My experience using Claude Code vs Gemini CLI

Missing Plan mode

It is weird that gemini cli has no plan mode. In Claude Code you can do plan mode with two shift tabs, and it makes Claude present a plan after some investigation.

Less readable output in Gemini

Gemini

Claude

The missing space in Gemini makes it look cramped.

Plans are confusing

Google has many plans, and at the moment they don't work with Gemini CLI

Only Google AI Ultra has access.

Google also has

• Google AI Plus
• Google AI Pro
• Gemini Code Assist Standard
• Gemini Code Assist Enterprise
• Antigravity
  • Has no plans yet, but has Gemini 3 Pro

Formatting is worse

Gemini is far worse at getting the indentation and for formatting correct.

Gemini saves pasted files

That is pretty nice.

Also configuration once you have done:

{
  "tools": {
    "enableToolOutputTruncation": false
  },
  "model": {
    "summarizeToolOutput": null
  }
}