Gemini Code Assist — Google’s GCP-Centric AI Coding Assistant (Individuals Tier Retired Jun 2026 → Antigravity)

Not shut down, but the consumer individual entry point was cut off. Gemini Code Assist (Google / Google Cloud; evolved from “Codey” / Duet AI for Developers, relaunched 2024) is still active as of 2026-08, with Standard/Enterprise continuing to ship (Gemini 3.5 Flash GA, Gemini 3.1 Pro in preview channel, MCP private beta, Agent Mode Preview). Key status change: from 2026-06-18 the IDE extensions and Gemini CLI stopped serving Gemini Code Assist for Individuals and consumer Google AI Pro / Ultra logins — “Sign in with Google” for personal accounts was removed, and the old free individual layer moved to Antigravity + Antigravity CLI. The consumer GitHub PR reviewer app was deprecated 2026-06-18 and fully shut 2026-07-17, replaced by the Google Cloud Developer Connect hosted version (Preview, free).

1. One-line positioning

Gemini Code Assist = Google Cloud-bound, IDE + terminal + PR tri-surface AI coding assistant on Gemini 3 / 2.5 Pro with a 1M-token context window, extensions for VS Code + JetBrains + Android Studio + Cloud Workstations, open-source Gemini CLI terminal agent, Agent Mode (Preview, multi-file + MCP + human-in-the-loop), automated GitHub PR review, and native hooks into Firebase / BigQuery / Cloud Run / Apigee. Not GitHub Copilot (GitHub-ecosystem plugin), not Cursor (AI-native editor), not Claude Code (autonomous terminal agent), not Amazon Q (AWS-bound). Fits ai-productivity-data; pipeline_stage none. 2026 traps: free individual tier dead (solo devs start at $19/mo or flee to Antigravity), Agent Mode still Preview with per-step approval, 5–10s latency vs Copilot, no native Neovim/Emacs extension, consumer GitHub bot not replaced 1:1.

2. Core features

Layer Capability Notes

IDE assist Inline completion, comment-to-function/file gen, chat with opened-files context, unit-test gen, debug, doc, source citations VS Code / IntelliJ / PyCharm / GoLand / WebStorm / Android Studio / Cloud Shell Editor / Cloud Workstations

Context 1M-token window (Gemini 3 / 2.5 Pro), local codebase awareness, @file refs Copilot ~128k, Cursor ~32k

Agent Agent Mode (Preview): multi-file plan+edit, MCP servers, smart commands, built-in tools, HiTL approval per step Not fully autonomous

CLI Gemini CLI (Apache-2, open source) terminal agent: file ops, shell, troubleshoot Individual login cut 2026-06-18 → Antigravity CLI for consumers

GitHub PR auto-review, /gemini comment triggers, summaries; consumer app shut 2026-07-17, Cloud Developer Connect hosted Preview replaces it Enterprise/Standard orgs unaffected

Cloud glue Gemini in Firebase, BigQuery insights, Cloud Run completion, Apigee API design (Ent), App Integration (Ent), Gemini Cloud Assist (Ent) GCP-only moat

Enterprise Private-repo code customization, VPC-SC, IAM, IP indemnity (both paid tiers), usage dashboard, 30-day trial up to 50 seats Standard also stateless / not trained on prompts

3. Pricing (2026-08, USD/seat)

Tier Price Grants

Individuals (legacy free) $0 — retired 2026-06-18 Was 6,000 code req + 240 chat/day; gone, migrate to Antigravity

Standard (annual commit) $19/user/mo Gemini 3 (preview chan) + 3.5 Flash GA, CLI, Agent Mode, 1,500 agent+CLI req/day, IDE+Firebase+Colab+BigQuery, stateless/no-train, IP indemnity

Standard (monthly) $22.80/user/mo same

Enterprise (annual commit) $45/user/mo + private code customization, Apigee/App Integration, Cloud Assist premium, VPC-SC, 2,000 agent+CLI req/day

Enterprise (momthly) $54/user/mo same

Google Developer Program Standard $0 bundle / Premium $299/yr (bundles Standard seat + $1k+ GCP credit) bundle channel

