# Gemini Code Assist — Google's paid AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, and Cloud IDEs, built on the Gemini 3 model with a 1M-token context window.

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> Facts last verified: 2026-08-24

Gemini Code Assist is Google's AI coding assistant, sold as a Standard or Enterprise subscription and built into Visual Studio Code, the JetBrains IDE family, Cloud Workstations and the Cloud Shell Editor, with a companion Gemini CLI for the terminal. It runs on Google's Gemini 3 model with a 1M-token context window, pairing code completion and chat with an Enterprise-only agentic mode for multi-file edits across a project.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://codeassist.google |
| Pricing | Standard from $19/user/month (billed annually) or $22.80/user/month (billed monthly); Enterprise from $45/user/month (billed annually) or $54/user/month (billed monthly). Both include a 30-day free trial for up to 50 users. |
| API | No |
| Best for | Teams standardized on VS Code or JetBrains who are already on Google Cloud |
| Not for | Individual developers who want a free tier, or anyone who needs a mature multi-file agentic workflow today rather than an Enterprise-only preview feature. |

## Pricing

| Tier | Price |
| --- | --- |
| Standard | $19/user/mo billed annually, or $22.80/user/mo billed monthly |
| Enterprise | $45/user/mo billed annually, or $54/user/mo billed monthly |

## Verdict

Gemini Code Assist's case is Google's own IDEs-and-cloud reach: it sits inside VS Code and JetBrains where developers already work, runs Gemini 3 with a genuinely large context window, and on Enterprise can tune itself to a private codebase and act through MCP servers. The tradeoff is that the interesting part, Agent Mode, is Enterprise-only and still in preview, and there is no longer a free way to try any of it since Google shut down the individual tier in favor of Antigravity. Teams already paying for Google Cloud and standardized on VS Code or JetBrains get the most out of it; anyone wanting a free tier or a mature agentic feature set today should look elsewhere first.

## How it works

1. Start a 30-day trial (up to 50 users) on Standard or Enterprise
2. Install the extension for your IDE (VS Code, JetBrains) or use the Cloud Shell Editor / Cloud Workstations / Gemini CLI
3. Get inline completions, chat-based help and code transformations from Gemini 3 as you work
4. On Enterprise, point it at private repositories for tuned suggestions and use the preview Agent Mode for multi-step, multi-file tasks via MCP servers

## Who it's for

- Teams already standardized on VS Code or JetBrains who want an AI assistant built into that editor rather than a separate app
- Google Cloud shops that want Gemini tuned against their own private repositories and integrated with services like Apigee (Enterprise)
- Developers who want a terminal option (Gemini CLI) as well as an IDE panel

## Strengths and weaknesses

- ✓ Runs on Gemini 3 with a 1M-token context window, larger than many rival coding assistants advertise
- ✓ Broad editor coverage — VS Code, the full JetBrains family, Cloud Workstations and Cloud Shell Editor — plus a terminal CLI; the VS Code extension alone has over 5 million installs
- ✓ Enterprise tier can tune against private repositories and act through MCP servers via Agent Mode, not just suggest code inline
- ✗ No free tier anymore: the earlier free personal tier was discontinued 2026-06-18 and individual users were pushed to a separate product, Antigravity, so trying it today means starting a paid per-seat trial
- ✗ The VS Code extension holds a 1.91/5 rating across 853 reviews on the Visual Studio Marketplace, well below what comparable coding assistants track
- ✗ Its most distinctive capability, Agent Mode's multi-step, multi-file editing, is both Enterprise-only and still labeled preview by Google itself, not a finished feature available to Standard subscribers
- ⚠ Agent Mode and private-repository customization are gated to the Enterprise tier and Agent Mode is still in preview
- ⚠ No public API for Gemini Code Assist itself is documented; integration is through the IDE extensions, Cloud console and Gemini CLI rather than a standalone REST API

## Key features

- **Gemini 3 completion and chat** — AI code completion, generation and a natural-language chat panel running on Google's Gemini 3 model with a 1M-token context window.
- **Code transformation** — Refactoring, test generation and debugging support built into the IDE panel, on both Standard and Enterprise editions.
- **Agent Mode (Enterprise, preview)** — Completes multi-step tasks using system tools and MCP servers, and can make multi-file edits with project-wide context, rather than suggesting code one line at a time.
- **Private-codebase customization (Enterprise)** — Tunes suggestions against a team's own private repositories, plus broader Google Cloud service integrations such as Apigee and Application Integration.
- **Usage metrics dashboard** — Built-in usage metrics and observability so an organization can see how the tool is actually being used across seats.

## Use cases

- **Refactoring an existing codebase** — A team on the Enterprise tier points Gemini Code Assist at its own private repositories to get completions and transformations tuned to its actual code rather than generic suggestions.
- **Multi-file changes across a project** — A developer uses the preview Agent Mode to carry out a multi-step task, such as a cross-file rename or a scripted refactor, that touches more than one file at once.
- **Terminal-first workflows** — A developer who prefers the command line runs the companion Gemini CLI instead of the IDE panel for the same underlying assistant.

## Integrations

Visual Studio Code · JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm) · Android Studio · Cloud Workstations · Cloud Shell Editor · Gemini CLI (terminal) · Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers · Apigee and Application Integration (Enterprise)

## Sources

- https://codeassist.google
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/overview
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Google.geminicodeassist
- https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24198-gemini-code-assist/
- https://slashdot.org/software/p/Gemini-Code-Assist/