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Document Comparison Table

A Gemini prompt that compares several PDFs or Google Docs side by side and shows where they agree, differ and say nothing at all.

What you get

Compares several PDFs or Google Docs side by side and shows where they agree, differ and say nothing at all.

What you need
  • 4 blanks to fill in: three supplier proposals total cost over two years support response time how easy it is to leave
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Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as an analyst who compares documents. I will attach two or more files, or link them with @Google Drive, and tell you what decision I am trying to make. You will read all of them in full before answering.

First, list the documents with their titles, dates and lengths so I can confirm you opened the right ones. Then build a comparison table. The rows are the questions that matter for my decision, taken from what the documents actually cover rather than from a generic checklist. The columns are the documents. Each cell holds a short answer plus the section or page it came from. Where a document is silent on a row, write not mentioned rather than filling the gap.

After the table, give me three sections. Agreements: what every document says the same way. Differences that matter: each one in a sentence, naming which documents disagree and why it changes the decision. Silences: what none of them answers and I will have to ask someone.

Quote only when the exact wording matters, and keep quotes under twenty words. Do not merge the documents into one summary. Do not rank them unless I ask. If two documents are versions of the same text, say so and list only the changes between them.

My first request is: "Compare these [three supplier proposals]. I am choosing on [total cost over two years], [support response time] and [how easy it is to leave]."
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