC 2 compliant
• Generous free tier to get started

• Requires Slack or Microsoft Teams
• Credits can run thin on heavier workflows

Viktor doesn't wait for you to come to it. He reads your channels, figures out what's happening, and comes to you with specific things he can take off your plate and how he would approach each one.

He asks for what it needs rather than making you figure out how to explain everything. I noticed it's removed a huge cognitive load.

Viktor actually does work. He can fetching pages from any website, pull data from connected tools, cross-reference sources, and come back with a finished output.

For engineering teams this goes even further: Viktor has its own cloud computer, so he can write code, run it, and deliver results without any setup on your end.

Viktor remembers your preferences across sessions and can set up automations that run on a schedule just by being asked. No Zapier, no workflow builder. You just tell Viktor what you want and what time and he handles it.

Over time it starts becoming the process layer for your business, which is honestly where it gets really exciting.

One of the less obvious wins with Viktor is being able to delegate the follow-up layer of managing a team, which happens to be one of my favorite ways to use him.

If someone needs to get something done by Friday, you tell Viktor: if it's not done by then, ping them. When a human sends that reminder, it can feel like nagging or micromanaging. When Viktor sends it, it just feels helpful.

Ever had the thought "what is the one AI tool I can use to search across ALL the software in my business?" Well Viktor is your answer. He integrates with over 3,200 tools (If Viktor doesn't connect with a tool, you can also add a custom MCP).

But it's not just search, he can also execute tasks across all those tools too!

Viktor gives you control over what it can and can't do. You can set it to ask before taking any action, restrict its access to specific channels, and limit what it can do across connected tools.

For example, Our GitHub connection is read-only. Viktor can read pull requests, diffs, and file contents, but it can't push code or open PRs. That was a deliberate choice on our end, and Viktor made it easy to set that boundary.

• Free: $100 off + $100 additional credits if you use our Viktor discount code (exclusive to Efficient App readers). Enough to meaningfully test whether it fits before committing.
• Team: $50 per workspace per month. Includes 20,000 monthly credits that refresh automatically.
• Enterprise: Custom pricing. Adds a more powerful underlying model, invoicing, security review support, SLA guarantees, priority support, and dedicated onboarding.

Gemini is Google's AI assistant, similar to ChatGPT or Claude.

If you've read a Google AI Overview, summarized a YouTube video, generated meeting notes in Google Meet, wrote an email with AI in Gmail, used an AI feature in Google Drive, you've already used it. That's the thing with Google, they already have billions of people using their products everyday so they instantly have high adoption.

According to Google, the Gemini app itself passed 1 billion monthly users in August 2026 (for comparison ChatGPT also has about a billion users).

So while I don’t think Gemini is currently the best all-around AI chatbot, it is absolutely one of the most widely used.

• Deep integration with Search, YouTube, Android, Gmail, Drive, Meet, and other Google products
• One of the most widely accessible AI assistants
• Strong research capabilities
• Broad free plan with access to many different features
• Convenient for people who already use Google Workspace

• Not my first choice for serious work or complex delegation
• Voice and smart-home answers can feel weaker than ChatGPT Voice
• Features and subscriptions are spread across a lot of different Google products

Gemini's biggest advantage is its connection to Google. It can work across products like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Calendar, Meet, Maps, Search, YouTube, Photos, and Android.

Gemini Live is Google's voice experience. You can speak naturally, interrupt it, share your camera or screen, and ask questions about what it sees (e.g. my washing machine is showing this error, what do you think is wrong?). Super cool concept, but I often find the answers it gives lackluster compared the just using the chat (and uploading a screenshot for example). I'm still waiting for it to get better.

Gemini includes image generation and editing through Google's Nano Banana models, along with video and music tools on certain plans. I've played with this a bit, but while it's been impressive I am still yet to find a great use-case.

• Free: $0. Includes Gemini Flash, varying Pro access, image generation, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, and Gems.
• Google AI Plus: $4.99/month. Includes twice the Free plan’s usage and more Google AI features.
• Google AI Pro: $19.99/month. Includes four times the Free plan’s usage, more advanced features, Workspace integration, and 5 TB of storage.
• Google AI Ultra: Starts at $99.99/month. Includes the highest limits and access to features such as Deep Think and Gemini Spark.
• Gemini Enterprise: Starts around $21 per user per month.