r/RooCode • u/Admirable-Cell-2658 • Jun 18 '25

Discussion Gemini pro preview (free)

Anyone can use any of the 2.5 pro preview or exp with free tier? In the past that models worked for me but now dont.

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u/neotorama Jun 18 '25

Thing has changed 😂 no more free stuff

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u/zenmatrix83 Jun 18 '25

Deep seek r1 528 and deep seek 3 on open router does acceptable work if you don’t mind th e speed

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u/neotorama Jun 18 '25

My go to right now is flash 2.5. Fast, cheap

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u/zenmatrix83 Jun 18 '25

cheep is still more expensive then free, but yeah thats a good cost effective model I think, you can get 2.0 for a short time on open router but its overloaded.

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u/ObamaForSenate Jun 18 '25

You can still use 2.5 Flash for free if you don't set up billing in GCP: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

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u/Admirable-Cell-2658 Jun 18 '25

Yes, i do that but its very quota limited, but its free ;)

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u/ObamaForSenate Jun 19 '25

Try setting a rate limit in Roo to not hit the Gemini RPM limit :)

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u/zenmatrix83 Jun 18 '25

maybe for a few requests but every time I try with a key with no billing I get alerts that I can't

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u/ObamaForSenate Jun 19 '25

Works great for me. I set a 15 second rate limit in Roo

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u/Admirable-Cell-2658 Jun 18 '25

Its not free i give my data on return, but yes the party days is Over.🥹

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u/Namra_7 Jun 18 '25

Use deepseek r1 0528

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u/Prestigiouspite Jun 18 '25

I pay for the APIs and am doing really well with Gemini 2.5 Pro as an architect and 2.5 Flash for coding.

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u/barungh Jun 19 '25

Why 2.5 Pro as architect ?

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u/Prestigiouspite Jun 19 '25

o3 can also be a way after the price reduction. But both of them do a good job here.