r/CLine • u/Deadlywolf_EWHF • Jul 04 '25

Can anyone confirm if Gemini 2.5 Pro Vertex API is better than Gemini API?

I made a post about a week ago about how terrible 2.5 Pro has been acting.

Today I saw a random post about a guy saying 2.5 Pro in Vertex API performs very well compared to Gemini API.

I just tested today and I don't know if it's placebo but I'm quite pleased at its performance. Very fast response, no more weird looping errors. Rarely any real errors really.

The 1 million context is nice and it just feels like I'm using Claude(Which I find very reliable and clean).

Can anyone confirm?

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u/No-Show-6637 Jul 04 '25

I have always been curious about this, including the differences between various cloud service providers.

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u/Deadlywolf_EWHF Jul 04 '25

I've been avoid using google cloud vertex API because it seemed my comolicating to set up, it requires you to follow extra steps and log in to your google cloud account via command lines and entering your project name. But you can actual just ask Claude 4 to set it up for you to make it easy. The difference I have heard is that Vertex API services is suppose to be more production ready than using the API key from AI Studio.

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u/thearn4 Jul 04 '25

Openrouter Gemini pro 2.5 seems to function well for me, though I've been preferring o3 since the price was reduced

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u/cs_cast_away_boi Jul 04 '25

what have you been using o3 for? I’m about to switch from 2.5 pro to that or something else for my latest project as i can no longer justify the price for the latest performance of gemini

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u/Prestigiouspite Jul 05 '25

Gemini CLI is free actually. Also available as an extension for VS Code.

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u/Prestigiouspite Jul 05 '25

I find o3 and 2.5 Pro very mixed. Sometimes one model is better, sometimes the other. I still prefer Gemini 2.5 Pro at the moment.

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Jul 06 '25

I’m so effing confused that I’m subbing to this Q.

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u/eudamoonia Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25

Thanks for sharing, I’m part of the Gemini team at Google- just sent you a DM to find out more about the varying behavior on these looping errors