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Gemini Code Assist

Google

Vendor

Google coding assistant for IDE workflows with a generous free completion tier.

Curated by Tiberiu ArvaStale

Proprietary

Strengths

  • VPC-SC + IP indemnification
  • Google ecosystem fit
  • Private codebase customization

Practitioner note

Worth considering for Google Cloud-centric teams, but enterprise rollout quality still depends heavily on how much of the stack already lives in Google tooling.

Governance posture

Reviewed 2026-05-26
PartialData residency

Stateless by default; Enterprise data-at-rest residency in US/EU; GitHub variant excluded from scope.

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YesDeployment model

SaaS via IDE extensions and GCP; CMEK/VPC-SC for Enterprise; no self-hosted. (saas)

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YesAudit logging

Cloud Audit Logs cover admin activity and data access.

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YesSOC 2

Holds SOC 1/2/3 (Q2 2025 reassessment).

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YesISO 27001

Holds ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701.

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YesISO 42001

Gemini for Google Cloud (incl. Code Assist) holds ISO 42001:2023.

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UnknownEU AI Act

Assessed limited-risk by product category; no published vendor EU AI Act conformity assessment. (role: limited-risk)

YesLicense risk

Proprietary SaaS; GCP lock-in (offsetting IP indemnification offered). (medium)

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EU AI Act obligations

Risk tier: Limited risk · as of 2026-08-23

Source-backed information mapped from Gemini Code Assist's tracked risk tier — not legal advice. Obligations depend on how your organisation deploys the system; see the full obligation reference and timeline.

Article 4AI literacy

Providers and deployers must take measures to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy in staff and other persons operating AI systems on their behalf.

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Official text
Article 50Transparency for certain AI systems

People must be informed when they interact with an AI system; synthetic audio, image, video, and text content must be marked as artificially generated, and deepfakes disclosed.

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