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Gemini 3.8 Flash API — how to connect and pay

A high-performance model tuned for a broad range of tasks.

Input ($/1M)
0.0097
Output ($/1M)
0.0483
Cache: read / write ($/1M)
0.00097 / 0.0097
Context
1M

Prices in $, updated October 25, 2026.

Performance

Last 7 days: responses / client requests that reached a supplier. Retries of one request count once; input checks, disabled routes, and client cancellations do not lower model quality.

Availability

96.63%

client requests over 7 days

Average latency

19.12 s

to full response

TTFT

17.35 s

to first token

Speed

157 tok/s

generation speed, tok/s (median)

Strengths

  • OpenAI-compatible access
  • Single key for all models

Good for

  • Chat assistants
  • Automation
  • Text processing
  • Product integration

Capabilities

Context
1M tokens
Max output
65K tokens
Input
text, image, audio, video
Tool calling
supported
JSON mode
not listed
Vision
yes
Reasoning
thinking — Reasoning tokens are billed at the output rate

Gemini 3.8 Flash: fast Google model with a very large context, reasoning and image input.

Providers

Comparison of public providers for this model: price, availability, TTFT, speed and cache. No measured metrics for these providers yet — showing «—», no invented numbers.

Provider
Defaultdefault
gemini-3.8-flash

The supplier does not honour max_tokens: you receive and are billed for its full output

Minimum charge per request — $0.0000143 (supplier rule): short requests are billed no less than this amount

Input $/1M
0.0097
Output $/1M
0.0483
Context
1M / 65K
Availability
—
TTFT
—
Speed
—
Cache hit
—
Caching
yes

Offers

One line per price level: our input / output price per 1M tokens, the discount off the official list price, and how many connected merchant subscription accounts are offering there.

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antigravity
Typical price you actually pay: $0.0586 / $0.2928 per 1M tokens

Based on 18,170 paid requests, last 24 hours

$0.0097 / $0.048398.7% off· 31 accounts· 13% filled
$0.0108 / $0.053698.6% off· 2 accounts· 1% filled
$0.0118 / $0.05998.4% off· 24 accounts· 16% filled
$0.0236 / $0.117996.9% off· 4 accounts· 14% filled
$0.0429 / $0.214394.3% off· 1 account· 6% filled
$0.0579 / $0.289392.3% off· 1 account· 14% filled
official $0.75 / $3.75

Key facts

The live catalog contains 74 text models.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 0.0097 $ input and 0.0483 $ output per 1M tokens.

FAQ about the Gemini 3.8 Flash API

How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash cost?

The price of Gemini 3.8 Flash: $0.0097 per 1M input · $0.0483 per 1M output tokens. Pay only for the tokens you use — no subscriptions or flat fees.

Is it compatible with the OpenAI SDK?

Yes, the API is fully OpenAI-compatible. Just change base_url to https://getvibeapi.com/v1 and set your key — the rest of the code stays the same.

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