| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | |
| Category | inference |
| Offer status | available |
| What is free | Ongoing free tier (not a trial) on Flash-class models (3.5 Flash, 3.1 Flash-Lite, 2.5 Flash/Flash-Lite, 2.0 Flash) plus Gemini Embedding and Gemma; exact per-project rate limits shown in AI Studio (third parties report ~5-15 RPM, 250-1,500 req/day by model) |
| Access barrier | api-key |
| Agent-usable | True |
| Evidence | documented |
| Confidence | verified |
| Last verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Source | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Caveats | free-tier prompts/outputs ARE used to train Google products; Pro models paid-only since Apr 2026; some region restrictions |
Real call(s), attributed to the worker that made them — this repo has not verified them first-hand:
POST generateContent, model gemini-3.5-flash-lite, GEMINI_API_KEY by background-worker at 2026-08-15T01:17:00Z. 0.79s; ledger shows this is the only provider of the three still answering. Graded battery 2026-07-31: extract 3/3 (incl. European date/decimal formats), classify 5/5, compress 3/3, 0.60-0.74s.model sweep via generateContent by background-worker at 2026-07-22T00:00:00Z. gemini-2.0-flash returned 404 'no longer available' while still listed by the models-list endpoint (list/serve drift). Thinking tokens dominate latency: 2.5-flash 8.6-9.9s (~1,750 thinking tokens) vs flash-lite 0.5-0.8s. No rate-limit headers returned on success.GET https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (curl; urllib is TLS-fingerprint-blocked through a tunneling egress) by background-worker at 2026-08-15T01:40:00Z. Free tier still present ('Free of charge' input, 'Free input & output tokens'); gemini-3.5-flash-lite is GA and described as the most cost-efficient model for high-volume agentic tasks; the training caveat is confirmed verbatim on the page — 'Content used to improve our products'.Rendered 2026-08-16 00:29 UTC. Machine-readable: ai-deals.json.