Google AI Studio is the fast path for developers, students, and researchers who want to try Gemini models and start building with the Gemini Developer API. We also offer free tools for common AI use cases, including translation, image and video analysis, speech-to-text, and more.
*Google AI Studio usage is free of charge in all available regions. See Billing FAQs for details.
Overview
Google Cloud offers free usage of many AI products up to monthly limits, including Translation, Speech-to-Text, Natural Language, and Video Intelligence. There is no charge to use these products up to their specified free usage limit. The free usage limit does not expire, but is subject to change.
Additionally, Google AI Studio makes it easy to start building with Gemini, including free tiers across our family of multimodal generative AI models. With NotebookLM, you can create a personalized AI assistant that surfaces insights and provides Audio Overviews on data you upload, including text, video, and audio. NotebookLM is free to use while it is in the early testing phase.
Visit the AI product directory for a full list of AI products, including the monthly limits of Google Cloud free AI tools.
Text, chat, and code generation using Vertex AI, a unified platform for building and leveraging generative AI, starts as low as $0.0001 per 1,000 characters. Plus, new Google Cloud customers get $300 free credits to use towards Vertex AI.
Additionally, new Vertex AI Agent Builder customers enjoy a one time $1,000 credit per Google Cloud billing account.
Depending on your use case, Gemini Code Assist offers assistance for writing and developing code. Gemini for Workspace integrates with Docs to help you write and develop web pages, business proposals, and other content via a conversational interface. Both are free to use while in preview.
Learn more about setting up Gemini Code Assist.
Google Gemini is free to use for users 18 and over with a personal Google Account or a Google Workspace account for which your admin enabled access to Gemini.
Compare the 10+ free AI tools
Product | Description | Free offer details | Pricing |
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Get an API key and start integrating Gemini models into your apps | The Gemini API “free tier” is offered through the API service with lower rate limits for testing purposes. Google AI Studio usage is completely free in all available countries. | ||
Create a personalized AI assistant that surfaces insights and provides Audio Overviews on data you upload | NotebookLM is still in the early testing phase, so we are not charging for access at this time. | ||
Translate and localize text in real time with support for 100+ language pairs. Compare to AWS Polly | First 500,000 characters free per month. No expiration | ||
Translation support for batch text and formatted documents, custom models, and romanized text. Compare to AWS Polly | First 500,000 characters free per month No expiration | ||
Detect faces, properties, landmarks, logos, text, and more in images. Compare to AWS Rekognition | First 1,000 units free per month No expiration | ||
Accurately convert speech into text using domain-specific models to improve quality. Compare to AWS Transcribe | First 60 minutes free per month No expiration | ||
Convert text into natural-sounding speech with human intonation. Compare to AWS Polly | First 4 million characters (Standard) First 1 million characters (WaveNet) No expiration | ||
Identify and analyze entities and sentiments in unstructured text. Compare to AWS Comprehend | First 5,000 units free per month No expiration | ||
Detect shots, faces, celebrities, explicit content, logos, text, and more in video. Compare to AWS Rekognition | First 1,000 minutes free per month No expiration | ||
Build lifelike, state-of-the-art virtual agents with conversational AI Compare to AWS Lex | New Dialogflow customers get a $600 credit Expires after 12 months | ||
Create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure Compare to AWS EC2 | 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance in US regions free per month No expiration | ||
Store unstructured data for training deep learning and machine learning models cost-effectively Compare to AWS S3 | 5 GiB of US regional storage free per month No expiration |
To get started, create or sign in to your Google Cloud account. New customers get $300 free credits on signup.
Get an API key and start integrating Gemini models into your apps
The Gemini API “free tier” is offered through the API service with lower rate limits for testing purposes. Google AI Studio usage is completely free in all available countries.
Create a personalized AI assistant that surfaces insights and provides Audio Overviews on data you upload
NotebookLM is still in the early testing phase, so we are not charging for access at this time.
Translate and localize text in real time with support for 100+ language pairs.
Compare to AWS Polly
First 500,000 characters free per month.
No expiration
Translation support for batch text and formatted documents, custom models, and romanized text.
Compare to AWS Polly
First 500,000 characters free per month
No expiration
Detect faces, properties, landmarks, logos, text, and more in images.
Compare to AWS Rekognition
First 1,000 units free per month
No expiration
Accurately convert speech into text using domain-specific models to improve quality.
Compare to AWS Transcribe
First 60 minutes free per month
No expiration
Convert text into natural-sounding speech with human intonation.
Compare to AWS Polly
First 4 million characters (Standard)
First 1 million characters (WaveNet)
No expiration
Identify and analyze entities and sentiments in unstructured text.
Compare to AWS Comprehend
First 5,000 units free per month
No expiration
Detect shots, faces, celebrities, explicit content, logos, text, and more in video.
Compare to AWS Rekognition
First 1,000 minutes free per month
No expiration
Build lifelike, state-of-the-art virtual agents with conversational AI
Compare to AWS Lex
New Dialogflow customers get a $600 credit
Expires after 12 months
Create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure
Compare to AWS EC2
1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance in US regions free per month
No expiration
Store unstructured data for training deep learning and machine learning models cost-effectively
Compare to AWS S3
5 GiB of US regional storage free per month
No expiration
To get started, create or sign in to your Google Cloud account. New customers get $300 free credits on signup.
