I feel scammed by Google’s Gemini Ultra as a Workspace user [Rant]

I am a Claude-Code $200 plan user, but because of the Gemini 3 Pro hype I wanted to test it (if it really works as well as the hype says, a 1 mln context window sounds impressive).

Right now I am on Google Workspace, nothing fancy – "Standard" – so I have access to Deep Research and NotebookLM, which work on this $15 plan.

Okay, so! Gemini 3 Pro is supposed to be for Gemini Ultra plans, and I can buy it myself, avoiding the Google Workspace reseller, which is a pain in the ass. Even better, there is a promo for the first 3 months – 50% off – GREAT. So in the worst case I will have the Claude-Code $100 plan plus Gemini Ultra and will divide work between them for similar monthly amount.

Sounds great, right? But it’s not. Gemini 3 Pro in gemini-cli is for Ultra plans, but only for individuals, not for Google AI Ultra for Business. And yes, I know that they mention it, for example here, and my compulsive buying is part of the problem, but fuck me… That was obvious to me that will work here too (because why not?). For this money I could just buy a Cursor plan and use it there.

There is a new Antigravity editor (Google’s fork of VS Code) where Gemini 3 Pro actually works, and even though I prefer a CLI solution, I was fine with that. But the limits there are ridiculous, literally after 3–4 prompts I have to wait a few hours, so it’s like I have a free plan?

Okay… so maybe I will use other benefits of the Ultra plan. Deep Think sounds interesting, but it doesn’t work either. Most of the responses I get are:

A lot of people are using Deep Think right now and I need a moment to sort through all those deep thoughts! Please try again in a bit. I can still help without Deep Think. Just unselect it from your tools menu or start a new chat. And that’s frustrating because I cannot just continue the conversation with Deep Think disabled; I have to create a new chat.

So what the fuck am I paying for? I already have Deep Research and NotebookLM in my "Standard" workspace plan. As a developer I don’t care about Flow/Whisk and Project Mariner is US only.

I will probably just cancel it, but I will lose my 3-month -50% promo. They say it’s on the roadmap without any estimated date, so it may be a random period of time, like days or more like weeks or months?

Another option I see is to use Sonnet 4.5 in Antigravity, but it’s unclear to me how the limits work here.

So… my questions:

1. How Google Antigravity limits works?
2. If I cancel now and re-subscribe later once Gemini 3 Pro is available, do I lose the 3-month 50% promo for good? The payment hasn’t gone through yet and the subscription panel says “Your next bill for Google AI Ultra for Business will be generated on 1 Dec 2025,” but I’m guessing that doesn’t help in this situation.