Gemini 3.8 Flash listed
no end announced
free since Sep 3
Checked Oct 27 · catalogue
first-party
Google AI Studio
Free if: Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms
To start: $0 · account Google account, a project with no billing account; limits per project, shown only inside AI Studio; not available in China, Hong Kong or Macau
Use it: API · 2 formats
Free now3 of 6models
Ended3lanes
Last checkedNov 1
Events7
Tested by us2 of 6lanes measured
What's free here now 6 models tracked
Gemini 3.6 Flash listed
no end announced
Checked Oct 27 · catalogue
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite listed
no end announced
Checked Oct 31 · catalogue
Gemini 3.7 Flash ended
ended 11 days ago
Checked Oct 23 · catalogue
Gemini 3.5 Flash ended
ended 11 days ago
Checked Oct 23 · catalogue
ended Jun 26, 2025
Checked Nov 1 · public record
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ended Jun 26, 2025
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What happened newest first · times link to the source
Fri, Oct 2311 days ago
Google deprecated gemini-3.7-flash on 2026-10-08: it is no longer available to select in Google AI Studio and its requests auto-route to gemini-3.8-flash; at the 2026-10-23 catalogue recheck the id is absent from the free-tier endpoint table and from the pricing page, so the free tier is gone; second source is the 2026-10-08 entry in the AI Studio changelog; first seen 2026-08-14, last listed 2026-10-06 → end date Oct 8
Source: Google AI Studio docs
Google deprecated gemini-3.5-flash on 2026-10-08 in favour of gemini-3.6-flash: it is no longer available to select in Google AI Studio; at the 2026-10-23 catalogue recheck the id is absent from the free-tier endpoint table and from the pricing page, so the free tier is gone; second source is the 2026-10-08 entry in the AI Studio changelog; first seen in our records 2026-10-06, last listed the same day → end date Oct 8
Source: Google AI Studio docs
Tue, Oct 628 days ago
listedGemini 3.8 Flash · Google AI Studiolisted Gemini 3.7 Flash · Google AI Studioended Gemini 3.6 Flash · Google AI Studiolisted Gemini 3.5 Flash · Google AI Studioended Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google AI Studiolisted
Free of charge on Google AI Studio's free tier (standing); not called by us yet
Source: Google AI Studio docs
Thu, Sep 3
Mentioned as free on Google AI Studio on X (earliest mention found): Gemini 3.8 Flash
Source: X post by @toshinobu65
Fri, Aug 14
Mentioned as free on Google AI Studio on X (earliest mention found): Gemini 3.7 Flash
Source: X post by @toshinobu65
Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Google shut down gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 (end of free access is at or before this date)
Source: Gemini API changelog
Fri, Apr 4, 2025
Google changelog says gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 stays usable on the free tier
Source: Gemini API changelog
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Gemini 3.8 Flash listed✓ humans✓ agents
- Tested by us
ⓘ
~20 RPD community readout (Flash series) · checked Oct 6- Model ID
gemini-3.8-flash- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms; Free while the key's Google Cloud project has no billing account linked; linking billing moves it to a paid usage tier. Limits are per project, not per key.
- Limit (stated)
- not published
ⓘ
none published, view in AI Studio; RPD resets midnight PT - Started
- Sep 3
- End
- no end announced free since Sep 3
- Data policy
- may train
- Checked
- Oct 27 · catalogue
Gemini 3.7 Flash ended✕ humans✕ agents
- Tested by us
- not measured
- Model ID
gemini-3.7-flash- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms
- Limit (stated)
- ≈20/day · 5/min
ⓘ
per Flash model, Sep 2026 - Started
- Aug 14
- End
- ended 11 days ago Oct 23Google deprecated it 2026-10-08 (auto-routes to gemini-3.8-flash); gone from the pricing and endpoint tables on 2026-10-23
- Data policy
- may train
- Checked
- Oct 23 · catalogue
Gemini 3.6 Flash listed✓ humans✓ agents
- Tested by us
ⓘ
~20 RPD community readout (Flash series) · checked Oct 6- Model ID
gemini-3.6-flash- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms; Free while the key's Google Cloud project has no billing account linked; linking billing moves it to a paid usage tier. Limits are per project, not per key.
- Limit (stated)
- not published
ⓘ
none published, view in AI Studio; RPD resets midnight PT - Started
- not recorded; first seen 2026-10-06
- End
- no end announced
- Data policy
- may train
- Checked
- Oct 27 · catalogue
Gemini 3.5 Flash ended✕ humans✕ agents
- Tested by us
- not measured
- Model ID
gemini-3.5-flash- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms
- Limit (stated)
- ≈20/day · 5/min
ⓘ
per Flash model, Sep 2026 - Started
- not recorded; first seen 2026-10-06
- End
- ended 11 days ago Oct 23Google deprecated it 2026-10-08 (replaced by gemini-3.6-flash); gone from the pricing and endpoint tables on 2026-10-23
- Data policy
- may train
- Checked
- Oct 23 · catalogue
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite listed✓ humans✓ agents
- Tested by us
- not measured
- Model ID
gemini-3.5-flash-lite- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms
- Limit (stated)
- ≈500/day · 15/min
ⓘ
Sep 2026 - Started
- not recorded; first seen 2026-10-06
- End
- no end announced
- Data policy
- may train
- Checked
- Oct 31 · catalogue
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental (03-25) ended✕ humans✕ agents
- Tested by us
- not measured
- Model ID
gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25- Free condition
- Gemini API key from a project without billing; free-tier limits per project, reset at midnight Pacific; UK / EEA / Swiss users get the paid-tier data terms
- Limit (stated)
- not checked
- Started
- released 2025-03-25 as experimental; free-tier use first stated 2025-04-04 (changelog); start of free access not established
- End
- ended Jun 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025endpoint shut down 2025-06-26; free access may have ended earlier
- Data policy
- not checked
- Checked
- Nov 1 · public record