Gemini Code Assist
Code Assist brings Gemini into VS Code, JetBrains and Cloud consoles with a large free tier and codebase-aware enterprise plans.
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Gemini Code Assist vs Windsurf
Gemini Code Assist (Google) and Windsurf (Cognition) both sit in Coding. Windsurf is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available, sign up for free. Paid plans exist (mention of paying users, Teams, and Enterprise ACU limits) but pricing is not published in the source.. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (14 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Gemini Code Assist | Windsurf Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3.10.27 |
| Entry cost | from $19/mo | Free tier available, sign up for free. Paid plans exist (mention of paying users, Teams, and Enterprise ACU limits) but pricing is not published in the source. |
| Pricing tiers | Gemini Code Assist Standard (12-month commitment) $19 · Gemini Code Assist Standard (monthly commitment) $22.79 · Gemini Code Assist Enterprise (12-month commitment) $45 · Gemini Code Assist Enterprise (monthly commitment) $54 | Free free |
| Model stack | Gemini 3 Pro · Gemini 3.0 Flash · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Gemini 3.5 Flash | Cascade · Claude · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Devin · Devin Local · Fast · Fusion · Gemini · GPT · GPT 5.2 Mini · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.6 · Haiku · Kimi K2.5 · OpenAI frontier models · SWE 1.7 · SWE-1.5 · Ultra |
| Context window | 1M | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 14 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Agent mode, Codebase awareness, IDE and CLI, Code customization, IP indemnification, Code completion, Code generation, Chat in IDE | Cascade agent, Supercomplete, Live previews, Memories, Deploys, Devin Local Agent, Devin Cloud Agent, Cascade Agent |
Windsurf
An IDE whose Cascade agent tracks your actions and edits across the codebase.
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