Gemini Code Assist review
6.9/10★★★★★Google's AI coding assistant for teams, in VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and GitHub
- Best for
- Teams standardised on Google Cloud who want a managed, enterprise-licensed assistant
- Price
- Paid · from $19/user/month
- Platforms
- VS Code, JetBrains, Terminal, Other
- Made by
- Google, Mountain View, USA · since 1998
What it is
Gemini Code Assist adds Gemini-powered completion, chat and agent mode to VS Code, JetBrains and Android Studio, plus a terminal agent and a GitHub pull-request reviewer. Since June 2026 it serves business subscriptions only; Google now points individual developers to Antigravity.
Latest: From June 2026 the IDE extensions stopped serving free individual users, who were moved to Google Antigravity.
What the AI does
- Code completion and full function/file generation
- Agent mode with multi-file edits and MCP
- Terminal agent
- Automated GitHub pull request reviews
- Very large context; Enterprise connects private repos
Pros and cons
- Deep Google Cloud, Firebase and Android Studio integration
- Very large context window
- GitHub pull request review agent
- Enterprise customisation on private code
- Free individual tier discontinued in June 2026
- Confusing product line (Code Assist vs Antigravity)
- Fewer independent reviews than the leaders
How it scores
Gemini models score well on benchmarks, but there's little product-level evidence and no individual plan any more.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- Autonomous agent mode that edits multiple files (yes)
- Inline code completion as you type (yes)
- Choice of AI models from more than one vendor (no)
- Use your own API keys, local models or self-hosted deployment (no)
- Extension for existing IDEs (VS Code or JetBrains) (yes)
- Command-line (terminal) agent (yes)
- Cloud agents that keep working in the background (no)
- AI code review for pull requests (yes)
- Connects to external tools (MCP, plugins or apps like Slack and Jira) (yes)
Alternatives
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- OpenAI Codex 8.7/10Developers who want parallel, asynchronous tasks and pull requests back, bundled with ChatGPT
- GitHub Copilot 8.6/10Developers and teams on GitHub who want AI in the IDE they already use, at the lowest entry price
- Claude Code 8.5/10Engineers who hand off large multi-file tasks and long autonomous runs
- Cursor 8.3/10IDE-first developers who want AI in every keystroke and the freedom to switch models
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