Google AI Studio
FreeTry Gemini models in a browser studio, then call them with a free API key
Free tier with free input and output tokens
Checked on 2026-09-23
The Gemini API free tier is meant for developers and small projects: free input and output tokens, limited access to certain models, and Google AI Studio access. Google writes that AI Studio usage is free of charge in all available regions. What else is free is set out per model: Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite get grounding with Google Search free of charge, up to 500 RPD shared between them.
- Free tier content is used to improve Google's products
- Limited access to certain models
- What is free is listed per model on the pricing page and differs between models
- Grounding with Google Search is free on Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite up to 500 RPD shared between them, and marked Not available on the Gemini 3.x models
From Israel: Israel is on Google's list of countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available, and the service asks you to be 18 or older.
What you can do with it
Google AI Studio is a browser workbench for the Gemini models. Paste a prompt, attach a PDF or a screenshot, compare two models side by side, then take the same model into your own code with an API key. The free tier is enough to prototype a classifier or an assistant before you wire it into an automation tool.
How to claim it
- Open aistudio.google.com and sign in with a Google account.
- Run a prompt in the studio until the answer looks right.
- Press Get API key and create the key inside a new or existing Google Cloud project.
- Copy the key into your code or into the AI step of your automation tool.
Watch out
On the free tier Google lists content as "used to improve our products". What else is free changes model by model, so read the row for the model you picked before you count on it.