Free Tier · verified Sep 10, 2026
Google Gemini API: Gemini API free tier for selected models
Google now lists Gemini 3.8 Flash on the Gemini Developer API free tier with free input, output, and context-caching tokens. This is a meaningful model-availability update to the existing generic Gemini API free-tier entry.
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What you actually get
- Eligibility
- Developers and small projects using the Gemini API free tier through Google AI Studio
- Rate and usage limits
- Model-specific. Google AI Studio shows the active project's quota; preview models can have stricter limits.
- Models
- Selected Gemini models marked Free Tier on the official pricing page
- Card requirement
- no for Free tier
- Regions
- Global (except restricted)
- After the free allowance
- Wait for quota reset or link billing and move to a paid usage tier.
- Data and privacy catch
- Google's pricing table marks free-tier content as usable to improve products; paid-tier treatment differs.