How It Works
All customers can explore and assess Google Cloud with free usage of over 20 products, including 10 free AI tools, up to monthly limits. When you stay within the free usage limits, these resources are not charged against your free credits or to your Cloud Billing account's payment method.
Common Uses
Start using Gemini with Google AI Studio, a web-based tool that lets you prototype, run prompts right in your browser. If you're a developer, student, and researcher, try the Gemini Developer API, which is suitable for experimentation, prototyping, and AI deployments.
*Google AI Studio usage is free of charge in all available regions. See Billing FAQs for details.
Start using Gemini with Google AI Studio, a web-based tool that lets you prototype, run prompts right in your browser. If you're a developer, student, and researcher, try the Gemini Developer API, which is suitable for experimentation, prototyping, and AI deployments.
*Google AI Studio usage is free of charge in all available regions. See Billing FAQs for details.
With Translation API Basic, you can dynamically translate over 100+ language pairs using Google's pre-trained Neural Machine Translation (NMT) model. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, making it a good fit for applications that handle primarily casual user-generated content, such as chat, social media, or comments.
Translation API Advanced includes all the capabilities of Translation-Basic and supports enhanced customization features, including building glossaries for translating domain-specific terms and batching longform text requests. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, including translating formatted documents on Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and custom models.
With Translation API Basic, you can dynamically translate over 100+ language pairs using Google's pre-trained Neural Machine Translation (NMT) model. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, making it a good fit for applications that handle primarily casual user-generated content, such as chat, social media, or comments.
Translation API Advanced includes all the capabilities of Translation-Basic and supports enhanced customization features, including building glossaries for translating domain-specific terms and batching longform text requests. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, including translating formatted documents on Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and custom models.
Cloud Vision AI uses Google's pre-trained machine learning model to easily integrate vision detection features within applications. The first 1,000 units (feature requests) are free per month, including detecting and labeling faces, objects, landmarks, logos, and more insights in images.
Vision API makes product discovery easier for end users and retailers by querying objects in reference images against a retailer’s established product set. The first 1,000 images queried and stored are free per month.
Cloud Vision AI uses Google's pre-trained machine learning model to easily integrate vision detection features within applications. The first 1,000 units (feature requests) are free per month, including detecting and labeling faces, objects, landmarks, logos, and more insights in images.
Vision API makes product discovery easier for end users and retailers by querying objects in reference images against a retailer’s established product set. The first 1,000 images queried and stored are free per month.
Speech-to-Text API uses synchronous speech recognition to transcribe audio files up to 60 seconds long. Audio content can be uploaded through local files or Google Cloud Storage buckets. The first 60 minutes of processed audio is free per month.
Speech-to-Text API uses synchronous speech recognition to transcribe audio files up to 60 seconds long. Audio content can be uploaded through local files or Google Cloud Storage buckets. The first 60 minutes of processed audio is free per month.
Text-to-Speech API converts arbitrary strings, words, and sentences into the sound of a person speaking the same things and supports over 380 voices, spanning 50+ languages and variants. Common uses of the API include adding synthetic voice to apps, enhancing customer service voicebots, and improved accessibility user experiences. The first 4 million of processed text in Standard voice is free per month.
Text-to-Speech API converts arbitrary strings, words, and sentences into the sound of a person speaking the same things and supports over 380 voices, spanning 50+ languages and variants. Common uses of the API include adding synthetic voice to apps, enhancing customer service voicebots, and improved accessibility user experiences. The first 4 million of processed text in Standard voice is free per month.
Natural Language API uses natural language understanding (NLU) to identify and extract meaning from applications with features including sentiment analysis, entity analysis, entity sentiment analysis, content classification, and syntax analysis. The first 5,000 units (1 unit = 1,000 Unicode characters) of analyzed text is free per month for all features except content classification (30,000 units free per month).
Natural Language API uses natural language understanding (NLU) to identify and extract meaning from applications with features including sentiment analysis, entity analysis, entity sentiment analysis, content classification, and syntax analysis. The first 5,000 units (1 unit = 1,000 Unicode characters) of analyzed text is free per month for all features except content classification (30,000 units free per month).
Video Intelligence API uses pre-trained machine learning models that automatically identify and label video metadata, including shot types, faces, people, celebrities, explicit content, logos, and text. The first 1,000 minutes of analyzed video is free per month.
Video Intelligence API uses pre-trained machine learning models that automatically identify and label video metadata, including shot types, faces, people, celebrities, explicit content, logos, and text. The first 1,000 minutes of analyzed video is free per month.
NotebookLM uses Gemini 1.5’s multimodal understanding capabilities to summarize uploaded source material (including PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, etc.) and surface interesting insights between topics. Plus, with Audio Overview, you can turn your sources into engaging “Deep Dive” discussions—similar to a podcast.
NotebookLM uses Gemini 1.5’s multimodal understanding capabilities to summarize uploaded source material (including PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, etc.) and surface interesting insights between topics. Plus, with Audio Overview, you can turn your sources into engaging “Deep Dive” discussions—similar to a podcast.