A rate per million tokens is not a budget. The calculator takes your request volume, prompt size and cache hit rate and gives you a monthly figure.
Gemini 3.8 Flash API pricing (October 2026)
Price runs through 31 Dec 2026; from 1 Jan 2027 it doubles to $1.50 in / $7.50 out (cache read $0.15). Cache storage $0.50/hour not modeled.
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
- mid
- Status
- GA
- Blended $/1M (3:1)
- $1.50
- Cache break-even hit rate
- 0%, caching always saves
- Prices verified
- 12 Oct 2026
Source: Google Gemini pricing. Finitizer is not affiliated with Google Gemini.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash cost per 1M tokens?
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.750 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens at Google Gemini list prices. Output is 5.0x the input rate, so the input:output ratio of your workload drives the real cost more than the headline price.
Does Gemini 3.8 Flash support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input is billed at $0.075 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 3.8 Flash?
Requests submitted through the asynchronous batch endpoint are billed at 50% off both input and output rates, bringing input to $0.375 and output to $1.88 per million tokens.
What is Gemini 3.8 Flash'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.
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