Gemini 3.6 Flash API pricing
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens. A typical chatbot request (about 1,500 input + 400 output tokens) costs $0.0027, or $2.68 per 1,000 requests.
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| Model | Per month |
|---|---|
| Gemini 3.6 Flash |
≈ = estimated token count: only OpenAI publishes its tokenizer. Claude counts use Anthropic’s published ratios; use the count_tokens API for an exact number.
Gemini 3.6 Flash price per million tokens
USD, Google standard tier. Prices checked on October 28, 2026.
| Token type | Price per 1M | With Batch API |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.75 | $0.375 |
| Cached input | $0.075 | $0.0375 |
| Output | $3.75 | $1.875 |
Note: Price doubles in January 2027 ($1.50 / $7.50).
Model ID: gemini-3.6-flash · Source: ai.google.dev
What a Gemini 3.6 Flash request costs
| Request | Per request | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply 500 input + 200 output tokens | $0.0011 | $1.14 |
| Chatbot turn with context 1,500 input + 400 output tokens | $0.0027 | $2.68 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 8,000 input + 500 output tokens | $0.0082 | $8.18 |
| Long-document summary 150,000 input + 2,000 output tokens | $0.13 | $126 |
Token counts are measured with GPT's o200k tokenizer and converted for Gemini 3.6 Flash (see below). No caching or batch discount.
Similarly priced models
| Model | Chatbot request | vs Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Grok Build 0.1 xAI | $0.0024 | −11% |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Google | $0.0027 | same |
| GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI | $0.0029 | +9% |
| Grok 4.3 xAI | $0.0030 | +11% |
| Grok 4.20 xAI | $0.0030 | +11% |
| o4-mini OpenAI | $0.0034 | +27% |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Gemini 3.6 Flash API cost?
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens on Google's standard tier. Prices checked on October 28, 2026.
How much does one Gemini 3.6 Flash request cost?
A typical chatbot request with about 1,500 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.0027, or $2.68 per 1,000 requests. Paste your own prompt into the calculator on this page for an exact estimate.
Does Gemini 3.6 Flash support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input costs $0.075 per million tokens, 90% less than regular input.
Does Gemini 3.6 Flash have a Batch API discount?
Yes: 50% off for requests sent through the Batch API, which may take up to 24 hours. That makes it $0.375 / $1.875 per million input / output tokens.
How are Gemini 3.6 Flash tokens counted?
Gemini 3.6 Flash's tokenizer is not published. We estimate about 1.05× the GPT o200k count for the same text.