Google Gemini API pricing

73 Google Gemini models: text, embeddings, realtime voice, image, video, text to speech, speech to text, from price book 2026-10-22.

Billing rules Veqen applies

  • Token models: cached input at the cache-read rate, cache writes at the write rate; batch and service tiers at their own rates where published; long-context rates once the full prompt passes the threshold.
  • Realtime models: audio tokens at their own input and output rates.
  • Image models: per image, with each size and quality priced separately. When the API reports image tokens, those are the bill.
  • Video models: per second of generated video, at the requested resolution's rate.
  • Audio models: per second of audio or per character of text, or per token where the model bills tokens.

Also recognized as: gcp.gemini, gcp.vertex_ai, gemini, google-vertex, google_genai, vertex, vertex_ai (framework, gateway and OpenTelemetry names).

Reconcile your bill

Google Gemini doesn't offer a cost API, so Veqen's ledger is your running record of spend. Enter each month's bill to reconcile it and book it in the close. How reconciliation works.

Prices come from Google Gemini's pricing page. Negotiated rates or committed-use discounts can be set as custom prices.

Text 40 models

ModelInputOutputCached inputBatch inputContextStatus
gemini-exp-1114$0.00$0.00——1M
gemini-exp-1206$0.00$0.00——2.1M
gemma-3-27b-it$0.00$0.00——131.1K
gemma-4-26b-a4b-it$0.00$0.00——262.1K
gemma-4-31b-it$0.00$0.00——262.1K
learnlm-1.5-pro-experimental$0.00$0.00——32.8K
lyria-3-clip-preview$0.00$0.00——131.1K
lyria-3-pro-preview$0.00$0.00——131.1K
lyria-3.5$0.00$0.00——131.1K
lyria-3.5-clip-preview$0.00$0.00——131.1K
lyria-3.5-pro-preview$0.00$0.00——131.1K
lyria-realtime-exp$0.00$0.00——1M
gemini-2.5-flash-lite$0.10$0.40$0.01$0.051M
gemini-2.5-flash$0.30$2.50$0.03$0.151M
gemini-3.5-flash-lite$0.30$2.50$0.03$0.151M
gemini-flash-lite-latest$0.30$2.50$0.03$0.151M
gemini-gemma-2-27b-it$0.35$1.05———
gemini-gemma-2-9b-it$0.35$1.05———
gemini-3-flash-preview$0.50$3.00$0.05$0.251M
gemini-3.6-flash$0.75$3.75$0.075$0.3751M
gemini-3.7-flash$0.75$3.75$0.075$0.3751M
gemini-3.8-flash$0.75$3.75$0.075$0.3751M
gemini-flash-latest$0.75$3.75$0.075$0.3751M
gemini-robotics-er-2-preview$1.00$5.00$0.10$0.50131.1K
gemini-robotics-er-2-streaming-preview$1.00$5.00——131.1K
gemini-2.5-pro$1.25$10.00$0.125$0.6251M
gemini-3.5-flash$1.50$9.00$0.15$0.751M
gemini-omni-1.1-flash$1.50$9.00——1M
deep-research-max-preview-04-2026$2.00$12.00—$1.001M
deep-research-preview-04-2026$2.00$12.00—$1.001M
gemini-3.1-pro-preview$2.00$12.00$0.20$1.001M
gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools$2.00$12.00$0.20$1.001M
gemini-4-argon$2.00$10.00$0.10$1.001M
gemini-pro-latest$2.00$12.00$0.20$1.001M
gemini-3.1-flash-lite$0.25$1.50$0.025$0.1251MRetires 2027-05-07
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview$0.25$1.50$0.025$0.1251MRetired 2026-05-25
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts$1.00$20.00$0.125$0.508.2KRetires 2026-11-17
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025$1.25$10.00——128KRetired 2026-07-28
gemini-omni-flash-preview$1.50$9.00——131.1KRetired 2026-10-22
deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025$2.00$12.00—$1.001MRetires 2026-10-23

Embeddings 3 models

ModelPriceStatus
gemini-embedding-2$0.20 per 1M tokens
gemini-embedding-2-preview$0.20 per 1M tokens
gemini-embedding-001$0.15 per 1M tokensRetires 2028-05-14

Realtime voice 8 models

ModelPriceStatus
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest$0.50 in · $2.00 out per 1M
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025$0.50 in · $2.00 out per 1M
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-09-2025$0.50 in · $2.00 out per 1M
gemini-3.8-live$0.75 in · $4.50 out per 1M
gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking$0.75 in · $4.50 out per 1M
gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview$3.50 in · $21.00 out per 1M
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025$0.50 in · $2.00 out per 1MRetires 2026-11-17
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview$0.75 in · $4.50 out per 1MRetires 2026-11-17

Image 11 models

ModelPriceStatus
imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001$0.02 per image
imagen-3.0-generate-001$0.04 per image
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image$0.0336 per image
gemini-3.1-flash-image$0.045 per image
gemini-nano-banana-2.1$0.0336 per image
gemini-3-pro-image$0.134 per image
nano-banana-pro-preview$0.134 per image
gemini-2.0-flash-exp-image-generation$0.039 per imageRetired 2025-11-14
gemini-2.5-flash-image$0.039 per imageRetires 2027-03-15
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview$0.045 per imageRetired 2026-06-25
gemini-3-pro-image-preview$0.134 per imageRetired 2026-06-25

Video 5 models

ModelPriceStatus
veo-3.1-fast-generate-001$0.10 per second
veo-3.1-generate-001$0.40 per second
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview$0.10 per secondRetired 2026-10-22
veo-3.1-generate-preview$0.40 per secondRetired 2026-10-22
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview$0.05 per secondRetired 2026-10-22

Text to speech 4 models

ModelPriceStatus
gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts$0.50 in · $6.00 out per 1M
gemini-3.8-flash-tts$0.50 in · $9.00 out per 1M
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts$0.50 in · $10.00 out per 1MRetires 2026-11-17
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview$1.00 in · $20.00 out per 1MRetires 2026-11-17

Speech to text 2 models

ModelPriceStatus
gemini-3.5-transcribe$2.00 in · $12.00 out per 1M
gemini-3.5-transcribe-live$3.50 in · $21.00 out per 1M