Google APIDeprecatedChecked 2026-07-17

Gemini 1.5 Flash historical pricing and model details

A retired Google multimodal model with source-tracked short- and long-context price changes from August 2024.

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Quick facts

API access providerGoogle
API model IDgemini-1.5-flash-002
Default input / 1M$0.075
Default output / 1M$0.30
Context window1,048,576
Default profilestandard / short context
Acceptstext, image, audio, video
Producestext
StatusDeprecated
Maximum output8,192 tokens
API shutdown2025-09-29

Supported capabilities

  • Streaming
  • Function calling
  • Structured outputs
  • Prompt caching
  • Fine-tuning
  • Search grounding

Only capabilities explicitly tracked from provider documentation are shown.

Source-tracked rates

Recorded historical pricing profiles

These rates were recorded before the API shutdown and are not current purchasing options.

ProfileInput / 1MCached input / 1MOutput / 1MNotes
standard / short contextDefault$0.075 USD$0.0188 USD$0.30 USDUsed for default estimates.
standard / long context$0.15 USD$0.0375 USD$0.60 USDTracked separately; select explicitly when modeling this profile.
Official price history

Gemini 1.5 Flash price changes

Verified changes for the same model and pricing profile. Cross-model generational price differences are not treated as history.

Google · Standard · Short Context

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Effective 2024-08-12
RateEarlier priceLater recorded priceChangePercentage
Input / 1M$0.35$0.075-$0.275-78.6%
Cached input / 1M$0.0875$0.0188-$0.06875-78.6%
Output / 1M$1.05$0.30-$0.75-71.4%
Checked 2026-07-17Official source ↗

API snapshot: gemini-1.5-flash-001gemini-1.5-flash-002

Google reduced Gemini 1.5 Flash prices across short-context, long-context, and cached-input tiers.

Google · Standard · Long Context

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Effective 2024-08-12
RateEarlier priceLater recorded priceChangePercentage
Input / 1M$0.70$0.15-$0.55-78.6%
Cached input / 1M$0.175$0.0375-$0.1375-78.6%
Output / 1M$2.10$0.60-$1.50-71.4%
Checked 2026-07-17Official source ↗

API snapshot: gemini-1.5-flash-001gemini-1.5-flash-002

Google reduced Gemini 1.5 Flash prices across short-context, long-context, and cached-input tiers.

Workload estimate

Gemini 1.5 Flash historical cost calculator

Estimate a past workload using the later recorded rate before shutdown. This is not a current API quote.

Estimated monthly total$2.25
Monthly input cost
$0.75
Monthly output cost
$1.50
Per 1,000 requests
$0.225
Active profile
standard / short context

Historical estimate only: this API endpoint is shut down.

Explicit assumptions

Common workload examples

Input only

1M input tokens

$0.075 under the standard.short_context profile, excluding output and other charges.

Output only

1M output tokens

$0.30 under the standard.short_context profile, excluding input and other charges.

Default workload

10,000 monthly requests

At 1,000 input and 500 output tokens per request: $2.25 under standard / short context.

Cache scenario

50% cached input

The same default workload with 50% cached input is estimated at $1.9688. Cache savings apply only to the tracked cached-input rate.

Verification

Sources and methodology

Pricing and limits are source-tracked and may change. Verify current values with the provider before making production purchasing decisions.

Calculator profile rule: standard.short_context is the verified default. These are the later recorded Gemini 1.5 Flash rates effective August 12, 2024. They are retained for historical comparison and must not be treated as current API availability.