API price comparison · Updated
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.30 and $2.50. For an agent task (80,000 input tokens, 60,000 of them cached, and 6,000 output), Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.042 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.023: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 46% less. Gemini 3.8 Flash's price changes on Jan 1, 2027 to $1.50 input and $7.50 output per million tokens.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 48% less for this workload. Excludes cache writes, tools and taxes.
| Price | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Model ID | gemini-3.8-flash | gemini-3.5-flash-lite |
| Input | $0.75 | $0.30 |
| Cache read | $0.075 | $0.03 |
| Cache write | Storage billed per hour | Storage billed per hour |
| Output | $3.75 | $2.50 |
| Batch in / out | $0.375 / $1.875 | $0.15 / $1.25 |
| Long prompts | Same rate | Same rate |
| Scheduled change | From Jan 1, 2027: $1.50 / $7.50 | None announced |
| Status | Available | Available |
Prices for each provider’s own API, from Google Gemini’s pricing page. The lower price in each row is highlighted. Ganivra uses these same rates to price Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite calls.
Worked out from the prices above at standard rates, with no Batch discount. Long-prompt rates apply where a model has them.
| Request | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Per 1,000 requests | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply3,000 input tokens, 500 output | $0.0041 | $0.0022 | $4.13 / $2.15 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 48% less |
| Document summary30,000 input tokens, 1,500 output | $0.028 | $0.013 | $28.13 / $12.75 | Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 2.2× as much |
| Agent task80,000 input tokens (60,000 cached), 6,000 output | $0.042 | $0.023 | $42.00 / $22.80 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 46% less |
| Long document300,000 input tokens, 2,000 output | $0.233 | $0.095 | $233 / $95.00 | Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 2.4× as much |
Ganivra prices every Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite call you make and adds it up by customer, feature and workflow, next to what each customer pays. Switch a workflow and see what it did to each customer’s margin.
Per million tokens, Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 input and $3.75 output, and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.30 input and $2.50 output. For an agent task (80,000 input tokens, 60,000 of them cached, and 6,000 output), Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs 46% less: $42.00 against $22.80 per 1,000 tasks.
$0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens on Google Gemini's API, with cached input at $0.075 and Batch at $0.375 input and $1.875 output. The rate is the same at any prompt length.
$0.30 input and $2.50 output per million tokens on Google Gemini's API, with cached input at $0.03 and Batch at $0.15 input and $1.25 output. The rate is the same at any prompt length.
For a 300,000 input tokens, 2,000 output request, Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.233 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.095: Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 2.4× as much. On Gemini 3.8 Flash, one rate at any prompt length; on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, one rate at any prompt length.
Yes. On Jan 1, 2027, Gemini 3.8 Flash goes from $0.75 input and $3.75 output to $1.50 input and $7.50 output per million tokens. After the change, the agent task costs $0.084 on Gemini 3.8 Flash against $0.023 on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.
Record what each call actually used, then price the same usage on both models. Ganivra does this from your recorded calls: it shows what each customer, feature and workflow would cost on Gemini 3.8 Flash and on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, next to what each customer pays you.
Every model on one page: Gemini 3.8 Flash pricing · all model price comparisons · all supported models.