Pricing
Gemini Code Assist pricing: Standard, Enterprise, and what happened to the free tier
Google's coding assistant is now a business product only, bought through sales. The two editions, their limits, and where individual developers went instead.
Gemini Code Assist has two paid editions as of October 2026: Standard at $19 per user a month with an annual commitment or $22.80 month to month, and Enterprise at $45 or $54. There is no longer a free or individual plan: Google stopped serving the free "for individuals" tier and Google AI Pro and Ultra users in the IDE on June 18, 2026, and points them to Antigravity. Since September 4, 2026, new customers can't buy Code Assist in the Google Cloud console; they have to contact Google Cloud sales. Both editions include agent mode and the Gemini CLI, with 1,500 and 2,000 agent requests per user per day.
Key takeaways
- Standard: $19 a user a month annually, $22.80 monthly (Google).
- Enterprise: $45 annually, $54 monthly; adds code customization from your own repositories and more Google Cloud integrations.
- No free tier: the individual plan ended June 18, 2026, and the first-month credits ended August 20, 2026.
- Sales only for new customers since September 4, 2026.
- Limits: 1,500 (Standard) or 2,000 (Enterprise) agent mode and Gemini CLI requests per user per day.
| Standard | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual commitment | $19 a user a month | $45 a user a month |
| Month to month | $22.80 a user a month | $54 a user a month |
| Agent mode and Gemini CLI | 1,500 requests a user a day | 2,000 requests a user a day |
| Completion, chat and agent mode in the IDE | Yes | Yes |
| Code customization from private repositories | No | Yes |
| Apigee, Application Integration, Cloud Assist | No | Yes |
| Indemnification for code suggestions | Yes | Yes |
| How new customers buy | Google Cloud sales | Google Cloud sales |
How much does Gemini Code Assist cost?
From Google's pricing pages (Google, Google Cloud):
- Standard: $19 per user a month "with an upfront annual commitment," or $22.80 month to month.
- Enterprise: $45 per user a month annually, or $54 month to month.
Subscriptions are billed monthly through a Google Cloud billing account. Google publishes no minimum seat count; licenses are assigned to users automatically by default, and one unused for 30 days can move to someone else (Google Cloud).
What do Standard and Enterprise include?
Both editions (Google Cloud):
- Code completion, chat and agent mode in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Android Studio, Cloud Shell Editor and Cloud Workstations. Agent mode runs in VS Code and IntelliJ and is still labeled Preview.
- The Gemini CLI.
- Help inside Firebase, Colab Enterprise, BigQuery, Cloud Run and Google's databases.
- "Indemnification for code suggestions," and Google says your code isn't used to train its shared models.
Enterprise adds:
- Code customization: suggestions based on your private repositories in GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket, up to 20,000 repositories.
- More Google Cloud: help in Apigee and Application Integration, and Gemini Cloud Assist.
There is no Visual Studio extension.
What are Gemini Code Assist's usage limits?
Agent mode and the Gemini CLI share one daily limit: 1,500 requests per user per day on Standard and 2,000 on Enterprise, across every model. One prompt can make several requests, and requests are also limited per minute. Code Assist reads up to a 1,000,000-token context from your local codebase (Google Cloud).
Which Gemini models does Code Assist use?
Google's docs say "Gemini 3.1 Pro is available as public preview and Gemini 3.5 Flash is generally available" in VS Code and IntelliJ; 3.1 Pro needs an administrator to turn on the Preview release channel (Google Cloud). Google's newer models, such as Gemini 4 Argon, aren't listed for Code Assist (Gemini vs Claude for coding).
Is Gemini Code Assist free?
Not any more. Google launched a free tier for individuals in February 2025. On June 18, 2026, "Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions stopped serving requests" for that tier and for Google AI Pro and Ultra, and the Gemini CLI did the same; those users "can migrate to the Antigravity family of products" (Google). The free GitHub code review app followed: "Starting July 17, 2026, the consumer version is shut down" (Google). The enterprise GitHub app still runs, with at least 100 reviews per installation a day.
On August 20, 2026, Google also ended the first month of free credits it had given new business customers since January 2025 (release notes).
For a free option from Google today, there's Antigravity, an agent editor and CLI with a free weekly quota and an extension for Visual Studio 2026 (Antigravity vs Claude Code, Gemini CLI free tier). Gemini in Android Studio also keeps a free version for individuals.
Can you still buy Gemini Code Assist?
Yes, but not by yourself. Since September 4, 2026, "New subscriptions for Gemini Code Assist can no longer be purchased through the Google Cloud console" for billing accounts without one; existing subscribers are unaffected. New customers contact Google Cloud sales, and Google suggests Antigravity through Gemini Enterprise as the alternative (release notes).
How much is Gemini Code Assist in India?
Google publishes no rupee price. Customers paying in other currencies are charged the prices listed in their currency on Google Cloud's SKUs, through their Cloud billing account (Google Cloud).
How has Gemini Code Assist pricing changed?
- December 2023: Duet AI for Developers became generally available.
- April 2024: renamed Gemini Code Assist.
- October 2024: the Standard and Enterprise editions launched.
- February 2025: a free tier for individuals.
- June 2025: agent mode in preview.
- June 18, 2026: the free tier and Google AI Pro and Ultra access ended in the IDE and CLI.
- July 17, 2026: the free GitHub code review app shut down.
- August 20, 2026: first-month credits for new customers ended.
- September 4, 2026: new subscriptions through sales only.
From Google's release notes and deprecation pages.
Gemini Code Assist vs Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code pricing
- GitHub Copilot: Business $19 a seat, Enterprise $39; Pro $10 for individuals (GitHub Copilot pricing).
- Cursor: Teams $40 a user a month, Pro $20 (Cursor pricing).
- Claude Code: in every Claude Team seat, $20 a month annually or $25 monthly, and in Pro and Max (Claude Code pricing).
Code Assist Standard matches Copilot Business at $19 on an annual commitment, but it's the only one of the four that new customers can't buy online.
One agent for a whole team
Gemini Code Assist puts an assistant in each developer's editor. Poly (usepoly.co) works the other way: a team works with one Claude Code or Codex agent in a shared browser room, sees each step live, and any member can approve a change before it lands. Free to start. What is Poly?
Common questions
How much does Gemini Code Assist cost?
Standard costs $19 per user a month with an annual commitment or $22.80 month to month. Enterprise costs $45 annually or $54 month to month. There is no free or individual plan as of October 2026.
Is Gemini Code Assist still free for individuals?
No. Google stopped serving the free individual tier, and Google AI Pro and Ultra users, in the IDE extensions and Gemini CLI on June 18, 2026, and points them to Antigravity, which has a free weekly quota.
What is the difference between Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise?
Enterprise adds code customization from your private GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repositories, help in Apigee and Application Integration, and a higher daily limit of 2,000 agent requests per user instead of 1,500.
How do I buy Gemini Code Assist?
Since September 4, 2026, new customers can't buy it in the Google Cloud console; they contact Google Cloud sales. Billing accounts with an active subscription can keep buying as before.
Is Gemini Code Assist cheaper than GitHub Copilot?
Standard costs $19 per user a month on an annual commitment, the same as Copilot Business, or $22.80 month to month. Enterprise at $45 or $54 costs more than Copilot Enterprise at $39.