gemini-3.5-flash-lite API Pricing
Google charges $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-08-06 against the official Google pricing page.
Hybrid reasoning model
Input / 1M tokens
$0.30
Output / 1M tokens
$2.50
Context window
Not published
What it costs to run
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Single short call | 2K in, 500 out | $0.00185 |
| Typical chat turn | 10K in, 1K out | $0.00550 |
| Long document pass | 100K in, 2K out | $0.035 |
| 1,000 chat turns | 10M in, 1M out | $5.50 |
Price history
No price move recorded for gemini-3.5-flash-lite since tracking began on 2026-08-06. Every future change lands here with the before and after.
How it compares
Ranked on the blended cost of a typical chat turn (10K in, 1K out), not the input rate alone.
| OpenAI | gpt-5.6-luna | $0.00320 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-5.4-nano | $0.00325 per turn |
| gemini-3.1-flash-lite | $0.00400 per turn | |
| OpenAI | babbage-002 | $0.00440 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-5-mini | $0.00450 per turn |
| gemini-3.5-flash-lite | $0.00550 per turn | |
| OpenAI | gpt-4.1-mini | $0.00560 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-3.5-turbo | $0.00650 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 | $0.00650 per turn |
| gemini-3-flash-preview | $0.00800 per turn | |
| DeepSeek | deepseek-v4-pro | $0.00858 per turn |
Head to head
Full cost breakdowns against the models gemini-3.5-flash-lite is usually weighed against, including the workload shape where the cheaper option flips.
TechFastForward coverage of gemini-3.5-flash-lite
What we wrote when this model, or the rest of its line, was news.
- Google DeepMind Signals AGI Push as Hassabis Steps Down2026-08-08
- Google DeepMind Breaks Formation as Hassabis Steps Down2026-08-07
- Google DeepMind Replaces Hassabis While Dean Exits2026-08-06
- Google Gemini 3.5 Pro Doubles Context, Shifts AI Rivalry2026-06-24
- Anthropic Fable 5 Beats Rivals on Pricing and Guardrails2026-06-17
- Google Cuts AI Plus to $4.99 and Doubles Storage in 20262026-06-09
Free JSON API
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