Google Gemini API (AI Studio)
- Categories
- Model labs
- Owned by
- Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) · also owns Google Vertex AI (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)
- HQ
- US
- Website
- https://ai.google.dev
- Pricing page
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
- Fee model
- per_token
- Fees
- Per-token list prices per model; tiers: Standard, Batch (50% off), Flex (50% off on Flash models), Priority (~1.8x Standard); context caching read price per model + storage per MTok-hour; Google Search grounding: Gemini 3: 5,000 free req/mo then $14/1k; Gemini 2.5: 1,500 RPD free then $35/1k grounded prompts; Maps grounding $25/1k (2.5) / $14/1k (3.x)
- Free tier
- Free tier on many models (limited rate limits; free-tier content used to improve Google products). Gemma 4 free-tier only.
- OpenAI-compatible API
- partial
- Notes
- Price rises scheduled 2027-01-01 on Gemini 3.6/3.7/3.8 Flash, Robotics ER 2 and 2.5 Computer Use (roughly 2x). Paid-tier content not used for training. Vertex/Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform prices differ and are NOT this row. OpenAI-compatible endpoint available alongside native generateContent API.
- Sources
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models collected 2026-09-18
LLM prices (32 models, USD per 1M tokens)
| Model | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Preview gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 |
— | — | — | — | ◐ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash |
$0.30 | $2.50 | $0.03 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) gemini-2.5-flash-image |
$0.30 | — | — | 66k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio (Live API) gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 |
$0.50 | $2 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts |
$0.50 | $10 | — | 8k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
$0.10 | $0.40 | $0.01 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro |
$1.25 | $10 | $0.125 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts |
$1 | $20 | — | 8k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash-preview |
$0.50 | $3 | $0.05 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro) gemini-3-pro-image |
$2 | $12 | — | 66k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) gemini-3.1-flash-image |
$0.50 | $3 | — | 131k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image |
$0.25 | $1.50 | — | 66k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview |
$0.75 | $4.50 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview |
$1 | $20 | — | 8k | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite |
$0.25 | $1.50 | $0.025 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview |
$2 | $12 | $0.20 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash gemini-3.5-flash |
$1.50 | $9 | $0.15 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
$0.30 | $2.50 | $0.03 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Preview gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview |
$3.50 | $21 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.5 Transcribe gemini-3.5-transcribe |
$2 | $12 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live gemini-3.5-transcribe-live |
$3.50 | $21 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash |
$0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash gemini-3.7-flash |
$0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash gemini-3.8-flash |
$0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1.05M | ✓ src |
| Gemini 3.8 Live gemini-3.8-live |
$0.75 | $4.50 | — | 131k | ✓ src |
| Gemini Embedding 2 gemini-embedding-2 |
$0.20 | — | — | 8k | ✓ src |
| Gemini Omni Flash gemini-omni-1.1-flash |
$1.50 | $9 | — | — | ✓ src |
| Gemini Robotics ER 2 Preview gemini-robotics-er-2-preview |
$1 | $5 | $0.10 | 131k | ✓ src |
| Lyria 3 Clip Preview lyria-3-clip-preview |
— | — | — | — | ✓ src |
| Lyria 3 Pro Preview lyria-3-pro-preview |
— | — | — | — | ✓ src |
| Lyria 3.5 lyria-3.5 |
— | — | — | — | ✓ src |
| Veo 3.1 veo-3.1-generate-preview |
— | — | — | — | ✓ src |