GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash Lite pricing
$0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.07¢ per chat answer and 0.18¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Gemini 3.8 Flash), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.07¢$0.66 / 1,000 | 35 in · 788 out · 843 reasoning | 73 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.02¢$0.25 / 1,000 | 271 in · 128 out · 424 reasoning | 67 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000 | 52 in · 2,621 out · 964 reasoning | 42 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.12¢$1.21 / 1,000 | 293 in · 1,127 out · 1,817 reasoning | 35 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.19¢$1.92 / 1,000 | 1,308 in · 1,297 out · 3,167 reasoning | 99 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.05¢$0.51 / 1,000 | 706 in · 653 out · 443 reasoning | 54 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.18¢$1.77 / 1,000 | 12,741 in · 535 out · 713 reasoning | 59 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.06¢$0.64 / 1,000 | 452 in · 539 out · 943 reasoning | 65 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 0.39¢$3.88 / 1,000 | 6,304 in · 1,018 out · 7,100 reasoning | 51 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.12¢$1.23 / 1,000 | 3,608 in · 669 out · 1,499 reasoning | 75 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.28¢$2.79 / 1,000 | 1,397 in · 571 out · 6,059 reasoning | 104 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.14¢$1.35 / 1,000 | 5,207 in · 2,074 out | 12 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.06¢$0.65 / 1,000 | 135 in · 546 out · 1,043 reasoning | 61 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 5.4¢$53.89 / 1,000 | 2,194,987 in · 14,715 out · 47,150 reasoning | 20 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Google AI Studiounknown | $0.05 / $0.20 | $0.005 | 1M | 100% |
Googleunknown | $0.10 / $0.40 | $0.01 | 1M | 100% |
Googleunknown | $0.10 / $0.40 | $0.01 | 1M | 100% |
Google AI Studiounknown | $0.10 / $0.40 | $0.01 | 1M | 100% |
Google AI Studiounknown | $0.18 / $0.72 | $0.018 | 1M | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Jul 24, 2025 at $0.10 input / $0.40 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite cost?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.40 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.01 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.07¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.18¢.
Where is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite cheapest?
Among 5 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Google AI Studio: $0.05 input and $0.20 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite was not run directly. Tokens come from Gemini 3.8 Flash and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Google. Real usage can differ.