Antigravity (ex-individuals) Antigravity own pricing (free tier exists) Consumer CLI/IDE path successor

pricing_type = freemium-then-paid (individual free tier killed 2026-06-18, effectively commercial-only); starting_price = $19; free_tier = "no; individuals-free-tier-retired-2026-06-18-migrate-antigravity; cloud-hosted-github-reviewer-preview-free; 30-day-trial-up-to-50-users-standard-ent"; pricing_note = "google-2024-from-duet-codey; individuals-free-tier-retired-2026-06-18-login-with-google-removed-migrate-antigravity; github-consumer-app-shut-2026-07-17-cloud-hosted-preview-replaces; standard-19-annual-22.80-mo-enterprise-45-annual-54-mo; gdp-premium-299-yr-bundles-standard; 1m-token-ctx; agent-mode-preview-approval-per-step; no-neovim-emacs-ext; latency-5-10s-vs-copilot; ip-indemnity-both-tiers"

4. Access Type (v2)

access_type: ide-extension-plus-cli

access_display: 🔌 VS Code / JetBrains / Android Studio / Cloud Workstations · 💻 Gemini CLI (terminal, Apache-2) · 🌐 GitHub PR bot (Cloud-hosted Developer Connect) · (no standalone editor, no local-model routing)

5. Reviews (context king, latency laggard, 2026 individual-tier backlash)

Source Score Signal

aiproductivity.ai 2026 4.4/5 1M ctx + GCP glue wins; retired free tier dinged

ThePlanetTools 8.2/10 1M ctx, SWE-bench ~63.8%, latency 5–10s

Knowara 2026 — GCP/Android Studio edge; solo $19 floor steep vs Copilot $10

VersusTool 2026 — Confirms June 18 cutoff, Standard/Ent quotas, no freemium seat after 6/18

HN/Reddit consensus mixed Solo devs angry → Antigravity/Copilot/Cursor; GCP enterprise teams satisfied

Accept-rate bench 64% Cursor 78% / Copilot 71% on large TS — Gemini completion quality #3, context breadth #1

Praise: 1M token swallows whole mono-repo, GCP/Firebase/BigQuery context competitors can’t fake, Android Studio native-only, IP indemnity down to Standard, stateless/no-training on paid tiers, Gemini 3.5 Flash GA.

Gripes: 2026-06-18 killed free individuals tier forcing solo devs to $19 or Antigravity; 5–10s completion latency breaks flow; Agent Mode Preview per-step approve weaker than Cursor Composer; no Neovim/Emacs ext; occasional stale-API suggestions; four surfaces (IDE/CLI/GitHub/Cloud) with confusing billing; consumer GitHub reviewer not replaced 1:1 by Antigravity.

6. Best for / Not for

Best for Not for

GCP-heavy teams (Cloud Run / BigQuery / Firebase / Apigee) Solo indie devs / students (free tier dead, $19 floor)

Android Studio dev groups (only native Gemini integration) AI-native editor seekers (Cursor)

Enterprises needing private-repo grounding + VPC-SC + IP indemnity Neovim/Emacs native-ext users

Large mono-repos needing 1M ctx in one shot Low-latency completion addicts (Copilot faster)

Google Developer Program Premium ($299/yr) buyers Non-GCP projects (value halves)

Multi-IDE shops (VS Code + IntelliJ + AS) wanting one license Terminal-autonomous-agent fans (Claude Code / Codex more autonomous)

7. Competitors (table)

Tool Lane Starts vs Gemini CA

GitHub Copilot IDE plugin + GitHub ecosystem $10/mo Pro / $19 Business Faster, multi-IDE, GitHub Issues strong; smaller ctx, no GCP glue

Cursor AI-native VS Code fork $20/mo Pro / $40 Teams Multi-file Composer + parallel agents stronger; locks editor, no GCP

Claude Code Terminal autonomous agent $20–$100/mo Architecture reasoning strongest; no IDE ext, no GCP hooks

Amazon Q Developer AWS-bound assistant $19/mo Pro AWS equivalent; no GCP side

JetBrains Junie JB in-IDE agent with JB subscription Deep JB, dies outside JB

Codeium / Windsurf Light AI IDE free / $15/mo Individual free still alive; enterprise glue shallow

Antigravity Google consumer successor Antigravity own (free tier) Same vendor, CLI-first, fewer IDE integrations

