Gemini API (Google AI for Developers)

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Foundation-model providers (primary)Infrastructureactivetarget: developer

Self-description (latest meta description): “Gemini Developer API Pricing”

Entry (public availability)

2023-12-13 (day)

source

Exit / acquisition

none recorded

Observation window

2023-12-13 → 2026-09-06

38 snapshots · 36 pricing-page

Latest positioning (lexicon)

target terms: developer · enterprise terms 0.11/1k words · vertical: engineering (0.667)

Current plans (latest pricing snapshot)

Snapshot #212 captured 2026-09-06 via live. Raw price language is preserved; the normalized column is filled only when the arithmetic is defensible.

Plan (as printed)	Raw price language	Amount	Unit	Billing	Normalized USD/mo	Note	Included usage (raw)	Confidence	Review
Free free	Free	0	free	—	$0	free tier	—	conf 0.85	verified
Enterprise enterprise	custom	—	custom	—	—	custom/contact-sales pricing	—	conf 0.70	verified
API usage (token-metered) api_usage	$0.75	0.75 USD	tokens	usage	—	not normalized: token-metered; 392 token prices on page	SD Input price Free of charge $0.75 through December 31, 2026. $1; 75 through December 31, 2026. $1.50 starting January 1, 2027. Out; inking tokens) Free of charge $3.75 through December 31, 2026. $7; 75 through December 31, 2026. $7.50 starting January 1, 2027. Con; 75 through December 31, 2026. $0.15 starting January 1, 2027. $0.; .15 starting January 1, 2027. $0.50 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (; e) through December 31, 2026. $1.00 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (; USD Input price Not available $0.375 through December 31, 2026. $0; 75 through December 31, 2026. $0.75 starting January 1, 2027. Out; hinking tokens) Not available $1.875 through December 31, 2026. $3; 75 through December 31, 2026. $3.75 starting January 1, 2027. Con; 75 through December 31, 2026. $0.075 starting January 1, 2027. $0.	conf 0.70	verified

Price history

Normalized monthly USD per plan across pricing snapshots (only plans that could be normalized). Gaps are unobserved quarters, not zero prices.

Event	Plan	Occurred between	Old	New	Confidence
Plan Added	free	2024-01-02 → 2024-02-04	—	Free	conf 0.85
Plan Added	payg	2024-01-02 → 2024-02-04	—	e Limits Starts at 60 QPM Price (input) $0.00025 / 1K characters $0.0025 / image Price (output) $0.0005 / 1K char Input/output data used t	conf 0.65
Plan Added	api_usage	2024-01-02 → 2024-02-04	—	$0.00025	conf 0.70
Price Decrease	payg	2024-02-04 → 2024-03-10	e Limits Starts at 60 QPM Price (input) $0.00025 / 1K characters $0.0025 / image Price (output) $0.0005 / 1K char Input/output data used t	* Supported beyond 60 QPM Price (input) $0.000125 / 1K characters $0.0025 / image Price (output) $0.000375 / 1K characters Prompts/response	conf 0.65
Plan Removed	free	2024-03-10 → 2024-04-02	Free	—	conf 0.85
Plan Removed	payg	2024-03-10 → 2024-04-02	* Supported beyond 60 QPM Price (input) $0.000125 / 1K characters $0.0025 / image Price (output) $0.000375 / 1K characters Prompts/response	—	conf 0.65
Plan Added	free	2025-01-01 → 2025-02-11	—	Free Tier	conf 0.45
Plan Added	enterprise	2025-09-02 → 2025-10-02	—	custom	conf 0.70

Feature claims over time

Presence of each lexicon feature on the pricing page at each snapshot (1 = pattern matched). Flicker (present → absent → present) usually signals page A/B variants or extraction noise and is flagged in events.

