# Gemini Pricing: Is Gemini Free, and What AI Plus, Pro and Ultra Cost

> Gemini is free with a Google account, and Google's paid AI plans run from $4.99 to $199.99 a month, while developers pay per token instead.

By Pat Simmons · November 11, 2026 · 10 min read

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Yes, Gemini is free: anyone with a Google account can use the Gemini app on the free plan, which runs Google's Flash-Lite model and includes Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas and Gems. The paid plans are sold as Google AI subscriptions, and Google's Gemini subscriptions page lists Google AI Plus at $4.99 a month, Google AI Pro at $19.99 and Google AI Ultra at $99.99 or $199.99.

Developers who build Gemini into their own apps pay per token instead, and Gemini 4 Argon costs $2 per million input tokens until November 30, 2026, then $4 from December 1. In his Gemini 4 Argon review, Pat Simmons said that on the $99-a-month plan he got through "about one build" before hitting the daily usage limit.

Last checked November 11, 2026: every plan price, usage multiple and API rate on this page, against Google's Gemini subscriptions page, Google One's AI plans page, Google's Gemini API pricing page and Google One Help, plus OpenAI's and Anthropic's pricing pages for the comparison.

## Is Gemini free?

Yes. The free plan costs $0 with a Google account. It gives you the Gemini app on Google's Flash-Lite model, image generation and editing, Deep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas and Gems.

It also includes Gemini Notebook, 15 GB of storage across Gmail, Drive and Photos, and limited access to Nano Banana Pro in Google Flow, Google's AI studio for making video scenes. Google's page adds that rate limits may apply, and each paid plan raises the usage limits.

Our page on Gemini's latest features and updates tracks what the app does and what has changed in it.

## What each Gemini plan costs and includes

Google sells four personal plans for Gemini: Free, Google AI Plus at $4.99 a month, Google AI Pro at $19.99 and Google AI Ultra from $99.99. Ultra comes in two sizes, $99.99 a month for 5x AI Pro's usage limits and $199.99 a month for 20x.

_The four personal plans on Google's Gemini subscriptions page (US prices), captured November 11, 2026. Source: gemini.google/subscriptions._

PlanPrice (US)Gemini usageGemini modelsStorageGoogle Flow creditsWhat else it adds

Free$0Base levelFlash-Lite15 GBLimited accessDeep Research, Gemini Live, Canvas, Gems, image generation and editing, Gemini Notebook
Google AI Plus$4.99 a month2x FreeFlash (Gemini 3.6 Flash)400 GB200 a monthVideo generation, Daily Brief (US only), Gemini in Gmail and Vids
Google AI Pro$19.99 a month4x FreeGemini 4 Argon, 3.1 Pro and Flash5 TB1,000 a monthGemini in Gmail, Docs and Vids, Chrome auto browse, YouTube Premium Lite, Google Home Premium Standard, $10 a month in Google Cloud credits
Google AI Ultra (5x)$99.99 a month5x AI ProHighest access to Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon20 TB10,000 a monthProject Genie, YouTube Premium individual, Google Home Premium Advanced, $40 a month in Google Cloud credits
Google AI Ultra (20x)$199.99 a month20x AI ProHighest access to Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon30 TB25,000 a monthThe same extras as Ultra (5x), with $100 a month in Google Cloud credits

The model names, the storage for each Ultra tier and the Google Cloud credits come from Google One's AI plans page, which also lists family sharing with up to five other people on Plus, Pro and Ultra. Google sells AI Plus in more than 160 countries and AI Pro and Ultra in more than 150.

Businesses buy Gemini separately, as Gemini Enterprise. The Business edition starts at $21 per seat per month, needs no IT setup, covers up to 300 seats with 25 GiB of pooled storage per seat, and comes with a trial. The Standard and Plus editions start at $30 per seat per month through Google's sales team, with stricter security and compliance controls and no seat limit.

## What are the differences between AI Plus, Pro and Ultra?

The three paid plans differ mainly in how much Gemini you get and which models you can pick. AI Plus doubles the free plan's usage on Google's Flash model, AI Pro quadruples it and adds Gemini 4 Argon, and AI Ultra gives 5x or 20x AI Pro's limits plus Gemini 4 Carbon, which Google calls its strongest model.

The storage and the non-AI extras grow with each step: 400 GB on Plus, 5 TB and YouTube Premium Lite on Pro, and at least 20 TB, the full YouTube Premium individual plan and Project Genie, Google's interactive world model, on Ultra.

Google says Argon is still the right model for most work and describes Carbon as the model for the hardest problems. AI for Mortals gave both the same seven work jobs in its Gemini 4 Carbon vs Argon test, and Argon matched Carbon on all seven.

Google's current plan pages don't list a plan called Gemini Advanced. Gemini's paid features come with Google AI Plus, Pro or Ultra, and Google One's FAQ says the plan once called Google AI Premium is now named Google AI Plus.

## Is there a Gemini student discount?

Yes. Google One's AI plans page offers eligible students Google AI Pro free for one year, or AI Pro plus YouTube Premium for $8.99 a month, which Google prices at $35.98 a month when the two are bought separately.

Students verify their status through SheerID when they sign up. Google's terms say the student offers last up to four years and may renew at the standard monthly price once student status ends, and that they are for individual use only and not available on school-issued accounts. Availability varies by country.

## How fast do Gemini's usage limits run out?

Google doesn't publish a fixed number of messages for any plan. Its subscriptions page says Gemini app limits depend on how complex your prompt is, which features you use and how long the chat runs, and that your limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach a weekly limit. You can buy AI credits to keep going after that.

