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Gemini Code Assist vs GitHub Copilot

Gemini Code Assist or GitHub Copilot? 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: Inline completion, Chat about your code, Knows the whole codebase, Reviews pull requests, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Command line
  • Only GitHub Copilot states: Agent that edits files, Runs commands, Choice of models, No code retained, Builds agents and workflows, Search over your data

Gemini Code Assist

AI coding assistance for teams, with code completion, generation, chat, debugging, testing, and Google Cloud integrations.

Plans

Gemini Code Assist Standard

  • $0.031232877 / 1 hour (monthly commitment)
  • $0.026027397 / 1 hour (12-month commitment)
  • Code completion, generation, and chat in IDE
  • Local codebase awareness
  • Code transformation
  • AI-assisted notebook development
  • Database development assistance
  • Gemini in Firebase

Gemini Code Assist Enterprise

  • $0.073972603 / 1 hour (monthly commitment)
  • $0.061643836 / 1 hour (12-month commitment)
  • All benefits of Standard
  • Code customization based on private code repositories
  • Gemini in Apigee
  • Gemini in Application Integration
  • Additional Gemini Cloud Assist features
  • Increased daily usage limits for agent mode and Gemini CLI

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Inline completion — “You can get code completions as you write your code” source
  • Chat about your code — “AI-powered chat support.” source
  • Knows the whole codebase — “Local codebase awareness in your IDE: Use the power of Gemini's large context window for in-depth local codebase understanding.” source
  • Reviews pull requests — “Review GitHub code with Gemini Code Assist” source
  • VS Code — “such as VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, or Android Studio” source
  • JetBrains IDEs — “such as VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, or Android Studio” source
  • Command line — “An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal” source
About Gemini Code Assist

GitHub Copilot

AI coding assistance for code completion, chat, agents, code review, and command-line workflows.

Plans

Free

Free

  • Limited chat and agent usage
  • CLI included
  • Agent mode included
  • 2,000 inline suggestions per month
  • Copilot Spaces included

Pro

  • $10 per month
  • App modernization for Java and .NET
  • Assign work to Copilot to create a pull request
  • Code review in GitHub and code editors
  • Cloud agent included
  • Unlimited inline suggestions
  • Copilot Spaces included

Pro+

  • $39 per month
  • Delegate tasks to third-party coding agents (Preview)
  • Cloud agent included
  • Code review in GitHub and code editors
  • Unlimited inline suggestions
  • Copilot Spaces included
  • CLI included

Max

  • $100 per month
  • Cloud agent included
  • Code review in GitHub and code editors
  • Unlimited inline suggestions
  • Copilot Spaces included
  • CLI included
  • Built for heavy Copilot usage

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Inline completion — “Unlimited code completion and next edit suggestions” source
  • Chat about your code — “All the offerings include both inline suggestion and chat assistance.” source
  • Agent that edits files — “Assign work to Copilot to research, plan, and write code — with or without a pull request” source
  • Knows the whole codebase — “GitHub Copilot Enterprise can index an organization’s codebase for a deeper understanding of the customer’s knowledge for more tailored suggestions” source
  • Runs commands — “run terminal checks” source
  • Reviews pull requests — “Pull request reviews in GitHub” source
  • VS Code — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
  • JetBrains IDEs — “GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio.” source
  • Command line — “Use Copilot from your terminal” source
  • Choice of models — “Choose from leading LLMs optimized for speed, accuracy, or cost.” source
  • No code retained — “Prompts and Suggestions: Not retained” source
  • Builds agents and workflows — “Turn skills and prompts into repeatable work that can be run on a regular basis.” source
  • Search over your data — “creating a shared source of truth that includes context from your docs and repositories.” source

Security

  • SOC 2 — “GitHub’s API stays secure with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR.” source

Latest updates

About GitHub Copilot