How's it compared with Claude Code?

[gunpal5]

I have couple of questions:

1. Quota: how does 2000 requests/day compare with Claude Max 20x quota which resets in every 5 hours. I never had any down time with Claude Code.

2. Quality: How good is this as compared to Claude Code Agentic coding?

3. Code Assist: What's the benefit of using CLI as compared to Code Assist?

4. Code Security: How safe will be my codes if I use this? for free as well as paid solution.

Sorry, I don't have much time to test this due to busy schedule. just want to hear feedback from someone experienced with both the tools.

[iennae]

Thanks for asking these questions. I did want to share some information about the fourth one on code security. The privacy of your code depends entirely on which service tier you're using with the CLI.

Let's walk through it so you know what to expect. You can find all the details in our [TOS & Privacy doc](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/docs/tos-privacy.md), but here's the summary:

• If you're using a free service...

  • This applies whether you log in with your Google Account or use a free-tier Gemini API key.
  • Your prompts and code may be collected to help improve Google's models.

• If you're using a paid service...

  • This includes using a Paid Gemini API Key, a Google Workspace account, or the Vertex AI API.
  • Your data is kept confidential. Your code, prompts, and any other inputs are not used for model training, full stop.

So, for any sensitive or proprietary code, we strongly recommend using a paid API key. Hope this helps.

[gunpal5]

Thanks

[gunpal5]

@iennae I've been testing it to write test codes. It seems to be way faster than Claude Code. It still needs lot of work before it can catch the Claude Code. I can move my subscription to Gemini CLI, but I can only see max offering is only 2000 requests per day. I can easily consume more than that. I've took on a very big project. which will need at least 250k lines of codes. Is there any possibility to give more quota?

[camAtGitHub]

Yes starting paying for it and you can you use it as much as you want. There are at least 3 different ways you can pay for the service: A paid Gemini API Key, a Google Workspace account, or the Vertex AI API.