Evaluating the Benefits of AI Assistant Subscription

One benefit is that AI Assistant is also trained on the IDE itself, so you can ask it how to create a specific shortcut or something like that.

I haven't tried Codeium, but I've found the integration pretty seemless thus far into the 7 day trial.

JetBrains AI Assistant differs from other AI tools/plugins, in several significant ways. 
Firstly, AI Assistant is smoothly integrated into the UI of JetBrains IDEs, for example:

• The diff view of code that’s been refactored by AI Assistant is displayed right in the editor.
• The VCS tool window includes AI-powered features.
• The history of each chat is saved so you can return to the conversations whenever needed and navigate between them easily.

We also test various LLMs and scenarios so you don’t have to. Each LLM service provider behind the JetBrains AI service is the best for the tasks it’s used for. Finally, AI Assistant has features that most third-party plugins currently don't offer in JetBrains IDEs. These include:

• Commit message generation.
• Code generation by description right in the editor
• Name suggestions for classes, functions, and variables
• Ability to create and maintain a library of custom prompts
• Explanation and suggestion of fixes for runtime errors
• Explanation of changes made in commits
• Converting files into another programming language
• AI assistance in the terminal for Fleet

We are working hard on improving the areas like AI chat context being project aware, automatic code completion etc.
Anyway, you can still try out AI Assistant for free for 7 days with your active IDE subscription, and evaluate the pros and cons for your particular case.