Pat Simmons ran into those limits on Gemini 4 Argon. In Pat's Gemini 4 Argon review, he gave Argon four hard builds, starting with a photoreal 3D bottle for a cold-brew coffee brand, and said this about running it on his Gemini subscription:

"I am using their subscription. I was on the $99 a month plan, but it only was able to get through about one build, this 3D cold brew bottle before it already hit daily usage limits. So usage goes pretty fast on Argon. I would say a little faster than Codex or Claude Code."

Google AI Ultra's lower tier is $99.99 a month. Pat made the remark in the review below, right after reading out the costs of his second build, a product launch video.

## Gemini API pricing: what Argon, Carbon and Flash cost per token

On the Gemini API, the paid connection developers use to build Gemini into their own apps, Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon both cost $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens until November 30, 2026. From December 1, Google's Gemini API pricing page lists $4 and $20. Tokens are the small chunks of text a model reads and writes, and the output price covers the model's thinking too.

ModelAPI free tierInput, per 1M tokensOutput, per 1M tokensScheduled price change

Gemini 4 CarbonNot available$2.00$10.00$4.00 input, $20.00 output from December 1, 2026
Gemini 4 ArgonNot available$2.00$10.00$4.00 input, $20.00 output from December 1, 2026
Gemini 3.8 FlashFree$0.75$3.75$1.50 input, $7.50 output from January 1, 2027
Gemini 3.6 FlashFree$0.75$3.75$1.50 input, $7.50 output from January 1, 2027
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteFree$0.30$2.50None listed

The free tier covers the Flash and Flash-Lite models, and Google says it may use what you send there to improve its products, which it doesn't do on the paid tier. The paid tier also offers a Batch API at half the cost.

Pat flagged the launch price in his review: "They're running a promotion now until November 30th, where Argon costs $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, which is half the price of Opus 5.5."

Argon was the cheapest model on every build in that review, at $39.54 in API-equivalent costs (what the tokens would cost at API prices) for all four builds, against $189.04 for Opus 5.5, $203.08 for Fable 5.1 and $409.96 for GPT-6 Astra. It also placed last in all four of his blind rankings, and those costs use the promotional price.

_The 3D cold-brew bottle build from four models, with each one's API-equivalent cost, input and output tokens and build time. Frame from Pat's Gemini 4 Argon review at 14:40._

On the 3D bottle, Argon cost $6.85 and took 36 minutes, against $8.99 for GPT-6 Astra, $17.96 for Fable 5.1 and $29.95 for Opus 5.5. On the launch video, Argon cost $10 against $28 for Astra.

## Is Google Gemini cheaper than ChatGPT?

At the entry level, yes: Google AI Plus is $4.99 a month, and OpenAI's pricing page lists ChatGPT Go at $8. The main plans cost about the same, with Google AI Pro at $19.99, ChatGPT Plus at $20 and Claude Pro at $20 billed monthly on Anthropic's pricing page.

LevelGeminiChatGPTClaude

FreeFree, $0Free, $0Free, $0
EntryGoogle AI Plus, $4.99 a monthGo, $8 a monthNone listed
MainGoogle AI Pro, $19.99 a monthPlus, $20 a monthPro, $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly)
TopGoogle AI Ultra, $99.99 or $199.99 a monthPro, from $100 a monthMax, $100 a month; Ultra, $200 a month

At the top end, all three start at about $100 a month, and Gemini and Claude both have a $200 tier. Pat's head-to-head of Gemini vs ChatGPT on the same four builds has the cost of each build for both. For the full price lists of the others, see Claude's plans and prices and what every AI chatbot subscription costs.

## Can I cancel my Gemini subscription?

Yes, at any time. Google AI plans are Google One plans, and Google One Help says to cancel on a computer by going to Google One, clicking Settings, then Cancel membership, and clicking Cancel membership again to confirm. In the Google One app on Android, the path is Menu, Settings, Cancel membership.

Your plan's storage and benefits stay until the end of the billing cycle. In most countries Google storage plan purchases aren't refundable, and if you subscribed through Apple's App Store, Google sends you to Apple support for a refund.

Once the plan ends, you keep up to 15 GB of free storage and lose extras such as YouTube Premium and Google Home Premium. If you're using more than that, Gmail stops sending and receiving messages, Drive stops syncing and uploading, and Google Photos stops backing up until you clear space.

## Questions people ask

Is Gemini Live free?
Yes. Google lists Gemini Live in the free plan.

Are Gems free in Gemini?
Yes. Gems are part of the free plan too.

Can I make images with Nano Banana in Gemini for free?
Yes, with limits. The free plan includes image generation and editing in the Gemini app and limited access to Nano Banana Pro in Google Flow. AI Plus adds more access to Nano Banana in Google Search, and AI Pro more again.

Does a paid Gemini plan work in the phone app?
Yes. Google's FAQ says the plans work in both the mobile and web apps, though some features differ between them. In the mobile app, you reach the subscription settings by tapping your profile picture.

Is there a yearly Gemini plan?
For AI Pro, Google One's savings calculator lists $199.99 a year. Ultra plans are billed monthly only.

Can I use a Google AI plan with a work account?
No. Only personal Google accounts can sign up. Google points Workspace customers to a Gemini add-on, and businesses can buy Gemini Enterprise instead.

Do you have to be 18 to subscribe?
Google says the Gemini app and Gemini in Gmail, Docs and more in its AI plans are only available to people 18 and over.

## Sources

- Gemini subscriptions and plans (Google)

- Google AI plans (Google One)

- Gemini Developer API pricing (Google AI Studio)

- Cancel your Google One membership (Google One Help)

- ChatGPT pricing (OpenAI)

- Claude plans and pricing (Anthropic)