Bonus shelf · Always-on agents

Gemini Spark

Google's 24/7 personal agent in the Gemini app: it runs tasks and schedules in Google's cloud across Gmail, Drive, Docs and Calendar, even when your phone and laptop are off.

No-code

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Our take Kratuva

Best for: Individuals who live in Gmail, Drive and Calendar and want recurring inbox, file and research chores done in the background for the price of Google AI Pro.
Not for: Teams on Google Workspace work accounts, which cannot use it yet, and anyone in the EEA, UK or Switzerland.

Price

From: $19.99/month(Google AI Pro, US); Google AI Ultra from $99.99/month
Model: included in the Google AI plan, sharing its compute-based usage limits; extra AI credits can be bought
Free plan: No
Checked: 9 Oct 2026

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What Gemini Spark is good at

Tasks, schedules and reusable skills, for example a Monday inbox recap with a to-do list and calendar blocks for deep work.
Works across Connected Apps and Google services, with a remote browser and computer for live web research and bookings.
Designed to check with you before major actions, and asks you to take over in its browser when it needs you.
Included in Google AI Pro, not only the top plan.

Where Gemini Spark breaks

Personal Google Accounts only (no work or school accounts), 18 or over, Keep Activity must be on, and it is not available in the EEA, Nigeria, Switzerland or the UK.
It uses info from Connected Apps, Personal Intelligence, location and websites you are signed into; Google calls it an experimental feature and says your supervision matters to prevent unintended actions.
It draws on the same compute-based Gemini usage limits as the rest of your plan, and at most 15 tasks run at once; a schedule will not run if 15 are already running.
Turning Spark off deletes its remote browser and code data, but keeps your tasks, threads and any files it created or changed.

When a custom build beats Gemini Spark

When the job is a fixed rule (log every lead email into a Sheet), Google Apps Script or a simple automation does it reliably with no usage limits and no agent judgment to supervise.

Setup

No-code. Someone comfortable with spreadsheets can set it up. No code needed.

Sources

Price checked 9 Oct 2026. If something here is out of date, email indra@kratuva.com and we will fix it.

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Checked 9 Oct 2026

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