Gemini · Pricing · Checked Nov 1, 2026
Gemini 3.8 Live pricing: the cost per minute in 2026
Gemini 3.8 Live costs $0.005/min of audio input and $0.018/min of audio output on the paid tier. Text is $0.75 per 1M tokens in and $4.50 per 1M tokens out. Extended Thinking and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview use the same standard rates. The free tier is free of charge. Checked Nov 1, 2026.
Gemini 3.8 Live pricing at a glance
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Audio input | $0.005 /min |
| Audio output | $0.018 /min |
| Audio input, per 1M tokens | $3.00 per 1M tokens |
| Audio output, per 1M tokens | $12.00 per 1M tokens |
| Text input | $0.75 per 1M tokens |
| Text output | $4.50 per 1M tokens |
| Image or video input | $0.002 /min |
| Free tier | Free of charge |
Sources: ai.google.dev · Nov 1, 2026
What a minute on Gemini 3.8 Live costs
Google prints audio input and audio output separately. Adding $0.005 and $0.018 gives $0.023 for one minute of audio in and one minute of audio out. That sum is our arithmetic, not a bundled price on the pricing page.
Audio
Paid standard audio input is $0.005/min, also written as $3.00 per 1M tokens. Audio output is $0.018/min, also written as $12.00 per 1M tokens. The same standard table covers gemini-3.8-live, gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking, and gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview.
Text and image
Text input is $0.75 per 1M tokens and text output, including thinking tokens, is $4.50 per 1M tokens. Image or video input is $0.002/min, also $1.00 per 1M tokens.
Free tier
The free tier column is Free of charge.
Related models on the same page
The per-minute figures in this table are marked with an asterisk on the Google page. Google calls them estimates. The token prices beside them are the list rates.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 3.5 Live Translate input | $3.50 or $0.0053 /min audio |
| 3.5 Live Translate output | $21.00 or $0.0315 /min audio |
| 3.5 Transcribe Live input | $3.50 or $0.005 /min audio |
| 3.5 Transcribe Live output | $21.00 or $0.004 /min text |
| 3.5 Transcribe input | $2.00 or $0.003 /min audio |
| 3.5 Transcribe output | $12.00 or $0.002 /min text |
Sources: ai.google.dev · Nov 1, 2026
Gemini 3.8 Live price changes
Google's launch post is dated Sep 15, 2026. It states the same $0.005 and $0.018 per-minute audio rates. A footnote on that post calls the per-minute figures an estimate from $3 and $12 per 1M tokens. The pricing page prints both the token price and the per-minute price without that asterisk.
Related pricing
GPT-Live 1 is $0.05 per minute of session time, with backend tokens extra. Grok Voice is one speech-to-speech rate. Amazon Nova 2.5 Sonic is priced per 1K tokens, with no per-minute figure from AWS.
FAQ
What is Gemini Live API pricing per minute?
Paid standard audio is $0.005/min in and $0.018/min out. The same table also lists $3.00 per 1M tokens and $12.00 per 1M tokens. Text is $0.75 per 1M tokens in and $4.50 per 1M tokens out. Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (checked Nov 1, 2026).
Does the Gemini Live API have a free tier?
Yes. The standard free-tier column is Free of charge for gemini-3.8-live, Extended Thinking, and gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview. Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing (checked Nov 1, 2026).
How does Gemini 3.8 Live compare with GPT Live?
Gemini 3.8 Live publishes $0.005/min audio in and $0.018/min audio out. GPT-Live 1 publishes $0.05/min of session time, with backend tokens extra. The meters are different, so one number is not a full-call total for both.
What are the Gemini Live API rate limits?
The Gemini API pricing page we checked does not publish a requests-per-minute cap for gemini-3.8-live. This page does not state a limit that is not on that page.
How does the Gemini Live API compare with ElevenLabs?
Gemini 3.8 Live is $0.005/min audio in and $0.018/min audio out. ElevenLabs Agents charges $0.08/min for extra call minutes, plus the LLM. They are different products.
How does the Gemini Live API compare with OpenAI Realtime?
The OpenAI voice session price on this site is GPT-Live 1 at $0.05/min. Gemini 3.8 Live is $0.005/min in and $0.018/min out. See GPT-Live 1 pricing.