Gemini 3.8 Flash pricing doubles from 1 January 2027
Google's pricing page for the Gemini Developer API lists Gemini 3.8 Flash at an introductory standard rate of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, including thinking tokens, through 31 December 2026. From 1 January 2027 those rates double to $1.50 and $7.50, with the same doubling applied across batch, Fold, priority and context caching tiers. Grounding with Google Search and Google Maps each give 5,000 free requests per month shared across Gemini 3.x models, then $14 per 1,000 requests.
What it means for a SaaS brand
If you run Gemini 3.8 Flash in production, model the 2027 doubling into next year's budget now, and price any grounded search or Maps calls separately at $14 per 1,000 beyond the shared 5,000 monthly free allowance. Batch processing stays at half the standard rate, so move non-interactive workloads such as bulk content generation and monitoring sweeps onto it.
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