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Aider vs Gemini CLI

Aider or Gemini CLI? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Chat about your code, Runs commands, Reviews pull requests, Command line, Choice of models
  • Only Aider states: Agent that edits files, Knows the whole codebase, Self-hosted, API
  • Only Gemini CLI states: VS Code, Builds agents and workflows

Aider

Aider is an open-source terminal tool for pair programming with language models and editing code in local repositories.

Plans

Not read from the maker’s page yet.

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Chat about your code — “Chat modes — Using the code, architect, ask and help chat modes.” source
  • Agent that edits files — “Usage — How to use aider to pair program with AI and edit code in your local git repo.” source
  • Knows the whole codebase — “Aider makes a map of your entire codebase, which helps it work well in larger projects.” source
  • Runs commands — “Automatically lint and test your code every time aider makes changes.” source
  • Reviews pull requests — “You can also use aider to review PR branches:” source
  • Command line — “Aider is AI pair programming in your terminal.” source
  • Choice of models — “In-chat commands — Control aider with in-chat commands like /add, /model, etc.” source
  • Self-hosted — “To run the project locally, follow these steps:” source
  • API — “Yes. You can script aider via the command line or python.” source
About Aider

Gemini CLI

Open-source terminal agent for understanding code, editing files, running commands, searching the web, and automating developer workflows.

Plans

Free

Free

  • Unlimited public/private repositories
  • Dependabot security and version updates
  • 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month
  • 500MB of Packages storage
  • Issues & Projects
  • Community support

Team

  • $4 USD per user/month
  • Access to GitHub Codespaces
  • Repository rules
  • Multiple reviewers in pull requests
  • Draft pull requests
  • Code owners
  • 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month

Enterprise

  • Starting at $21 USD per user/month
  • Data residency
  • Enterprise Managed Users
  • User provisioning through SCIM
  • Enterprise Account to centrally manage multiple organizations
  • Environment protection rules
  • Audit Log API

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Chat about your code — “Debug issues and troubleshoot with natural language” source
  • Runs commands — “Built-in tools : Google Search grounding, file operations, shell commands, web fetching.” source
  • Reviews pull requests — “Pull Request Reviews : Automated code review with contextual feedback and suggestions” source
  • VS Code — “IDE Integration - VS Code companion.” source
  • Command line — “Terminal-first : Designed for developers who live in the command line.” source
  • Choice of models — “Model selection : Choose specific Gemini models” source
  • Builds agents and workflows — “Custom Workflows : Build automated, scheduled and on-demand workflows tailored to your team's needs” source

Latest updates

  • Release v0.62.0-preview.0 (v0.62.0-preview.0)

    Formats MCP tool call titles as structured signatures, separates explanations, retains OAuth refresh tokens, and makes credential deletion idempotent.

  • Release v0.61.0 (v0.61.0)

    Preserves versioned Flash model IDs, prevents prompt injection via build files and untrusted flags, and hardens sandbox filesystem boundaries.

About Gemini CLI