Gemini API Paid Tier (Prepay and Postpay)
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- Kind
- Pay-as-you-go
- Term
- Prepaid credits then pay-as-you-go; usage tier advances with cumulative spend and account age.
- Aliases
- Paid Tier; Tier 1; Tier 2; Tier 3
- Definition
- Gemini API billing: "To access higher rate limits, use advanced models, and ensure your prompts and responses are not used to improve Google products, you can link a billing account and Prepay to move to the Paid Tiers."
- Commercial rules
- Minimum prepayment of $5 (or equivalent) to leave the Free Tier; the API serves requests only with a positive Prepay credit balance. Usage tiers and billing tier caps: Tier 1 (linked billing account) $250; Tier 2 (paid $100 + 3 days) $2,000; Tier 3 (paid $1,000 + 30 days) $20,000 - $100,000+. Tiers, rate limits and caps are set at the billing account level. Some accounts are offered or assigned Postpay.
- Applies to
- Gemini API projects linked to an active Cloud Billing account