Gemini Code Assist
FreeGoogle's AI coding assistant
About Gemini Code Assist
Google's coding assistant with 180,000 free completions per month — the most generous free tier in the category by a wide margin. Completions, debugging, and codebase chat across VS Code and JetBrains. Enterprise tier adds private codebase fine-tuning and deep Google Cloud integration for teams already running on GCP.
Pricing plans
- 180k completions/mo
- VS Code + JetBrains
- Gemini 2.0
- Private codebase tuning
- Google Cloud integration
- SSO + audit logs
How Gemini Code Assist compares
| Directr tier | B | S | S | S |
| Price | Free / $75/developer/mo Enterprise | From $20/mo or usage-based | From $20/mo | Free (pay API tokens only) |
| Free tier | 180,000 completions/mo | None | 150k tokens/day | Free |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
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