feature	2024-02	2024-03	2024-06	2024-07	2024-08	2024-09	2024-10	2024-11	2024-12	2025-01	2025-02	2025-02	2025-03	2025-04	2025-05	2025-06	2025-07	2025-08	2025-09	2025-10	2025-11	2025-12	2026-01	2026-02	2026-03	2026-04	2026-05	2026-06	2026-07	2026-08	2026-09	2026-09
AI agents																				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
API access	●	●				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Browser / computer control																					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Canvas / artifacts
Coding agent																					●	●			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Custom / fine-tuned models										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Dedicated support / SLA																				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Deep research																							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Image generation												●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Image input / vision			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Knowledge retrieval (RAG)
MCP support																											●	●
Mobile app										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●										●	●	●	●	●
Persistent memory																												●	●	●	●	●
Projects / shared workspaces										●	●	●	●	●						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Reasoning models															●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Third-party integrations																							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Video generation															●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Voice interaction																●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Workflow automation																					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Feature	Change	Between	Confidence	Evidence at first detection
API access	added	2024-01-02 → 2024-02-04	conf 0.50	ree Input/output data used to improve our products Yes Get API key in Google AI Studio Get API Pay-as-you-go Rate Limits Start
API access	removed	2024-03-10 → 2024-04-02	conf 0.50	—
Image input / vision	added	2024-05-02 → 2024-06-03	conf 0.50	o Gemini 1.0 Pro Available now Gemini 1.5 Flash Our fastest multimodal model with great performance for diverse, repetitive tasks
API access	added	2024-08-03 → 2024-09-04	conf 0.50	t up billing easily in Google AI Studio by clicking on “Get API key”. Rate limits ** 1000 RPM (requests per minute) 4 million T
Custom / fine-tuned models	added	2024-12-05 → 2025-01-01	conf 0.50	open models Gemma open models Multi-framework with Keras Fine-tune in Colab Run on-device Google AI Edge Gemini Nano on Andr
Projects / shared workspaces	added	2024-12-05 → 2025-01-01	conf 0.50	DevTools Colab Firebase Google Cloud JetBrains Jules Project IDX VS Code Showcase Gemini Showcase Gemini API Develop
Mobile app	added	2024-12-05 → 2025-01-01	conf 0.50	tune in Colab Run on-device Google AI Edge Gemini Nano on Android Chrome built-in web APIs Build responsibly Responsible Ge
Image generation	added	2025-01-01 → 2025-02-11	conf 0.50	de execution Structured output Thinking Multimodal Live API Image generation Imagen generation Imagen prompt guide Function calling Intr
Image input / vision	removed	2025-02-11 → 2025-03-04	conf 0.50	—
Image input / vision	added	2025-04-01 → 2025-05-02	conf 0.50	mini 2.0 Flash Try it in Google AI Studio Our most balanced multimodal model with great performance across all tasks, with a 1 mil
Video generation	added	2025-04-01 → 2025-05-02	conf 0.50	ng info Model Capabilities Text generation Image generation Video generation Long context Structured output Thinking Function calling Do
Projects / shared workspaces	removed	2025-04-01 → 2025-05-02	conf 0.50	—
Reasoning models	added	2025-04-01 → 2025-05-02	conf 0.50	5 Flash Preview Try it in Google AI Studio Our first hybrid reasoning model which supports a 1M token context window and has thinking b
Voice interaction	added	2025-05-02 → 2025-06-03	conf 0.50	, up to 500 RPD 1,500 RPD (free), then $35 / 1,000 requests Text-to-speech ( gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts ) Free of charge $0.50 (Inpu
Mobile app	removed	2025-08-01 → 2025-09-02	conf 0.50	—
AI agents	added	2025-09-02 → 2025-10-02	conf 0.50	, low-latency, high volume tasks that require thinking, and agentic use cases. Standard Free Tier Paid Tier, per 1M tokens in U
Projects / shared workspaces	added	2025-09-02 → 2025-10-02	conf 0.50	roduction ready applications. Free For developers and small projects getting started with the Gemini API. check_circle Limited a
Dedicated support / SLA	added	2025-09-02 → 2025-10-02	conf 0.50	All features in Paid, plus optional access to: check_circle Dedicated support channels check_circle Advanced security & compliance check_
Browser / computer control	added	2025-10-02 → 2025-11-03	conf 0.50	Tools Google Search Google Maps Code execution URL context Computer Use Live API Get Started Capabilities Tool use Session manageme
Coding agent	added	2025-10-02 → 2025-11-03	conf 0.50	improve our products Yes No The Live API also includes half-cascade audio generation models: gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview : Sa
Workflow automation	added	2025-10-02 → 2025-11-03	conf 0.50	se model optimized for building browser control agents that automate tasks. Free Tier Paid Tier, per 1M tokens in USD Input price Not
Custom / fine-tuned models	removed	2025-11-03 → 2025-12-06	conf 0.50	—
Coding agent	removed	2025-12-06 → 2026-01-01	conf 0.50	—
Deep research	added	2025-12-06 → 2026-01-01	conf 0.50	uts Function calling Long context Tools and agents Overview Deep Research Google Search Google Maps Code execution URL context Comput
Third-party integrations	added	2025-12-06 → 2026-01-01	conf 0.50	ations API troubleshooting Billing info Partner and library integrations Google AI Studio Quickstart Vibe code in Build mode Try out
Coding agent	added	2026-02-01 → 2026-03-01	conf 0.50	ilities Tool use Session management Ephemeral tokens Guides Coding agent skills Batch API File input Input methods Files API Context
MCP support	added	2026-04-01 → 2026-05-01	conf 0.50	able in preview with collaborative planning, visualization, MCP support, and more. Home Gemini API Docs Gemini Develope
Persistent memory	added	2026-05-01 → 2026-06-02	conf 0.50	c loops. (See pricing details ). Environment compute (CPU, memory, sandbox execution) is not billed during the preview period
Mobile app	added	2026-05-01 → 2026-06-02	conf 0.50	rt Vibe code in Build mode Developing Full-Stack Apps Build Android Apps Deploying your app Agents in AI Studio Playground Try
MCP support	removed	2026-06-02 → 2026-07-01	conf 0.50	—

