Google API pricing
Prices per million tokens for the 4 Google models we track, with context windows and what a typical task costs. The cheapest is Gemini 3.7 Flash at $0.750 input and $3.75 output per million tokens; the largest context window is Gemini 3.7 Flash's 1.0M tokens. Updated 25 Oct 2026.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Tools | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.750 | $3.75 | 1.0M | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.825 | $4.13 | 1.0M | Yes | Yes |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 66K | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.0M | Yes | Yes |
What Google models cost per task
Using the listed prices, for three common jobs: a chat turn (2,000 tokens in, 500 out), summarising a 100,000-token document into 2,000 tokens, and a long agent run (1 million in, 50,000 out).
- Gemini 3.7 Flash: chat turn $0.0034, document $0.083, agent run $0.938
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: chat turn $0.0037, document $0.091, agent run $1.03
- Nano Banana 2.1: chat turn $0.0067, document $0.165, agent run $1.88
- Gemini 4 Argon: chat turn $0.0090, document $0.220, agent run $2.50
How Google compares with other providers
Across all 40 models we track, the cheapest Google model ranks #22 by output price. For a model-by-model comparison, see the full price table or the guide to choosing an LLM.
Other providers: Anthropic pricing · OpenAI pricing · Meta pricing · DeepSeek pricing · Mistral AI pricing · Qwen (Alibaba) pricing · xAI pricing · Moonshot AI pricing · Z.ai pricing
Google in the news
- Gemini 3.7 Flash lands in the Gemini app, at half the price 15 Aug 2026
- Three labs, one week: AI pricing just split in two directions 15 Aug 2026
- Google Drops Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gates Its Cyber Twin Behind Fairwind September 4, 2026
- Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 finally tops a coding leaderboard 3 Sept 2026
- Gemini 4 Argon climbs to #5 on Arena's agent board, Opus 5.5 holds #1 15 Oct 2026
- Gemini 4 Argon Lands with 1M Output Tokens and SOTA Enterprise Evals October 10, 2026
Prices and limits come from OpenRouter's public model catalogue, last synced 25 Oct 2026. Google's own API pricing can differ and changes often; confirm on its pricing page before you commit.
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