Gemini 3.8 Flash Pricing
Google · Released September 2, 2026. Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts text, image, audio, video,
Save up to 70% on Gemini 3.8 Flash API cost
Same model, same quality — pay less per token than the official API. Pay-as-you-go, no credit card required.
Other Google Models
Gemini 3.7 FlashGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGemini 2.0 FlashGemini 3.5 FlashGemini 3.1 ProGemini 3.8 Flash Pricing Context
Pricing position within Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash sits in the middle of Google's pricing at $0.75/1M input — 10% below the lineup average ($0.10 cheapest, $2.00 most expensive). 3 siblings cost less, 3 cost more. This mid-tier positioning makes it a sensible default when you're unsure which variant to pick.
When Gemini 3.8 Flash is worth the cost
Gemini 3.8 Flash is used for text-to-video and image-to-video generation. You send a prompt or reference image, receive a video clip back. Common pipelines: marketing asset generation, storyboarding, social content, and visual prototyping. It doesn't handle text chat — route text workloads to a language model.
Cost vs sibling models
What makes Gemini 3.8 Flash different from sibling models: compared to Gemini 3.7 Flash ($0.00/1M cheaper, same 1M context); Gemini 3.6 Flash ($0.00/1M cheaper, same 1M context); Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite ($0.45/1M cheaper, same 1M context). Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash when vision input is needed.
Real-world cost scenarios
Real-world deployments: marketing video generation from product descriptions, social media content creation, storyboarding for video production, and visual prototyping for design teams. Gemini 3.8 Flash outputs video clips directly — no separate rendering pipeline needed.