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A Gemini agent alternative, free to try
Like Tasks in Gemini, Sochen is an agent with a browser you can watch and take over, that works in the background and asks before it acts. But it’s free to try, priced in rupees in India, can ring you on an Indian or US number, and never uses your chats to train AI. Gemini’s agent comes with Google AI Pro or Ultra.
Your first job is free, no card needed. Then 7 days of Plus for $5 if you want more. Nothing renews on its own.
Side by side
| Sochen | Tasks in Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ✓First job free, then 7 days for $5 and a monthly plan. Plus is ₹999 a month in India. | Comes with Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month; ₹1,950 in India) or Ultra (from $99.99; ₹6,500). Not in the free tier or AI Plus. |
| Where | Anywhere, in the browser. Built in India; English, Hindi and Hinglish. | Wherever the Gemini app works, India included, but not in the EEA, UK, Switzerland or Nigeria. Google doesn't say which languages tasks support. |
| Its own computer | Yes: a cloud desktop with Chrome, live in the chat, and you can take over any time. | Yes: a cloud browser and computer you can watch live and take over, or your own Chrome on your desktop. |
| Works in the background | Schedules, watches on prices and pages, jobs that run when an email arrives, and Heads-ups that look through your apps twice a day and speak up only when something needs you. | Yes: tasks keep going while you're away, on a schedule or when an email or news topic triggers them; up to 15 at once. |
| Asks first | Anything that pays, orders, books, sends or deletes waits for your OK, with the details shown first; a schedule or an Outreach run is approved once, when you start it. | Always asks before sending, deleting, buying or submitting forms, except bulk changes in Google Tasks. |
| Phone | ✓Indian and US numbers: you can call it, it can ring you (a brief, a reminder, an urgent heads-up), and it calls US businesses for you. | You can talk to it in Gemini Live. It calls businesses only from a Pixel 11 with a US SIM, in English, to US numbers. Google doesn't describe it calling you. |
| Made for India | ✓Bill splits with UPI QR codes, GST invoices, Indian bank statements, exam-form photos to the KB, and your Zerodha portfolio, read only. | Urban Company and Zoho apps connect in India, in English. |
| Watches videos | Yes: YouTube links and uploads up to 500 MB, with timestamps. | Yes: understands YouTube videos, and takes uploads up to an hour long on Pro or Ultra. |
| Apps | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Outlook and Slack in one tap, more apps with a before-and-after preview, and any MCP server or API of your own. | ✓Deep inside Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive, plus 40+ other apps, many US-only. Its own MCP apps are US and English only. |
| Your data | Never used to train AI models. You can see, edit and delete what it remembers. | Tasks need Keep Activity on; with it on, Google says it may use chats to improve its AI, with human reviewers. |
| Model | Your choice: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, Kimi or DeepSeek, or a model of your own, switched mid-chat. | Google's own: Gemini Flash or Gemini 4 Argon for tasks. |
Checked 6 Nov 2026 on Google’s Tasks help page and Google AI plans. Plans and countries change; check there for the latest.
Where Gemini is ahead
Deep inside Google's apps
It reads and writes Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive, and makes files in Google's own formats. Sochen connects to Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Sheets too, but less deeply.Google's newest models and phones
Tasks run on Gemini 4 Argon, and Gemini can work inside apps on some Pixel and Galaxy phones. Sochen works in the browser.
Questions
What is Gemini's agent called now?+
Tasks in Gemini. Google renamed it in October 2026; it was Gemini Agent, then Gemini Spark. You switch to it with the Chat and Task toggle in the Gemini app. Google also sells a separate "Gemini agent" for work through Google Cloud; this page compares the Gemini app's Tasks.
Is Sochen a good Gemini agent alternative in India?+
Yes, if you want an agent that's free to try and priced in rupees. Tasks in Gemini comes with Google AI Pro at ₹1,950 a month. Sochen makes UPI QR codes and GST invoices and can ring you on an Indian number. New accounts get their first job free, then a 7-day trial of Plus for $5.
Is Sochen as capable as Gemini's agent?+
Not in every way. Gemini works more deeply inside Google's own apps, like Gmail, Docs and Calendar, and runs on Google's newest models. Sochen lets you pick the model, talks with you on the phone from India or the US, and never uses your chats to train AI.
Does Sochen act without asking?+
No. It asks before anything is paid, ordered, booked, sent or deleted, and shows exactly what will happen first. Its background checks only look.
Can I use both?+
Yes. Nothing stops you from using Gemini for Google Docs and Sheets and Sochen for phone calls, UPI bill splits or rupee pricing.
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Your first job is free, then 7 days for $5, and it works where you are.