API price comparison · Updated
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Terra costs $1.00 and $5.00. 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 GPT-6.1 Terra $0.053: Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 21% less. Gemini 3.8 Flash's price changes on Jan 1, 2027 to $1.50 input and $7.50 output per million tokens.
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 25% less for this workload. Excludes cache writes, tools and taxes.
| Price | Gemini 3.8 Flash | GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Model ID | gemini-3.8-flash | gpt-6.1-terra |
| Input | $0.75 | $1.00 |
| Cache read | $0.075 | $0.05 |
| Cache write | Storage billed per hour | $1.25 |
| Output | $3.75 | $5.00 |
| Batch in / out | $0.375 / $1.875 | $0.50 / $2.50 |
| Long prompts | Same rate | Over 272,000: $2.00 / $7.50 |
| 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 and OpenAI’s pricing page. The lower price in each row is highlighted. Ganivra uses these same rates to price Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-6.1 Terra 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 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Per 1,000 requests | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply3,000 input tokens, 500 output | $0.0041 | $0.0055 | $4.13 / $5.50 | Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 25% less |
| Document summary30,000 input tokens, 1,500 output | $0.028 | $0.037 | $28.13 / $37.50 | Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 25% less |
| Agent task80,000 input tokens (60,000 cached), 6,000 output | $0.042 | $0.053 | $42.00 / $53.00 | Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 21% less |
| Long document300,000 input tokens, 2,000 output | $0.233 | $0.615 | $233 / $615 | GPT-6.1 Terra costs 2.6× as much |
Ganivra prices every Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-6.1 Terra 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 GPT-6.1 Terra $1.00 input and $5.00 output. For an agent task (80,000 input tokens, 60,000 of them cached, and 6,000 output), Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 21% less: $42.00 against $53.00 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.
$1.00 input and $5.00 output per million tokens on OpenAI's API, with cached input at $0.05 and Batch at $0.50 input and $2.50 output. Prompts over 272,000 tokens cost $2.00 input and $7.50 output.
For a 300,000 input tokens, 2,000 output request, Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.233 and GPT-6.1 Terra $0.615: GPT-6.1 Terra costs 2.6× as much. On Gemini 3.8 Flash, one rate at any prompt length; on GPT-6.1 Terra, prompts over 272,000 tokens cost $2.00 input and $7.50 output for the whole request.
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 $0.053 on GPT-6.1 Terra.
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 GPT-6.1 Terra, next to what each customer pays you.
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