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Google API Pricing 2026

Current API prices per 1 million tokens.

Limited-time offer

Gemini 3.6 Flash introductory API pricing

50% introductory Standard-tier token pricing through December 31, 2026: $0.75 input, $0.075 cached input and $3.75 output per 1M tokens.

-50% · Until

Limited-time offer

Gemini 3.7 Flash introductory API pricing

Launch pricing through December 31, 2026: $0.75 input, $0.075 cached input and $3.75 output per 1M tokens on the Standard tier.

-50% · Until

Limited-time offer

Gemini 3.8 Flash introductory API pricing

Introductory Standard-tier pricing through December 31, 2026: $0.75 input, $0.075 cached input and $3.75 output per 1M tokens.

-50% · Until

Model

ModelRatePrice / 1M tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google's most intelligent Flash model for fast agentic and multimodal workloads.
1M context · 64K max output · multimodal input · thinking and built-in tools.
Introductory pricing is $0.75 input, $0.075 cached input and $3.75 output per 1M tokens through December 31, 2026; standard $1.50/$0.15/$7.50 pricing starts January 1, 2027.
Input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.75
Gemini 3.6 FlashContext cache input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.075
Gemini 3.6 FlashOutput incl. thinking — promo through Dec 31, 2026$3.75
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google's lowest-cost GA Gemini for high-volume agentic tasks, translation and simple processing.
1M context · 64K max output · text/image/video/audio input · thinking.
Input$0.3
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteContext cache input$0.03
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteOutput incl. thinking$2.5
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google's newest GA Flash model for coding, agents and multimodal reasoning.
1,048,576 context · 65,536 max output · text/image/video/audio/PDF input · thinking and tools.
Introductory pricing runs through December 31, 2026; standard $1.50 input, $0.15 cached input and $7.50 output pricing starts January 1, 2027.
Input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.75
Gemini 3.7 FlashContext cache input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.075
Gemini 3.7 FlashOutput incl. thinking — promo through Dec 31, 2026$3.75
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google's most intelligent GA Flash model for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents and complex enterprise workflows.
1,048,576 context · 65,536 max output · multimodal input · tunable thinking and built-in tools.
Introductory pricing runs through December 31, 2026; standard $1.50 input, $0.15 cached input and $7.50 output pricing starts January 1, 2027.
Input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.75
Gemini 3.8 FlashContext cache input — promo through Dec 31, 2026$0.075
Gemini 3.8 FlashOutput incl. thinking — promo through Dec 31, 2026$3.75
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe
Google GA speech-to-text model for audio files with 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, smart transcription and custom vocabulary.
Audio input up to 1 hour per request; up to 30 minutes with diarization or word timestamps. Free tier available.
The Gemini Developer API Free Tier is free of charge. Standard paid pricing is $2/M audio input tokens and $12/M text output tokens, approximately $0.005 per minute blended.
Audio input — Standard paid tier$2
Gemini 3.5 TranscribeText output — Standard paid tier$12
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live
Google GA low-latency streaming speech-to-text model over WebSockets with automatic language detection and custom vocabulary.
Live streaming sessions up to 10 minutes; 85+ languages. Free tier available.
The Gemini Developer API Free Tier is free of charge. Standard paid pricing is $3.50/M audio input tokens and $21/M text output tokens, approximately $0.009 per minute blended.
Audio input — Standard paid tier$3.5
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe LiveText output — Standard paid tier$21

How API token cost is calculated

Multiply the number of tokens by the provider rate, then divide by 1,000,000.

cost = tokens × price per 1M ÷ 1,000,000

Example: 250,000 input tokens at $2 / 1M = $0.50.

AI Price History

  1. Gemini 3.6 Flash — Input — promo through Dec 31, 2026 $1.5 → $0.75
  2. Gemini 3.6 Flash — Context cache input — promo through Dec 31, 2026 $0.15 → $0.075
  3. Gemini 3.6 Flash — Output incl. thinking — promo through Dec 31, 2026 $7.5 → $3.75