Gemini API Pricing in 2026: What the New 3.6 Flash Rates Mean for Your Build Costs

tldr: Gemini 3.6 Flash costs (1.50 per million input tokens and )7.50 per million output tokens as of July 2026 (output is down from $9.00), and it produces about 17% fewer output tokens than 3.5 Flash for the same work. Combined, that’s roughly a 31% cut in real output spend. Your actual bill, though, depends on your output-to-input ratio more than on any headline rate.