Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite API pricing (August 2026)
What it costs at real volumes
A chat-shaped workload: 800 input tokens and 300 output tokens per request, no caching, no batch.
Specifications
- Provider
- Google Gemini
- Context window
- 1.0M tokens
- Max output
- 66K tokens
- Tier
- small
- Status
- GA
- Blended $/1M (3:1)
- $0.175
- Cache break-even hit rate
- 0% — caching always saves
- Prices verified
- 4 Aug 2026
Source: Google Gemini pricing. Finitizer is not affiliated with Google Gemini.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cost per 1M tokens?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.400 per million output tokens at Google Gemini list prices. Output is 4.0x the input rate, so the input:output ratio of your workload drives the real cost more than the headline price.
Does Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input is billed at $0.010 per million tokens, 10x cheaper than uncached input. There is no cache-write premium, so caching is never a net loss.
What is the batch discount for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?
Requests submitted through the asynchronous batch endpoint are billed at 50% off both input and output rates, bringing input to $0.050 and output to $0.200 per million tokens.
What is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's context window?
1.0M tokens of context with up to 66K output tokens per request. A larger context window raises the ceiling on what you can send, not the price per token — but filling it on every request is one of the most common causes of an unexpected bill.
Running Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in production?
Finitizer TokenOps attributes real token spend to teams, features, and prompts — so you find out which workload moved the bill before the invoice does.