Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite API pricing
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens at the standard rate. Here are its cached and batch prices, and what it costs for your usage.
| Token type | Standard | Batch (50% off) |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.15 |
| Cached input | $0.03 | $0.02 |
| Output | $2.50 | $1.25 |
- Input $9.00
- Cached input $0.9
- Output $22.50
| Workload | Standard | Batch | |
|---|---|---|---|
Support chatbot 2,000 in / 300 out tokens,
1,000 requests a day, 50% cached | $32.40 | $16.35 | 4th cheapest of 18 |
Document summaries 10,000 in / 800 out tokens,
200 requests a day | $30.00 | $15.00 | 4th cheapest of 18 |
Tagging / classifying 400 in / 20 out tokens,
20,000 requests a day | $102.00 | $51.00 | 4th cheapest of 18 |
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cost per million tokens?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens at the standard rate. Prices are in USD, before tax, from Gemini API pricing, last checked on 30 Sept 2026.
Does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite have a Batch API discount?
Yes. Through the Batch API, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens, 50% less than the standard rate. Batch requests are processed asynchronously rather than straight away.
How much does prompt caching save on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?
Input read from the prompt cache costs $0.03 per million tokens instead of $0.30, 90% less. Writing to or storing the cache can cost extra; those charges aren’t included here.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite one of the cheaper API models?
For a support chatbot sending 1,000 requests a day (2,000 input and 300 output tokens each, 50% of the input cached), Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the 4th cheapest of the 18 OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models we track, at $32.40 a month. Price alone doesn’t tell you how well a model will handle your task, so test the candidates on your own prompts.