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Google Gemini API free tier

Free tier for an active Google Cloud project or free trial, no billing needed. Many Gemini models are free of charge on the free tier.

Kind: Free tier with rate limits · Provider type: Model lab

Card needed: no (stated by the provider)

Limits: Limits are set per model and per project and are not published on the docs page; Google says to view your active limits in Google AI Studio. Requests per day reset at midnight Pacific time.

Your data: Free-tier content is "used to improve our products" (paid tier: not used).

Free models and offers (9)

Model	Requests	Tokens	Other limits / notes
gemini-3.8-flash	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-3.6-flash	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-3.5-flash-lite	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-3.1-flash-lite	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-3-flash-preview	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-2.5-pro	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-2.5-flash	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-2.5-flash-lite	n/p	n/p	none
gemini-embedding-2	n/p	n/p	none

n/p = not published on the provider's page. Used for training: yes.

Notes

Not free on the free tier: gemini-4-argon, the Nano Banana image models, Omni Flash, Lyria 3.5 and 2.5 Pro Preview TTS.
TTS, Live and transcription models also have free-tier access (see the pricing page).

Sources

Gemini API pricing checked 2026-10-25
Gemini API rate limits checked 2026-10-25

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