Gemini Discount Plan Guide: Google AI Plus at KRW 7,500 a Month Is Enough for Light Use

TL;DR: The current Gemini discount is 40% off Pro, and only on annual billing. It ends October 31, 2026. If you mainly ask questions and make images, Plus at KRW 7,500 a month is enough even without a discount. Pro earns its price when you load many documents to ask questions or make slides. The biggest gap as you move up the tiers is storage.

Contents

1. The plans at a glance
2. The biggest benefit is storage
3. Who Plus is enough for
4. Where Pro pays for itself
5. Check the discount conditions first
6. A guide to choosing
7. Final tip: skip annual billing

1. The plans at a glance

Google’s main AI plans come in three tiers, not counting the free one. The prices below are South Korean prices (in KRW) from the Google One plans page as of September 2026.

The differences from Free up to Plus and Pro are collected in one chart below. The values come from the gemini.google plan comparison and the Google One page.

2. The biggest benefit is storage

When I posted about this discount on Threads, 4 of the 8 replies were about storage.

I can’t give up Google storage either, so I keep using it lol

(Threads reply from cp*******)

I need Google storage, so I cancelled the other one and I’m using this. I’ll pay annually.

(Threads reply from le****************)

Storage on a Google account is shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.

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Storage plans vs. AI plans: what’s the difference?

Google One (Google’s paid storage service) also has storage plans whose names don’t include AI. I use Pro on my work account. On my personal account, where I collect photos, I bought a storage plan separately from Google Photos. But when I looked at that account’s upgrade screen, I couldn’t quite tell how it differed from the AI plans.

AI plans add the Gemini features from the chart in Section 1 on top of storage. On this screen, paying KRW 38,000 more per year raises storage from 200GB to 400GB and adds Plus’s Gemini features.

3. Who Plus is enough for

If you mostly ask questions, make images and videos, and call Gemini inside Gmail or Google Vids, Plus is enough.

Google Drive works the same way. Regular search by file name is free. But Gemini search that asks in a full sentence, like “the quote I received last month,” requires a paid plan according to Drive Help.

4. Where Pro pays for itself

I use Pro. I found three uses where Pro felt worth the price.

Loading lots of documents to ask questions and build slides

NotebookLM was renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026 (Google’s official blog). You add materials as sources, ask questions, and build slides, mind maps, and quizzes right from the Studio panel on the right.

Getting a Gmail draft from one line

In the Gemini button in the compose window, I typed only “an email politely asking to reschedule next Tuesday’s meeting.” It produced a draft with up to three candidate times.

5. Check the discount conditions first

The Pro discount has three conditions, based on the wording on the plans page.

• 40% off, annual plans only
• Limited to eligible users
• Until October 31, 2026

You can’t get this discount with monthly billing. Because of the eligibility condition, check the price on screen before you pay.

6. A guide to choosing

Who you are	Plan to pick
You only need storage, not AI	Storage plan (Standard 200GB, etc.)
Photo and file backup, occasional AI	Plus (Plus 2TB if you need more storage)
Questions and image generation	Plus
Asking questions over lots of materials, making slides	Pro
Working on documents with Gemini inside Docs	Pro

7. Final tip: skip annual billing