Provider pricing
Google AI API pricing
Google has 55 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, Gemma 2 9B has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00006, with $0.03 input and $0.06 output per million tokens.
Best for
Teams needing massive context windows, multimodal input, or tight Google Cloud integration.
Strengths
- 1M token context on ALL models — unmatched in the industry
- Strongest multimodal capabilities (text, image, video, audio)
- Flash-Lite at $0.10/M is among the cheapest quality options
- Deep integration with Google Cloud, Vertex AI, and Android
Tracked Google models
| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1,000,000 | Premium | Long context, multimodal |
| Gemini 3 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | 2,000,000 | Premium | Frontier multimodal, agentic capabilities |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1.25 | $10.00 | 2,000,000 | Flagship | Coding, analysis, long context |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $0.500 | $3.00 | 1,000,000 | Mid-tier | Fast reasoning, good value |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1,000,000 | Budget | High-volume, budget apps |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1,000,000 | Budget | Budget with newer capabilities |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1,000,000 | Budget | Cheapest major provider option |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1,000,000 | Budget | Previous-gen fast model |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | $0.075 | $0.300 | 1,000,000 | Budget | Ultra-affordable high-volume tasks |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1,048,576 | Flagship | Gemini 4 flagship for coding, agents and long decode; $4/$20 from Dec 1, 2026 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.750 | $3.75 | 1,048,576 | Mid-tier | Fast multimodal workhorse with 1M context |
| Gemma 3 27B | $0.080 | $0.160 | 128,000 | Open Source | Open-weight multimodal model for text and vision tasks |
| Gemini 1.5 Pro | $1.25 | $5.00 | 2,000,000 | Flagship | Previous-gen long-context multimodal flagship |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash | $0.075 | $0.300 | 1,000,000 | Budget | Fast, affordable previous-gen model with 1M context |
| Gemma 2 27B | $0.070 | $0.140 | 8,192 | Open Source | Open-weight 27B model for self-hosted general purpose |
| Gemma 2 9B | $0.030 | $0.060 | 8,192 | Open Source | Smaller open-weight Gemma 2 for edge and on-device |
| Gemini 3 Pro Vision | $2.50 | $15.00 | 2,000,000 | Premium | Vision-specialized Gemini 3 Pro for charts, documents, and video |
| Gemini 3.1 Ultra | $5.00 | $25.00 | 2,000,000 | Premium | Largest-scale Gemini 3.1 for frontier reasoning and agentic workflows |
| Gemma 3 12B | $0.050 | $0.100 | 128,000 | Open Source | Mid-size open-weight Gemma 3 for self-hosted chat and reasoning |
Last updated: · Source: Google pricing · Methodology
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Google API cost?
Google has 55 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, Gemma 2 9B has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00006, with $0.03 input and $0.06 output per million tokens.
Which Google model is cheapest?
Gemma 2 9B is the lowest-cost recorded model for the 1,000-input/500-output example. Prices are $0.03 input and $0.06 output per million tokens; different workloads may change the ranking.
Does Google have cached or batch prices?
Cached input: $0.0075 per million tokens under the existing provider cache rules. Batch: not recorded in this dataset. Eligibility and cache-write charges depend on the provider; these discounts are not automatically stacked.
How often are provider prices verified?
The live pricing table synchronizes stored model records daily; public file snapshots update when the site is rebuilt. Synchronization is not independent provider verification. Snapshot updated 2026-10-31; only explicit per-model dates are verification records.