Gemini Code Assist vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureGemini Code AssistAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree + EnterpriseFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars—45,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, WebmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Code completion
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Google Cloud integration
  • ✓ Multi-language
  • ✓ Security
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
googlecodingcloudenterprise
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard