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Gemini

Google's models: the broadest native inputs, including audio, video and PDF.

Checked as of 2026-10-23

At a glance

Licence: Proprietary Gemini API Additional Terms
Closed weights. Google's open-weight Gemma is a separate family.
Access: APIVertex AI
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

Variants 4

Model	Context	$ in / 1M	$ out / 1M	Inputs	Status
Gemini 4 Argon `gemini-4-argon` Price valid through 2026-11-30; $4 / $20 from 2026-12-01.	1.04858M	$2	$10	text, image, video, audio, pdf	current
Gemini 3.8 Flash `gemini-3.8-flash` Price valid through 2026-12-31; $1.50 / $7.50 from 2027-01-01.	1.04858M	$0.75	$3.75	text, image, video, audio, pdf	current
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite `gemini-3.5-flash-lite`	1.04858M	$0.3	$2.5	text, image, video, audio, pdf	current
Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) `gemini-3.1-pro-preview` Previous generation, and still a preview. Google gives no shutdown date. Over 200K prompt tokens: $4 / $18.	1.04858M	$2	$12	text, image, video, audio, pdf	legacy

"—" means the figure could not be verified from a primary source on 2026-10-23 and has been left blank rather than guessed. Prices are USD per million tokens at the standard tier.

Strengths

Text, image, video, audio and PDF input on every listed model.
A 1,048,576-token context on every tier.
The cheapest mid-tier of the three at the moment, with no prompt-size surcharge on the newest models.
Close integration with Google Cloud: Vertex AI (renamed Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform), with US and EU multi-region endpoints.

Watch out for

Prices are scheduled to double: Gemini 4 Argon on 2026-12-01, and 3.8 Flash on 2027-01-01.
Not on Amazon Bedrock or Azure. Only the open Gemma models are on Bedrock.
On Gemini 4 Argon the 1M limit covers input and output together.