Google Gemini models: Pro, Flash or Flash-Lite — what each costs

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026
Google has 17 models in this rating, led by Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.7 Flash. 13 of them have a public per-token price, from $0.34 to $12 per 1M output tokens, and context windows reach 1.05M. All have a free tier; 2 ship open weights.
Google DeepMind
Services found: 17
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1

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.75 / $3.751.05M tokensAPI only3.75View
2

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.75 / $3.751.05M tokensAPI only3.75View
3

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.75 / $3.751.05M tokensAPI only3.75View
4

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.3 / $2.51.05M tokensAPI only2.5View
5

Gemma 4 31B

Google
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.09 / $0.34262.1K tokensAPI only0.34View
6

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.25 / $1.51.05M tokensAPI only1.5View
7

Nano Banana 2

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
API onlyView
8

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
API onlyView
9

Nano Banana Pro

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
$2 / $12API only12View
10

Gemini Omni Flash

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$1.5 / $9API only9View
11

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

Google
AudioAdjustable thinkingSpeech-to-text
API onlyView
12

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live

Google
AudioAdjustable thinkingSpeech-to-text
API onlyView
13

Gemma 4 26B A4B

Google
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.07 / $0.34262.1K tokensAPI only0.34View
14

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Google
VisionAdjustable thinkingImage generation
$0.5 / $3131.1K tokensAPI only3View
15

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google
VisionAdjustable thinkingImage generation
$0.25 / $1.565.5K tokensAPI only1.5View
16

Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Google
VisionImage generationWeb search grounding
$0.3 / $2.532.8K tokensAPI only2.5View
17

Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Google
VisionAdjustable thinkingImage generation
$2 / $12131.1K tokensAPI only12View

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Reasoning models169 modelsCoding assistants17 modelsVision and images156 modelsLong context 1M+82 modelsFree tier available80 modelsOpen weights88 models

Google covers this rating from both ends: Gemini 3.1 Pro for demanding multimodal work, the Flash line for volume, Nano Banana for image generation, transcription models for audio, and the Apache-licensed Gemma 4 for self-hosting. Output runs from $0.34 to $12 per 1M tokens.

Two things set Google apart. It is the only frontier vendor with a real free API allowance, which makes evaluation painless. And the Flash line is priced promotionally through the end of 2026 — Gemini 3.8 Flash at $0.75 input doubles on 1 January 2027, so current economics are temporary.

Free tier includedThe only frontier vendor where you can evaluate without a card.
Promotional pricingFlash rates double from 1 January 2027 — plan budgets accordingly.
Context tiersGemini 3.1 Pro doubles input price above 200K tokens.

Models from this vendor

17 Google DeepMind models in this rating. Prices are input and output per 1M tokens from the vendor official price list; for dirhams multiply by 3.6725. Tap a card to open the model page.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
#1
Google DeepMind
in $0.75out $3.751.05M tokensText & chatVision
Gemini 3.7 Flash
#2
Google DeepMind
in $0.75out $3.751.05M tokensText & chatVision
Gemini 3.6 Flash
#3
Google DeepMind
in $0.75out $3.751.05M tokensText & chatVision
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
#4
Google DeepMind
in $0.3out $2.51.05M tokensText & chatVision
Gemma 4 31B
#5
Google DeepMind
in $0.09out $0.34262.1K tokensText & chatVision
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
#6
Google DeepMind
in $0.25out $1.51.05M tokensText & chatVision
Nano Banana 2
#7
Google DeepMind
price on requestVisionImage generation
Nano Banana 2 Lite
#8
Google DeepMind
price on requestVisionImage generation

How to choose

  • Start on the free tier — Google is the only frontier vendor where evaluation costs nothing.
  • Budget for 1 January 2027: Flash promotional rates double then.
  • Watch the 200K threshold on Gemini 3.1 Pro, where input goes from $2 to $4.
  • Separate grounding costs from token costs; search is billed per 1,000 queries after a free monthly grant.

Common mistakes

Assuming Flash prices holdThey are explicitly promotional and revert at the end of 2026.
Paying for grounding you do not needStable knowledge questions do not need a live search on every call.

Who this suits

Multimodal productsVision, audio, video and image generation from one vendor.
Cost-sensitive teamsFlash pricing plus a free tier is the cheapest frontier-adjacent path.
Self-hostingGemma 4 under Apache 2.0 for work that cannot leave your infrastructure.

Related filters

Text & chat228 models for text generation and chat
Vision156 models that read images
Reasoning169 models that think before answering
Adjustable thinking79 models with a reasoning depth dial
Alibaba (Qwen)34 models in this rating
OpenAI30 models in this rating
Anthropic13 models in this rating

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini free?

There is a genuine free API allowance, with limits published inside AI Studio rather than the docs.

What is Nano Banana?

Google image generation line — Nano Banana 2, 2 Lite and Pro, billed per image token by resolution.

Can I self-host Google models?

Gemma 4 ships under Apache 2.0. The Gemini family does not.

Which Gemini model is cheapest?

Gemma 4 31B at $0.09 input; among hosted Gemini models, 3.1 Flash-Lite at $0.25.

Does Google train on API data?

Paid-tier API traffic is excluded; free-tier terms differ, so check before sending sensitive data.

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