← Back to context Comment by xnx 1 day ago Is the case for using Claude Code much weaker now that Gemini CLI is out? 8 comments xnx Reply apwell23 1 day ago no. CC is not just a cli. Its cli + their pro/max plan.gemini cli is very expensive. xnx 1 day ago Isn't Gemini CLI 1000 requests/day free?https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini... sunaookami 18 hours ago It's false advertising - 1000 model requests, not 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro requests. It drops to Flash after 3-5 requests and Flash is useless. upcoming-sesame 16 hours ago Theoretically, practically it is riddled with rate limiting issueshttps://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1502 1 reply → mark_l_watson 12 hours ago Wait a minute, have you often run out of the gemini cli free daily quota? Their free quota is very generous because they are trying to get market/mind share. apwell23 12 hours ago it switches to flash almost immediately like in 10-15 mins . flash sucks.And even switching is not smooth either. for me when the switch happens it just get stuck sitting there so i have to restart cli. SamDc73 1 day ago They do have a subscription: it's $22/month, but the whole pricing and instructions is very confusing, it took me 15 min to figure it all out.
apwell23 1 day ago no. CC is not just a cli. Its cli + their pro/max plan.gemini cli is very expensive. xnx 1 day ago Isn't Gemini CLI 1000 requests/day free?https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini... sunaookami 18 hours ago It's false advertising - 1000 model requests, not 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro requests. It drops to Flash after 3-5 requests and Flash is useless. upcoming-sesame 16 hours ago Theoretically, practically it is riddled with rate limiting issueshttps://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1502 1 reply → mark_l_watson 12 hours ago Wait a minute, have you often run out of the gemini cli free daily quota? Their free quota is very generous because they are trying to get market/mind share. apwell23 12 hours ago it switches to flash almost immediately like in 10-15 mins . flash sucks.And even switching is not smooth either. for me when the switch happens it just get stuck sitting there so i have to restart cli. SamDc73 1 day ago They do have a subscription: it's $22/month, but the whole pricing and instructions is very confusing, it took me 15 min to figure it all out.
xnx 1 day ago Isn't Gemini CLI 1000 requests/day free?https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini... sunaookami 18 hours ago It's false advertising - 1000 model requests, not 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro requests. It drops to Flash after 3-5 requests and Flash is useless. upcoming-sesame 16 hours ago Theoretically, practically it is riddled with rate limiting issueshttps://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1502 1 reply →
sunaookami 18 hours ago It's false advertising - 1000 model requests, not 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro requests. It drops to Flash after 3-5 requests and Flash is useless.
upcoming-sesame 16 hours ago Theoretically, practically it is riddled with rate limiting issueshttps://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1502 1 reply →
mark_l_watson 12 hours ago Wait a minute, have you often run out of the gemini cli free daily quota? Their free quota is very generous because they are trying to get market/mind share. apwell23 12 hours ago it switches to flash almost immediately like in 10-15 mins . flash sucks.And even switching is not smooth either. for me when the switch happens it just get stuck sitting there so i have to restart cli.
apwell23 12 hours ago it switches to flash almost immediately like in 10-15 mins . flash sucks.And even switching is not smooth either. for me when the switch happens it just get stuck sitting there so i have to restart cli.
SamDc73 1 day ago They do have a subscription: it's $22/month, but the whole pricing and instructions is very confusing, it took me 15 min to figure it all out.
no. CC is not just a cli. Its cli + their pro/max plan.
gemini cli is very expensive.
Isn't Gemini CLI 1000 requests/day free?
https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini...
It's false advertising - 1000 model requests, not 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro requests. It drops to Flash after 3-5 requests and Flash is useless.
Theoretically, practically it is riddled with rate limiting issues
https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/1502
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Wait a minute, have you often run out of the gemini cli free daily quota? Their free quota is very generous because they are trying to get market/mind share.
it switches to flash almost immediately like in 10-15 mins . flash sucks.
And even switching is not smooth either. for me when the switch happens it just get stuck sitting there so i have to restart cli.
They do have a subscription: it's $22/month, but the whole pricing and instructions is very confusing, it took me 15 min to figure it all out.