Google Gemini

Listed at https://ai.google.dev

Overall Rank #5 ⭐⭐ Recommended
❌ Proxy required (Google Cloud not accessible in CN) | 🌍 International

💰 Token Pricing

TypePriceNote
Input 2.5 Pro: $1.25-10/M, 2.5 Flash: $0.15-1.25/M, 2.0 Flash: $0.10/M per million tokens
Output 2.5 Pro: $5-40/M, 2.5 Flash: $0.30-5/M, 2.0 Flash: $0.40/M per million tokens
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🤖 Supported Models (4)

Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 FlashGemini 2.0 FlashGemma 2/3

✨ Pros

  • Gemini 2.5 Pro with 1M+ token context window
  • Native multimodal (images+audio+video)
  • Google Search Grounding for real-time info
  • Generous free tier (2.5 Flash sufficient for daily use)
  • Competitive Gemma open-source model series
  • Vertex AI for enterprise deployment

⚠️ Cons

  • ×China requires proxy
  • ×API not fully OpenAI-compatible
  • ×Large context window but effective utilization questioned
  • ×Complex pricing structure (different rates per context length)
  • ×Gemini 2.5 Pro severely output-rate limited

🎯 Best For

Ultra-long document processing; multimodal understanding; real-time search augmented apps; generous free tier scenarios