Model pricing · Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash pricing
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.3 per million input tokens and $2.5 per million output tokens at list price. Best for: fast general-purpose.
| Input | $0.3 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output | $2.5 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input (read) | $0.03 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | Not published |
Source: Google pricing, cross-checked against models.dev on 2026-09-15. Your provider invoice is authoritative.
What it costs in practice
| Workload | List price | If input is cached |
|---|---|---|
| One request: 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.0055 | $0.0028 |
| A month of that request, 100 times a day | $16.50 | $8.40 |
| A 3,000-token instruction file on 100 requests a day, for a month | $2.70 | $0.270 |
The last row is the always-on cost of an instruction file like CLAUDE.md: paid on every request, whether the task needs it or not. Check how much of yours is waste.
Price history
From tokencheat's dated pricing snapshots. Only changes are listed.
| Since | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | $0.3 | $2.5 |
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