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Gemini 3.5 Flash API Pricing & Cost Calculator

Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's newest Flash generation at $1.50/$9 per 1M tokens — 3x the price of Gemini 3 Flash but with substantially stronger reasoning. 1M context, native audio + vision.

Google plans to retire Gemini 3.5 Flash on 2027-05-19

Pricing below is still current. Worth factoring the retirement date into anything you are building on it long-term.

Still available from Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.7 Flash

Input
$1.50
per 1M tokens
Output
$9.00
per 1M tokens
Context window
1049K
tokens
Released
2026-06
Cutoff
≈ Estimated tokenizer·$1.50 in·$9.00 out (per 1M)
Quick start with a use case
Total cost per call$0.006000
Input$0.001500
Output$0.004500
Cost comparison
Standard
$0.006000
With Caching
$0.005325
Save 11% ↓
With Batch
$0.003000
Save 50% ↓
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Detailed pricing

Gemini 3.5 Flash pricing breakdown

All pricing dimensions including caching and batch discounts.

TypePrice (per 1M tokens)
Input$1.5000
Output$9.0000
Cached input$0.1500
Batch input$0.7500
Batch output$4.5000
Cutting costs? Open models start at $0.28/1M

DeepSeek, Kimi & 200+ open models on Novita AI — often 5–20x cheaper than proprietary APIs for comparable tasks.

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Last verified 2026-08-01 · Google official pricing · ⚠️ Spotted a wrong price? Report in 30s →

How it compares

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs alternatives

Single-call cost (1000 input + 500 output tokens) ranked from cheapest.

ModelPer call
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google · this page
$0.006000
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek
$0.000480
GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI
$0.000800
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
$0.001000
DeepSeek V4-Flash
DeepSeek
$0.001100
GPT-5 mini
OpenAI
$0.001250
Recommended use

When to choose Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash shines for general-purpose tasks, image and document understanding, high-throughput, low-latency tasks, and audio understanding and generation. Token counts are estimated within ~10-20% margin.

Context window of 1049K tokens handles entire codebases or book-length documents.
Prompt caching available — significant savings for repeated system prompts.
Batch API support for non-realtime workloads at ~50% discount.
Tool / function calling supported.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical chat call (1000 input + 500 output tokens) costs approximately $0.0060. Use the calculator above to estimate your specific use case.
Gemini 3.5 Flash supports a 1049K token context window with a max output of 65,535 tokens.
Yes. Cached input is priced at $0.15 per 1M tokens — 90% cheaper than uncached input. This is especially valuable for repeated system prompts, long-context retrieval, and chat threads with shared history.
Yes. Gemini 3.5 Flash supports the Batch API at $0.75 input / $4.50 output per 1M tokens — typically 50% off standard pricing. Batch jobs complete within ~24 hours, ideal for non-realtime workloads like overnight data processing or content generation pipelines.
Yes, Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts image input. Vision token pricing is generally calculated based on image dimensions and folded into the input token count. Specific image-specific pricing varies — refer to Google's official documentation.
Token counts for Gemini 3.5 Flash are estimated from character ratios (~10-20% margin). Cost calculations use prices verified on 2026-08-01. For final billing accuracy, always verify with Google's usage dashboard.
Yes, Google offers fine-tuning for Gemini 3.5 Flash. Fine-tuned model pricing is separate from base model pricing — check Google's pricing page for current fine-tuning rates.