gemini-2.5-flash-lite · Google
The absolute cheapest Gemini tier at $0.10/$0.40 — still a going concern for sub-cent pipelines.
Last checked Aug 16, 2026. Calculations use the listed base rates; provider-specific tiers, cache writes, batch pricing, and long-context rules may differ. Confirm the current rate at the official provider source.
Input
$0.10
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.40
per 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.01
per 1M tokens
Context window
1M
max output 65.5K
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost calculator
What Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs per task
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Monthly @ 1K req/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot | 3,500 | 350 | $0.00027 | $8.085 |
| RAG / search-augmented answers | 8,000 | 500 | $0.00064 | $19.20 |
| AI coding assistant | 12,000 | 2,000 | $0.001352 | $40.56 |
| Document summarization | 25,000 | 600 | $0.002515 | $75.45 |
| Agentic workflow | 40,000 | 1,500 | $0.00226 | $67.80 |
| Content generation | 800 | 1,200 | $0.000538 | $16.152 |
| Data extraction & tagging | 2,000 | 250 | $0.000264 | $7.92 |
| Translation | 5,000 | 5,500 | $0.002633 | $78.975 |
Assumes each use case's typical cacheable share of input. See full cost scenarios.
Compare with alternatives
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Context | Chat request* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1M | $0.00054 |
| GPT-5.4 nanocompare | $0.20 | $1.25 | 1.1M | $0.00144 |
| Ministral 3 (8B)compare | $0.15 | $0.15 | 131.1K | $0.00045 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | $0.00266 |
*4,000 in + 800 out tokens, 50% cached input where available.
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FAQ
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.01 per 1M tokens. Verified Aug 16, 2026 against https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports a 1,048,576-token context window with up to 65,536 output tokens per request, tokenized with Gemini SentencePiece (~262K vocab).
At $0.10/M input and $0.40/M output, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite sits below GPT-5.4 nano ($0.20/M in, $1.25/M out) — see the comparison table for full-workload differences.