Layer	Capability	Notes
IDE assist	Inline completion, comment-to-function/file gen, chat with opened-files context, unit-test gen, debug, doc, source citations	VS Code / IntelliJ / PyCharm / GoLand / WebStorm / Android Studio / Cloud Shell Editor / Cloud Workstations
Context	1M-token window (Gemini 3 / 2.5 Pro), local codebase awareness, `@file` refs	Copilot ~128k, Cursor ~32k
Agent	Agent Mode (Preview): multi-file plan+edit, MCP servers, smart commands, built-in tools, HiTL approval per step	Not fully autonomous
CLI	Gemini CLI (Apache-2, open source) terminal agent: file ops, shell, troubleshoot	Individual login cut 2026-06-18 → Antigravity CLI for consumers
GitHub	PR auto-review, `/gemini` comment triggers, summaries; consumer app shut 2026-07-17, Cloud Developer Connect hosted Preview replaces it	Enterprise/Standard orgs unaffected
Cloud glue	Gemini in Firebase, BigQuery insights, Cloud Run completion, Apigee API design (Ent), App Integration (Ent), Gemini Cloud Assist (Ent)	GCP-only moat
Enterprise	Private-repo code customization, VPC-SC, IAM, IP indemnity (both paid tiers), usage dashboard, 30-day trial up to 50 seats	Standard also stateless / not trained on prompts

Tier	Price	Grants
Individuals (legacy free)	$0 — retired 2026-06-18	Was 6,000 code req + 240 chat/day; gone, migrate to Antigravity
Standard (annual commit)	$19/user/mo	Gemini 3 (preview chan) + 3.5 Flash GA, CLI, Agent Mode, 1,500 agent+CLI req/day, IDE+Firebase+Colab+BigQuery, stateless/no-train, IP indemnity
Standard (monthly)	$22.80/user/mo	same
Enterprise (annual commit)	$45/user/mo	+ private code customization, Apigee/App Integration, Cloud Assist premium, VPC-SC, 2,000 agent+CLI req/day
Enterprise (momthly)	$54/user/mo	same
Google Developer Program	Standard $0 bundle / Premium $299/yr (bundles Standard seat + $1k+ GCP credit)	bundle channel
Antigravity (ex-individuals)	Antigravity own pricing (free tier exists)	Consumer CLI/IDE path successor

Source	Score	Signal
aiproductivity.ai 2026	4.4/5	1M ctx + GCP glue wins; retired free tier dinged
ThePlanetTools	8.2/10	1M ctx, SWE-bench ~63.8%, latency 5–10s
Knowara 2026	—	GCP/Android Studio edge; solo $19 floor steep vs Copilot $10
VersusTool 2026	—	Confirms June 18 cutoff, Standard/Ent quotas, no freemium seat after 6/18
HN/Reddit consensus	mixed	Solo devs angry → Antigravity/Copilot/Cursor; GCP enterprise teams satisfied
Accept-rate bench	64%	Cursor 78% / Copilot 71% on large TS — Gemini completion quality #3, context breadth #1

Best for	Not for
GCP-heavy teams (Cloud Run / BigQuery / Firebase / Apigee)	Solo indie devs / students (free tier dead, $19 floor)
Android Studio dev groups (only native Gemini integration)	AI-native editor seekers (Cursor)
Enterprises needing private-repo grounding + VPC-SC + IP indemnity	Neovim/Emacs native-ext users
Large mono-repos needing 1M ctx in one shot	Low-latency completion addicts (Copilot faster)
Google Developer Program Premium ($299/yr) buyers	Non-GCP projects (value halves)
Multi-IDE shops (VS Code + IntelliJ + AS) wanting one license	Terminal-autonomous-agent fans (Claude Code / Codex more autonomous)

Tool	Lane	Starts	vs Gemini CA
GitHub Copilot	IDE plugin + GitHub ecosystem	$10/mo Pro / $19 Business	Faster, multi-IDE, GitHub Issues strong; smaller ctx, no GCP glue
Cursor	AI-native VS Code fork	$20/mo Pro / $40 Teams	Multi-file Composer + parallel agents stronger; locks editor, no GCP
Claude Code	Terminal autonomous agent	$20–$100/mo	Architecture reasoning strongest; no IDE ext, no GCP hooks
Amazon Q Developer	AWS-bound assistant	$19/mo Pro	AWS equivalent; no GCP side
JetBrains Junie	JB in-IDE agent	with JB subscription	Deep JB, dies outside JB
Codeium / Windsurf	Light AI IDE	free / $15/mo	Individual free still alive; enterprise glue shallow
Antigravity	Google consumer successor	Antigravity own (free tier)	Same vendor, CLI-first, fewer IDE integrations