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Google (Gemini API) pricing

What Google (Gemini API) charges today, what has changed, and what public buyers have paid.

publishes pricing last captured 2026-10-10 on the record since 2025-02-11 19 captures

As of 2026-10-10

Current pricing

Google (Gemini API) publishes pricing at ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (as of PriceTape's capture on 2026-10-10).

What its pricing page says

Free TierPaid Tier, per 1M tokens in USD
Input priceFree of charge$0.75 (text) $3.00 or $0.005/min (audio) $1.00 or $0.002/min (image/video)
Output price (including thinking tokens)Free of charge$4.50 (text) $12.00 or $0.018/min (audio)
Grounding with Google Search*Supported5,000 free search requests per month (shared across all Gemini 3 and newer models), then $14 per 1,000 requests.
Used to improve our productsYesNo

Quoted from the page as captured on 2026-10-10.

Source: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing · captured 2026-10-10

Dated changes

What changed

One change, in full

Adds priced Gemini 3 models; drops Imagen 3 listing

observed between 2025-10-16 and 2026-02-03

Before — captured 2025-10-16

New model: Gemini 3 Pro Preview Not listed

New model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview Not listed

New model: Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview Not listed

Imagen 3 listing Listed at $0.03/image

Flash-Lite context caching $0.025 (text/image/video), $0.125 (audio) per 1M tokens

Google Maps grounding Not listed as billable tool

File Search tool pricing Not listed

Deep Research Agent pricing Not listed

Veo 3.1 resolution pricing Flat $0.40/sec (standard), $0.15/sec (fast)

Grounding billing unit label $35 per 1,000 requests

After — captured 2026-02-03

New model: Gemini 3 Pro Preview $2.00/$4.00 per 1M input tokens, $12.00/$18.00 per 1M output tokens

New model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.50/$1.00 per 1M input tokens, $3.00 per 1M output tokens

New model: Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview $2.00/1M input (text/image), $120/1M output tokens for images

Imagen 3 listing Not listed on pricing page

Flash-Lite context caching $0.01 (text/image/video), $0.03 (audio) per 1M tokens

Google Maps grounding $25 per 1,000 grounded prompts after free RPD allowance

File Search tool pricing $0.15 per 1M tokens for embeddings

Deep Research Agent pricing Billed at standard Gemini 3 Pro model rates plus tool fees

Veo 3.1 resolution pricing $0.40/$0.15 per sec (720p/1080p) plus new $0.60/$0.35 per sec (4K)

Grounding billing unit label $35 per 1,000 grounded prompts

observed 2026-02-03 pricing page productpricepackaging from an archived copy on the record since 2026-10-02

Every change

2025-10-16

observed between 2025-06-11 and 2025-10-16

Adds Enterprise Tier; GA Flash Price Jumps to $0.30

observed 2025-10-16 pricing page pricepackagingproduct from an archived copy on the record since 2026-10-02

2025-06-11

observed between 2025-02-11 and 2025-06-11

Adds Gemini 2.5 model pricing; drops Flash-Lite caching

observed 2025-06-11 pricing page priceproductpackaging from an archived copy on the record since 2026-10-02

Same market

Compared with

LLM APIs pricing, week 2026-41

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