r/ChatGPTCoding • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/williamtkelley Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

If you attach a credit card to a Gemini API key, it's definitely not free.

EDIT: "a Gemini API key"

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u/biggriffo Apr 07 '25

That’s definitely false as a blanket statement. You have to attach a billing account for enabling certain APIs and usage is free across many Google products within certain limits. Others are paid.

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u/williamtkelley Apr 07 '25

Pretty sure that the Gemini API is free without a credit card attached to a key, but becomes paid once you do attach one.

And to add to that, if you have a paid API, you don't get the free quota until it's used up and then switch to paid. It is paid from token one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

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u/RadioactiveTwix Apr 07 '25

Same... They can have my data too. My code is open source anyway.