Model providers named on the page

Only providers/models literally named on this product's own pages are recorded; absence is not evidence of independence.

2025-02-11: OpenAI2025-05-02: OpenAI2025-06-03: OpenAI2025-07-01: OpenAI2025-08-01: OpenAI2025-09-02: OpenAI2025-10-02: OpenAI2025-11-03: OpenAI2025-12-06: OpenAI2026-01-01: OpenAI2026-02-01: OpenAI2026-03-01: OpenAI2026-04-01: OpenAI2026-05-01: OpenAI2026-06-02: OpenAI2026-07-01: OpenAI2026-08-01: OpenAI2026-09-01: OpenAI2026-09-06: OpenAI

Snapshot	Provider	Model named	Evidence (quoted)	Confidence	Review
2025-07-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	wcase More Community More Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models All models Pricing Rate limits Billing info Model Capabili	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-10-02	OpenAI	OpenAI	API key Cookbook Community Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models Gemini Imagen (image generation) Veo (video generation) Ly	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-01-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	Session management Ephemeral tokens Guides Batch API Files API Context caching OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-04-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	ce Priority inference Context caching Guides File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-07-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	aching Guides Streaming Background execution File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-09-06	OpenAI	OpenAI	eractions API Streaming Background execution File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-02-11	OpenAI	OpenAI	ntro to prompting Prompting strategies File prompting strategies Token counting OpenAI compatibility Billing info Safety Safety settings Safety guidance Additional re	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-05-02	OpenAI	OpenAI	wcase More Community More Overview Get started Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Developer forum Models All models Pricing Rate limits Billing inf	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-06-03	OpenAI	OpenAI	wcase More Community More Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models All models Pricing Rate limits Billing info Model Capabili	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-08-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	wcase More Community More Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models Gemini Imagen (image generation) Veo (video generation) Ly	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-09-02	OpenAI	OpenAI	ference Cookbook Community Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models Gemini Imagen (image generation) Veo (video generation) Ly	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-11-03	OpenAI	OpenAI	API key Cookbook Community Get Started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models Gemini Imagen (image generation) Veo (video generation) Ly	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2025-12-06	OpenAI	OpenAI	API key Cookbook Community Get started Overview Quickstart API keys Libraries OpenAI compatibility Models Gemini Gemini 3 Imagen (image generation) Veo (video gener	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-02-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	eral tokens Guides Batch API File input Input methods Files API Context caching OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-03-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	oding agent skills Batch API File input Input methods Files API Context caching OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-05-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	ce Priority inference Context caching Guides File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-06-02	OpenAI	OpenAI	y inference Context caching Guides Streaming File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-08-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	eractions API Streaming Background execution File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed
2026-09-01	OpenAI	OpenAI	eractions API Streaming Background execution File input Input methods Files API OpenAI compatibility Media resolution Token counting Prompt engineering Logs and datas	conf 0.55	unreviewed

Positioning over time

Lexicon counts on the pricing page: enterprise-governance terms per 1,000 words and vertical specificity (share of industry terms captured by the single most-mentioned vertical).

Snapshots and provenance

Every observation above descends from one of these immutable captures.

