Google · AI model API pricing
How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost?
The absolute price floor among the majors — previous generation, but unbeatable for bulk output-light work.
Rate card
| Input tokens | $0.10 / 1M |
| Cached input | $0.01 / 1M |
| Output tokens | $0.40 / 1M |
| Context window | — |
What that means per month
| Workload | Tokens / month | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 1M in · 0.3M out | $0.22/mo |
| Small app | 10M in · 3M out | $2.20/mo |
| Production app | 50M in · 15M out | $11/mo |
| High volume | 200M in · 60M out | $44/mo |
| Heavy platform | 1B in · 300M out | $220/mo |
Standard on-demand rates from Google's official pricing page, last checked 2026-07-16. Text/image/video input rate; audio input bills at $0.30 per 1M. Monthly figures exclude caching and batch discounts. Confirm live pricing before committing.
Cheaper alternatives
At a reference workload of 10M input / 3M output tokens a month, these cost less than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite ($2.20/mo):
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Qwen-Flash $1.70/mo