At a glance
- Credit
- Free tokens on selected Gemini models through Google AI Studio
- Who qualifies
- Anyone with a Google account can use the free tier.
- Time to claim
- About 5 minutes
- Approval odds
- High: Any Google account gets the free tier with an API key; no review.
- Offer ends
- No end date published
- Credit lasts
- Not stated on the official page
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27
Before you start
What the claim asks of you, from the official pages and our own claim run. Not stated means the official page does not say.
- Card on file: Not stated on the official page
- Paid-tier account: Not needed
- Registered company: Not needed
- Company email: Not needed
- LinkedIn profile: Not asked for
- Country limits: None stated
- Solo developer, no company: Can claim it
How to claim
Open the Gemini API pricing page.
Click the Get API key link, which goes to aistudio.google.com/apikey.
Create a key in Google AI Studio.
Call a model marked as free of charge on the pricing page.
Start the claim at ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing.
Limits
- Newest and Pro-class models are mostly not free.
- Free-tier content may be used to improve Google products.
- Exact quotas are not on the pricing page.
Sources
Every fact above comes from these official pages, last checked on 2026-10-27. Offers change: read the official page before you claim, and trust it where it differs from this page.