Gemini 3.6 Flash pricing & price history
Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.38 input / $1.88 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
Which platform runs Gemini 3.6 Flash most reliably
2 platformsBy 30-day real-traffic success rate, Google AI Studio is the most stable; Google is the cheapest.
| Platform | Last 30 days | Stability | 24 h | 30 min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio official most stable | Consistently stableavg 99.99% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Occasional issues (1 d)avg 99.94% | 100% | 100% |
Success rates come from real API traffic routed to each platform (public OpenRouter data), not our probes; each daily bar is the average of that day's samples. Green ≥ 99.5 %, yellow ≥ 97 %, orange ≥ 90 %, red < 90 %. Updated 7d ago.
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Cheaper alternatives to Gemini 3.6 Flash
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Intel. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai (Zhipu) | $0.0399 | $0.0784 | 1M | 27.8 | compare |
 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek | $0.022 | $0.40 | 1M | — | compare |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 DeepSeek | $0.098 | $0.29 | 1M | 28.6 | compare |
 Llama 4 Scout Meta Llama | $0.10 | $0.30 | 1.3M | — | compare |
 MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1.1M | 26.7 | compare |
Llama Guard 4 12B Meta Llama | $0.18 | $0.18 | 164K | — | compare |
 Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | 36.5 | compare |
 GPT-6 Luna Pro OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.1M | — | compare |
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About Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a high-efficiency model from Google for coding, agentic workflows, and web and app development. It is designed to produce polished outputs with fewer unnecessary edits and...
FAQ
How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?
Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens, with a 1M token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $0.38 input / $1.88 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0034.
What is the context window of Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash supports up to 1,048,576 tokens of context and up to 65,536 output tokens per request.
Has Gemini 3.6 Flash’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Gemini 3.6 Flash as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).