Gemini API

Google's models: huge context, search grounding, lowest prices

ai.google.dev · Flash-Lite $0.30/$2.50 per MTok; free tier

The Gemini API: Flash/Flash-Lite models with million-token context, Google Search grounding and the cheapest per-token prices of the big three.

Capabilities

Capabilities

  • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.30/$2.50 per MTok; 1M-token context; search grounding
  • URL context tool (fetches pages server-side), JSON mode, free AI Studio tier

Best for

  • Cost-sensitive volume AI (summarize, extract, classify) and research features

Not for

  • The hardest reasoning tasks (frontier Claude/GPT models lead)