Gemini Code Assist

What is Gemini Code Assist?

Gemini Code Assist is Google's AI coding assistant powered by Gemini models. It provides code completion, chat, agentic edits and code transformation in IDEs, GitHub and Google Cloud, with editions for individuals, teams and enterprises.

Key capabilities of Gemini Code Assist

• Code completion: Inline suggestions while you type.
• Code chat: Ask questions about code in the IDE.
• Agentic edits: Agent mode makes multi-step changes across files.
• Code transformation: Assist with refactoring and migration tasks.
• Large-context reasoning: Works with larger context for bigger codebases.

How Gemini Code Assist works

Developers install the plugin in VS Code or a JetBrains IDE, or enable the GitHub app, and the assistant uses Gemini models to complete code, answer questions and apply multi-step edits. Enterprise editions add codebase customization and organization controls.

Who uses Gemini Code Assist?

Individual developers use the free tier, while teams and enterprises on Google Cloud use the Standard and Enterprise editions.

Gemini Code Assist pricing

The individual edition is free. Standard is listed at $19 per user per month and Enterprise at $45 per user per month in existing listing data; these reflect annual commitments reported by third parties and Google lists current rates on its site.

Gemini Code Assist alternatives

GitHub Copilot is the most widely adopted assistant, Continue is an open-source assistant that works with many models, and Devin is an autonomous software agent. Gemini Code Assist is distinguished by its tie to Google Cloud.