SynthBoardvsGemini

Gemini knows Google.
A board argues your call.

Gemini is a strong assistant, woven through Gmail, Docs and Search. On a hard call it is still one voice. SynthBoard puts the call to named experts across model families — Gemini among them — assigned to disagree.

Start free See one call, side by side

Free to start. No card.

GeminiGoogle

What it’s good at

Deep ties into Gmail, Docs and Search
Fast answers and research
Long context for big files

Gemini is also one of the model families SynthBoard’s experts sit on.

SynthBoardYour chief of staff and her experts

What a board adds

Named experts who hold a position, on different AI models
On a decision, two are assigned opposite sides
The call, how sure the board is, and who disagreed and why
Your world on file, work and home apart, and a first step with a date

24 named experts on the bench

One call, side by side

Same question.
A different kind of answer.

A business call, typed the way a person types it: the board’s run, next to the shape of what Gemini would hand back. An example, trimmed for length.

Google Ads, or a content writer?

Work · Board of 3

We have $6k a month for growth. Google Ads brought 40 trials last month at about $150 each, and 10% of trials convert. Keep it all on ads, or hire a content writer instead?

Chief of staff

Your board is seated: The Growth Hacker, The Marketer, The CFO. They read the brief first, then research, then argue it out.

The Growth HackerGrowth Experimenter
The MarketerBrand Builder
The CFOFinancial Controller

The board’s call

Split it: keep $4k on your two best ad campaigns, put $2k into a freelance writer for one quarter, and judge the writer on trials, not traffic.

With 10% of trials converting, each new customer costs you about $1,500 in ads. Content takes months to pay back, so a full switch leaves you with no new customers this quarter; a split keeps the pipeline and tests the cheaper channel.

Confidence61 · Moderate

The Growth Hacker disagreed

“Before you buy content, cut the campaigns that bring trials who never convert. The cheapest fix is probably in your targeting.”

First step Pause every campaign whose trials converted below 5% last monthtomorrow

Example · Board of 3 · about 95 credits

The table

What you get
on a hard call.

Where Gemini has something close, it gets the credit.

SynthBoard compared with Gemini
What you get	SynthBoard	Gemini
Several named experts on one questionA consult with one expert, or a board with several	Yes	No
Experts assigned to argue opposed positionsOn a decision, at least two take opposite sides	Yes	No
Seats spread across AI model familiesNot one lab’s habits on every seat	Yes	No
The dissent kept in the final answerWho disagreed, why, and what would change the call	Yes	No
The answer in the shape the question needsA decision, a plan, a comparison, a forecast, the written piece	11 shapes	Partly
Remembers what you decidedAnd names it first when an ask would reverse it	Yes	Partly
Work and personal kept apartA room is grounded only in its own context	Yes	Partly
Reads your tools; writes only after you confirmNotion, Google Docs, Gmail, Slack, Linear, HubSpot and more	Yes	Partly
An answer the same hourA consult takes about a minute; a board, about 6–10 minutes	Yes	Yes
Built into Google Workspace	Partly	Yes

Fair is fair

When to use Gemini.

It does things SynthBoard doesn’t try to. Use it for these, and bring the hard calls to a board.

01
Inside Google’s apps
Help right in Gmail, Docs and Sheets, where your work already lives.
02
Search-style research
Fast answers grounded in Google Search.
03
Big files at once
A long context for large documents and long threads.

Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they choose between SynthBoard and Gemini.

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Does SynthBoard use Gemini?

Yes. Gemini is one of the model families the experts sit on, alongside GPT, Claude, Grok and more. Which models a seat can use depends on your plan.

Can SynthBoard read my Google Docs and Gmail?

Yes, once you connect them. She reads Google Docs, Sheets, Calendar and Gmail among others and says what she read. A write — a new Google Doc or a Gmail draft — is a preview you confirm, and writes are on Pro and above.

Is every question a board?

No. Your Chief of Staff answers the everyday herself. A question that needs one expert becomes a consult; only the biggest calls go to a board. Talking to your Chief of Staff is free within a daily allowance. A consult or a board shows its price on the card before anything runs, and nothing runs until you tap.

What if the experts are wrong?

They can be: the experts are AI. That is why every memo shows how confident the board is, what would flip the call and who disagreed, and why the call stays yours.

Inside Google’s apps

Search-style research

Big files at once

Does SynthBoard use Gemini?

Can SynthBoard read my Google Docs and Gmail?

Is every question a board?

What if the experts are wrong?

Bring the call you keep putting off.

Bring the call
you keep putting off.