Gemini API Pricing (March 2026) — 2.5 Pro, Flash & Free Tier Token Costs

Updated March 2026. Google Gemini API pricing per 1M tokens: 2.5 Pro at $1.25/$10, Flash at $0.30/$2.50, Flash-Lite at $0.10/$0.40. Free tier on most models.

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Gemini API Pricing — March 2026

Last updated: March 2, 2026 No pricing changes since February 2026.

TL;DR — Gemini API Prices (March 2026)

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview): $2.00/$12.00 per 1M tokens
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25/$10.00 per 1M tokens (≤200K context)
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.30/$2.50 per 1M tokens
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.10/$0.40 per 1M tokens
  • Free Tier: Available on most models

Google offers the best free tier among all major LLM providers.


Gemini 3 Family (Preview)

ModelContextInput / 1M tokensOutput / 1M tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)200K+$2.00 (≤200K) / $4.00 (>200K)$12.00 (≤200K) / $18.00 (>200K)
Gemini 3 Flash (preview)$0.50$3.00

Gemini 2.5 Family (Current)

ModelContextInput / 1M tokensOutput / 1M tokensCached Input
Gemini 2.5 Pro2M$1.25 (≤200K) / $2.50 (>200K)$10.00 (≤200K) / $15.00 (>200K)$0.125
Gemini 2.5 Flash1M$0.30$2.50$0.03
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite1M$0.10$0.40

Gemini 2.0 Family

ModelContextInput / 1M tokensOutput / 1M tokensCached Input
Gemini 2.0 Flash1M$0.10$0.40$0.025
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite1M$0.075$0.30

Free Tier

Google offers a generous free tier:

  • Free input/output tokens on most models (Gemini 2.5 Flash, Flash-Lite, 2.0 Flash, etc.)
  • Great for prototyping and testing
  • No credit card required

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