Google · multimodal · family comparison
Gemini API pricing by model and provider
Compare Gemini API routes by exact model, service channel, standard or batch tier, token meter, and first-party source.
Model-level provider comparison
Gemini API price ranking status
Current answer: No current cheapest provider is published. Accepted evidence exists, but it does not yet form a named, like-for-like comparison group.
- Provider routes with evidence
- 2
- Accepted observations
- 4
- Billing meters
- 1M input tokens, 1M output tokens
- Latest accepted check
- Aug 22, 2026
Why there is no winner
No reviewed comparison scope exists for this model yet. Accepted evidence can still be inspected below, but APIDir will not sort unlike offers or infer a cheapest provider.
Read the publication gateUncollapsed source records
All accepted offer evidence
These rows remain separate until their offered model ID, route, meter, tier, resolution, duration, audio, and region are proven comparable.
| Provider | Model | Configuration | Recorded price | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ai Studio APIofficial | Gemini API | model: gemini-3.7-flash · generate-content · standard-introductory · not-applicable · no audio | $0.75 / 1M input tokensstale | Provider sourceChecked Aug 22, 2026 |
| Google Ai Studio APIofficial | Gemini API | model: gemini-3.7-flash · generate-content · standard-introductory · not-applicable · no audio | $3.75 / 1M output tokensstale | Provider sourceChecked Aug 22, 2026 |
| OpenRouterrouter | Gemini API | model: google/gemini-3.7-flash · chat-completions · batch-route · not-applicable · no audio | $0.375 / 1M input tokensstale | Provider sourceChecked Aug 22, 2026 |
| OpenRouterrouter | Gemini API | model: google/gemini-3.7-flash · chat-completions · batch-route · not-applicable · no audio | $1.875 / 1M output tokensstale | Provider sourceChecked Aug 22, 2026 |
Checked evidence, not a ranking: fresh rows were checked against the linked first-party source on the shown date. APIDir does not name a cheapest provider unless exact configurations and units match. Recheck before purchasing.
Developer resources
Provider documentation and pricing links
Compare integration documentation beside the exact first-party source used for each accepted observation.
| Provider | Channel | Developer resources | Accepted evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ai Studio API | official | DocumentationPricing page | 2 observationsEvidence source 1 |
| OpenRouter | router | DocumentationPricing page | 2 observationsEvidence source 1 |
Decision guide
How to compare Gemini API providers
Gemini API pricing varies by exact model, input and output modality, context, caching, grounding, and service tier. APIDir currently records Gemini 3.7 Flash through Google AI Studio and an OpenRouter batch route. The lower batch number is not labelled cheaper than standard service because delivery semantics differ.
Multimodal requests require more than a text-token estimate. Images, audio, video, cached context, search grounding, and generated media can have separate meters. Confirm which service accepts the required modality and preserve the route and tier in your cost logs.
What changes Gemini API cost
- Exact Gemini model, standard or batch tier, context, and input-output ratio
- Image, audio, video, cache, grounding, and tool-use meters
- Regional service, quotas, retry behavior, storage, and data-governance requirements
Integration checks before production
- Pin the service channel and model ID together
- Validate modality limits and payload size before sending a billable request
- Track tier, token usage, media units, retries, and provider request ID
Workloads this comparison can inform
Multimodal extraction
Model text and media units separately; a text-only comparison understates the workload.
Asynchronous batch processing
A batch route can reduce the meter when latency and completion guarantees fit the job.
Interactive applications
Use standard-service evidence and measure latency, quotas, and fallback behavior.
How to read the price result
The current direct row is standard introductory service while the router row is explicitly batch. Their prices are displayed side by side as different routes, not sorted into one winner.
Related model price comparisons
Use this evidence safely
A recorded price is not a complete production quote. Open the source, reproduce the exact configuration, and include retries, failed work, storage, egress, support, rate limits, and downstream processing in total cost.
Questions developers ask
What makes two Gemini offers comparable?
The model version, generation mode, tier, resolution, duration, audio setting, region, and billing unit must match.
Does APIDir name a cheapest provider on this page?
Only when at least three explicitly reviewed provider offers are fresh, publication-permitted, and within the same published comparison scope. Stale or mismatched evidence cannot support that claim.
How should I confirm a budget?
Open the linked provider source, verify the configuration, then calculate your own successful and failed workload volume.
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