1 Month After Using Google Antigravity

It’s been exactly thirty days since I fully switched over to Google Antigravity, and honestly, it has been quite the ride.

If you were there on launch day, you know the drill. It was chaos. The traffic was insane, the servers were crying, and actually using the thing was next to impossible. But, about a week in, the dust settled. Usage stabilized, the gates opened, and I’ve been living in this editor ever since.

A lot of people have been asking if it lives up to the hype, especially with the $20/month price tag attached to the ecosystem. After a month of daily driving it, I have some thoughts.

The UI: Familiar, Yet Fortified

Right out of the box, the UI feels incredibly familiar. If you are coming from VS Code or any of its popular forks, you will feel right at home. You don’t have to relearn your workflow, which is a massive plus.

But where Google seems to be flexing its muscles isn't just in aesthetics, it’s in safety.

I noticed a suite of features in the settings that I just don’t see in other forks, specifically regarding how the AI agent interacts with your system. The standout for me is Secure Mode. When enabled, this enforces strict settings that prevent the agent from autonomously running targeted exploits and requires human review for critical actions.

Why does this matter? I’m a bit weird,I like to watch the "agentic thinking" process. I like reading the logs as the AI talks to itself. A while back, I was using a cheaper, budget-tier agent (not Antigravity) for a CLI task. It got stuck on a bug and I saw it think: "Let me check the recycle bin to see if there are any files that could be causing the problem."

Excuse me? Why does an AI need to dig through my trash to fix a coding error in my Documents folder? That kind of unprompted behavior is terrifying. With Antigravity’s Secure Mode, I don't have that anxiety. I know it’s not going to "proceed and look the other way."

The "Restore" Feature That Actually Works

We need to talk about backups. Until now, the only system I trusted 100% was Git. But let’s be real: Git is great for version control, but it is a pain for quick, "oops, go back 10 minutes" restoration. Recovering a project file-by-file is tedious.

I’ve tried the restore buttons on extensions like Kilo Code, Roo Code, and Cline. In my experience, they work maybe 40% of the time if I'm lucky. Usually, they leave the project in a broken state.

Antigravity’s restore function is in a different league. It works, and it works well. I hit the button, and my project instantly reverts exactly to where I need it to be. I still keep Git running for the long haul, obviously, but for those quick, experimental rollbacks? It is a game changer.

The Brains: Gemini 3 Pro & Nano Banana

A year ago, I was laughing at the idea of paying Google $20 a month for AI. Today? $20 feels like a steal.

The value proposition has completely flipped with the release of the new models. I have used literally all of them, and here is the verdict as of writing this:

• Nano Banana: Nothing beats this for image creation. Period. I absolutely love that I can generate these images right through the agent inside the chat window, no context switching required. That said, it isn't flawless; it does fail once in a while, forcing me to ask it to generate again. But considering the convenience and quality, it's a minor grievance.

• Gemini 3 Pro: This is, hands down, the most accurate LLM I have ever used.

Gemini 3 Pro is the best coder I’ve encountered. It’s the most creative, and it has what feels like a never-ending memory. The way it can debug code in a single pass, without me having to nag it five times to fix the same error, is a godsend.

Note: It isn't the fastest model out there, but considering the accuracy, it is absolutely worth the wait.

The "Unlimited" Feel of Rate Limits

If I had to critique one thing, it would be the mystery of the rate limits. Some days I’m coding non-stop all night and never hit a wall. Other days, the limit seems to pop up a bit sooner than I expect.

However, compared to the competition? It’s night and day.

Coming from Claude’s Pro plan, Antigravity feels like pure freedom. With Claude, it often felt like they were just flipping a switch whenever they felt like it; the limits felt arbitrary and caused constant deadlocks. With the Gemini Pro plan, I rarely feel restricted. It feels as close to "unlimited" as I’ve experienced in a paid tier.

The Verdict

There is a background feature for longer projects in Antigravity that I tried once during the congestion week, so I need to give that another honest go before reviewing it.

But when it comes down to it, while Antigravity is a wonderful code editor, it is Gemini 3 Pro that makes this package shine. The pricing is fair, the safety features let me sleep at night, and the intelligence of the model is unmatched.

If you are on the fence, jump in. It’s a good time to be coding.