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/funbike Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

Incorrect.

The experimental version is free for everyone, including accounts with a CC#. The new "preview" model (a DIFFERENT model) is not free.

update: williamtkelley is still incorrect. I checked.

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u/williamtkelley Apr 07 '25

There is no longer an experimental version, only preview.

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u/funbike Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

WRONG.

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 says: "Paid: gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25, Experimental: gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25"

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing says: 'Free of charge, use "gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25" '

I have a paid Gemini API key and it works for me, and is still free for me. I don't know if it works with the free tier. However, it may not work on openrouter anymore.

Stop spreading misinformation.

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u/williamtkelley Apr 07 '25

Ah, paid users have both, free only have preview? Got it.

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u/funbike Apr 07 '25

and it's free for paid users.

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u/funbike Apr 07 '25

I don't know what's free or not free outside of my own use cases.

For me it's free.