#	Captured	Method	Source	Archive / final URL	HTTP	Text chars	Collector	SHA-256	Notes
1711	2023-12-13 15:16	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20231213151604id_/https://ai.goo…	200	625	wayback-1.0	a769229dae4d
66	2024-01-02 15:52	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240102155253id_/https://ai.goo…	200	270	wayback-1.0	1ad0b5e150e5
1720	2024-02-04 21:30	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240204213038id_/https://ai.goo…	200	1323	wayback-1.0	2ea4c79d188a
1724	2024-03-10 05:00	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240310050021id_/https://ai.goo…	200	1568	wayback-1.0	08e1704eadb0
68	2024-04-02 01:00	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240402010009id_/https://ai.goo…	200	2312	wayback-1.0	6ef0c9299492
1726	2024-05-02 06:17	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240502061735id_/https://ai.goo…	200	2569	wayback-1.0	e595d1242782
1731	2024-06-03 13:52	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240603135204id_/https://ai.goo…	200	4684	wayback-1.0	26942e7a601f
70	2024-07-01 17:18	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240701171821id_/https://ai.goo…	200	4768	wayback-1.0	897efb47f7c3
1737	2024-08-03 10:20	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240803102002id_/https://ai.goo…	200	5272	wayback-1.0	577d6a7589dd
1740	2024-09-04 17:17	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20240904171757id_/https://ai.goo…	200	7479	wayback-1.0	482fc4e49b82
72	2024-10-01 09:24	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20241001092414id_/https://ai.goo…	200	7730	wayback-1.0	539f0d0d19ee
1746	2024-11-08 02:46	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20241108024615id_/https://ai.goo…	200	10737	wayback-1.0	877e127b86e9
1747	2024-12-05 17:12	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20241205171200id_/https://ai.goo…	200	10648	wayback-1.0	cde203ad5519
74	2025-01-01 03:07	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250101030729id_/https://ai.goo…	200	11518	wayback-1.0	5a6fdaee7316
1751	2025-02-01 12:30	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250201123045id_/https://ai.goo…	200	11686	wayback-1.0	ef6eb4f29fa5
1764	2025-02-11 16:37	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250211163751id_/https://ai.goo…	200	10001	wayback-1.0	f90dc5859bfa
1767	2025-03-04 10:21	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250304102117id_/https://ai.goo…	200	7457	wayback-1.0	c485c23fbe17
76	2025-04-01 00:44	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250401004436id_/https://ai.goo…	200	8039	wayback-1.0	d628e9e81a17
1772	2025-05-02 02:51	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250502025139id_/https://ai.goo…	200	10501	wayback-1.0	bdcad89af243
1776	2025-06-03 03:32	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250603033208id_/https://ai.goo…	200	12709	wayback-1.0	53bb107750ed
77	2025-07-01 05:29	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250701052920id_/https://ai.goo…	200	13748	wayback-1.0	695e377cd7f2
1778	2025-08-01 13:49	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250801134936id_/https://ai.goo…	200	14894	wayback-1.0	fe9df2466765
1780	2025-09-02 11:48	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20250902114840id_/https://ai.goo…	200	14201	wayback-1.0	5264a4a910ac
78	2025-10-02 16:22	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20251002162244id_/https://ai.goo…	200	21192	wayback-1.0	a92e7478d614
1784	2025-11-03 07:43	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20251103074340id_/https://ai.goo…	200	20806	wayback-1.0	51e52caaca55
1789	2025-12-06 11:23	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20251206112346id_/https://ai.goo…	200	24720	wayback-1.0	ec79cc2d7151
79	2026-01-01 13:48	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260101134813id_/https://ai.goo…	200	26495	wayback-1.0	268899865b22
1793	2026-02-01 10:26	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260201102619id_/https://ai.goo…	200	26379	wayback-1.0	c42fb14d4324
1797	2026-03-01 09:13	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260301091320id_/https://ai.goo…	200	28968	wayback-1.0	326308c7492b
80	2026-04-01 19:12	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260401191258id_/https://ai.goo…	200	40208	wayback-1.0	38906e95172e
1802	2026-05-01 16:06	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260501160638id_/https://ai.goo…	200	40567	wayback-1.0	350a7c4b5374
1804	2026-06-02 08:15	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260602081519id_/https://ai.goo…	200	43891	wayback-1.0	2a7b0d3c8046
82	2026-07-01 20:08	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260701200813id_/https://ai.goo…	200	47011	wayback-1.0	b24d97139b55
1805	2026-08-01 15:23	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260801152348id_/https://ai.goo…	200	54643	wayback-1.0	430a065f2dec
1806	2026-09-01 00:29	wayback	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	https://web.archive.org/web/20260901002902id_/https://ai.goo…	200	54439	wayback-1.0	fd6de1aa2810
212	2026-09-06 03:54	live	pricing_page https://ai.google.dev/pricing	https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing	200	58074	live-1.0	680f92381d07	redirected to https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
213	2026-09-06 03:54	live	product_page https://ai.google.dev	https://ai.google.dev/	200	5746	live-1.0	3544e2bbe4c7	redirected to https://ai.google.dev/
1701	2026-09-06 08:49	live	announcement https://blog.google/technology/ai/gemini-api-developers-cloud/	https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-api-de…	200	10390	live-1.0	cff7b502ed8e	redirected to https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-api-developers-cloud/