How much does Google Gemini API cost?
Usage price from
$0.30/minute
- Free plan
- Yes
- Usage price
- $0.30/minute
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
Read from ai.google.dev/pricing on Oct 29, 2026. Price changed? Tell usSee the line each price came from
In your favor
- Free plan. Free tier with free input and output tokens, limited access to certain models, and Google AI Studio access; content is used to improve Google products. Some models (Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview) are not available on the free tier.
- Notice before price changes. Pricing changes are effective 30 days after posting unless otherwise specified; continued use constitutes consent
Watch out for
- Going over the Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Standard input allowance costs $4 to $4 per per 1m tokens, prompts > 200k. Included: 0 .
How you buy and get started
Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Get started for Free, Upgrade to Paid, Contact Sales, Get API key
- Sign up
- Get an API key in Google AI Studio; free tier to start, upgrade to paid "[Get API key](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey)"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Enterprise features (dedicated support, provisioned throughput, volume discounts) via contact sales "Volume-based discounts (based on usage)"
- Support
- Dedicated support channels on Enterprise "Dedicated support channels"
- Support
- Community forum "Tap into the power of our community forum. Get answers, build together, and be part of the conversation."
What Google Gemini API does
Google AI for Developers offers the Gemini API and Google AI Studio for building with Google models, plus Gemma open models and on-device tools. Pricing is per 1M tokens, with Standard, Batch, Flex and Priority modes on the paid tier and a free tier with limited model access.
- Good for
- Developers and teams building apps on Google's Gemini models, from free prototyping to production workloads and enterprise deployments.
- Channels
- API, Google AI Studio, Google Cloud (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)
- Main product
- Gemini Developer API and Google AI Studio
- Also includes
- Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Imagen, Veo, Gemma open models, Context caching
- Connects to
- LangChain & LangGraph, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, Vercel AI SDK, Temporal, OpenAI compatibility
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Not stated
- Pay-per-token pricing
Paid Tier, per 1M tokens in USD
- Multiple models available
Build with cutting-edge AI models, like Gemini, Imagen, and Veo, from Google DeepMind
- Fine-tuning supportNot stated
- Streaming responses
[Streaming](/gemini-api/docs/streaming)
- Tool and function calling
[Function calling](/gemini-api/docs/function-calling)
- SOC 2 complianceNot stated
- No training on your data
When you use Paid Services, including, for example, the paid quota of the Gemini API, Google doesn't use your
- Discounted batch processing
Batch API (50% cost reduction)
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | no on paid tier; yes on free/unpaid tier | "When you use Paid Services, including, for example, the paid quota of the Gemini API, Google doesn't use your prompts (including associated system instructions, cached content, and"terms |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Not stated | |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Not stated | |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | – | – | – | – | "Free input & output tokens" |
| Paidper 1M tokens | – | – | – | – | "scale up with prepaid and pay-as-you-go pricing for your production-ready applications." |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Standard inputper 1M input tokens | $0.30per minute | – | – | – | "$0.30 (text / image / video / audio)" |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Standard outputper 1M output tokens | $2.50per minute | – | – | – | "$2.50" |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Standard inputper 1M input tokens (text/image/video) | $0.25per minute | – | – | – | "$0.25 (text / image / video) $0.50 (audio)" |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Standard outputper 1M output tokens | $1.50per minute | – | – | – | "$1.50" |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Standard inputper 1M input tokens, through December 31, 2026 | $0.75per minute | – | – | – | "$0.75 through December 31, 2026. $1.50 starting January 1, 2027." |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Standard outputper 1M output tokens, through December 31, 2026 | $3.75per minute | – | – | – | "$3.75 through December 31, 2026. $7.50 starting January 1, 2027." |
| Gemini 4 Argon Standard inputper 1M input tokens, through November 30, 2026 | $2per minute | – | – | – | "$2.00 through November 30, 2026. $4.00 starting December 1, 2026." |
| Gemini 4 Argon Standard outputper 1M output tokens, through November 30, 2026 | $10per minute | – | – | – | "$10.00 through November 30, 2026. $20.00 starting December 1, 2026." |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Standard inputper 1M input tokens, prompts <= 200k | $2per per 1m tokens, prompts > 200k | – | – | $4 to $4/per 1m tokens, prompts > 200k | "$2.00, prompts <= 200k tokens $4.00, prompts > 200k tokens" |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Standard outputper 1M output tokens, prompts <= 200k | $12per per 1m tokens, prompts > 200k | – | – | $18 to $18/per 1m tokens, prompts > 200k | "$12.00, prompts <= 200k tokens $18.00, prompts > 200k" |
| Enterprise | Quote | – | – | – | "[Contact Sales](https://cloud.google.com/contact)" |
Free plan: Free tier with free input and output tokens, limited access to certain models, and Google AI Studio access; content is used to improve Google products. Some models (Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview) are not available on the free tier.
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Not stated
- Contract
- Not stated
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- Pricing changes are effective 30 days after posting unless otherwise specified; continued use constitutes consent "Google may make changes to this pricing from time to time, effective 30 days after they are posted unless otherwise specified"
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
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Questions
Is Google Gemini API free?
Yes. Free tier with free input and output tokens, limited access to certain models, and Google AI Studio access; content is used to improve Google products. Some models (Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview) are not available on the free tier.
Does Google Gemini API train AI on your data?
No on paid tier; yes on free/unpaid tier, according to Google Gemini API: "When you use Paid Services, including, for example, the paid quota of the Gemini API, Google doesn't use your prompts (including associated "