Google Gemini API pricing & review
Gemini models with the most generous free tier of any frontier lab and very cheap Flash-class models. Vertex AI offers the same models with enterprise controls.
Where Google Gemini API wins
- Generous free tier
- Cheapest frontier-adjacent small models
- Native multimodal
- 1M+ context windows
Google Gemini API model pricing
List prices refreshed 2026-10-08 ยท cheapest 25 shown| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Market floor in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.100 | $0.400 | $0.075at Oracle OCI |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | $0.250 | $1.50 | $0.250at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.300 | $2.50 | $0.150at Oracle OCI |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.300 | $2.50 | $0.300at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.500 | $3.00 | $0.500at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.750 | $3.75 | $0.750at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $0.750 | $3.75 | $0.750at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.750 | $3.75 | $0.750at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini Flash Latest | $0.750 | $3.75 | $0.750at Google Gemini API |
| Gemini-2.5-Pro-Preview-Tts | $1.00 | $20.00 | $1.00at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $10.00 | $1.25at Databricks |
| Gemini-2.5-Computer-Use-Preview-10-2025 | $1.25 | $10.00 | $1.25at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $1.50 | $9.00 | $1.50at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini-Omni-Flash-Preview | $1.50 | $9.00 | $1.50at Google Gemini API |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $2.00 | $12.00 | $2.00at Google Vertex AI |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | $2.00 | $12.00 | $2.00at Google Vertex AI |
| Deep-Research-Pro-Preview-12-2025 | $2.00 | $12.00 | $2.00at Google Vertex AI |