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Google (Gemini API) vs OpenAI pricing

What Google (Gemini API) and OpenAI each publish about pricing, every dated change on their own pages, and what government buyers paid. Side by side, each line with its source.

Google (Gemini API)

Google (Gemini API) publishes pricing at ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (as of PriceTape's capture on Nov 3, 2026).

Changes on their pages

observed between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026

Sets Oct 22, 2026 shutdown for two preview models

product

observed between Oct 13, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026

Publishes Gemini 4 Argon pricing: $2.00/$10.00 per 1M tokens

price

observed between Oct 9, 2026 and Oct 10, 2026

Drops Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3.5 Flash pricing listings

product

observed Oct 7, 2026

Adds new Nano Banana 2.1 image model with published pricing

product

observed between Jun 8, 2026 and Sep 27, 2026

Adds Gemini 3.8 Flash; price doubles Jan 2027

price from an archived copy

observed between Oct 16, 2025 and Feb 3, 2026

Adds priced Gemini 3 models; drops Imagen 3 listing

product from an archived copy

observed between Jun 11, 2025 and Oct 16, 2025

Adds Enterprise Tier; GA Flash Price Jumps to $0.30

price from an archived copy

observed between Feb 11, 2025 and Jun 11, 2025

Adds Gemini 2.5 model pricing; drops Flash-Lite caching

price from an archived copy

OpenAI

OpenAI publishes pricing at openai.com/api/pricing (as of PriceTape's capture on Nov 3, 2026).

Changes on their pages

observed between Oct 28, 2025 and May 28, 2026

Swaps GPT-5 Lineup for Pricier GPT-5.5/5.4 Models

price from an archived copy

observed between Feb 1, 2025 and Oct 28, 2025

Swaps flagship pricing to GPT-5, adds AgentKit billing

price from an archived copy

observed between Jul 13, 2024 and Feb 1, 2025

Cuts GPT-4o price 50%, adds o1 and Realtime API pricing

price from an archived copy

observed between Feb 1, 2023 and Jul 13, 2024

Replaces Ada/Davinci pricing with GPT-4o; adds DALL·E 3, Assistants API fees

price from an archived copy

observed between Nov 20, 2021 and Feb 1, 2023

Cuts base GPT-3 prices up to 67%; adds DALL·E, fine-tuning pricing

price from an archived copy

Government contracts

U.S. federal executive-branch agencies (via GSA OneGov/Multiple Award Schedule)negotiated Aug 6, 2025

1 USD

None

negotiatedseats not stated

Source: government contracthttps://www.gsa.gov/about-gsa/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-announces-new-partnership-with-openai-delivering-deep-discount-to-chatgpt-08062025

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