Google AI Studio Freemium
Prototype with Gemini for free, then ship with the Gemini API
What is Google AI Studio?
AI Studio is a browser playground for Gemini models with a free API tier, long context, native audio and video input, image generation and grounding with Google Search. Production workloads move to Vertex AI.
Pros
- Generous free API tier
- Very long context and multimodal
- Cheap paid pricing
Cons
- Free tier data may be used for training
- Enterprise features require Vertex
Google AI Studio pricing
Free plan available. Prices change often, so confirm on the official pricing page.
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Verdict
Google AI Studio scores 8.9/10 in our llm apis & developer platforms ranking. It is one of the strongest picks in its category.
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