Gemini API free tier

Who qualifies

• Eligible users will be invited by email and see a callout in AI Studio
• Our next-generation video generation and editing model, now generally available to developers on the paid tier of the Gemini API

What you need

• Not stated on the official page — check the claim page.

Typical approval time

• Not stated on the official page — check the claim page.

Step by step

1. Get an API key in Google AI Studio; free-tier models and limits are listed on the pricing page.
2. Tool usage fees apply per existing pricing structure, maintaining standard distinctions for Search Grounding (retrieved tokens excluded) versus Url_context / File Search (retrieved tokens included in all other tools)
3. Costs for Gemini always apply

Common rejection reasons

• Tool usage fees apply per existing pricing structure, maintaining standard distinctions for Search Grounding (retrieved tokens excluded) versus Url_context / File Search (retrieved tokens included in all other tools)

Tips & fine print

• Not stated on the official page — check the claim page.