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gemini-3.5-flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash API pricing.
One OpenAI-compatible route at the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from one prepaid balance. No subscription required.
Input / 1M tokens
$1.50
Output / 1M tokens
$9.00
Context window
1M
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Workload calculator
Put the token rate into context.
These examples apply the published input and output rates directly. Actual cost follows the exact tokens your client sends and the model returns.
This route is the 22nd cheapest of 39 comparable text models and cheaper than 17 on the same key. Its context window ranks 16th of 39.
Short request
$0.024
10K input + 1K output
Agent turn
$0.24
100K input + 10K output
Exact token billing
No request minimum
One model ID change
OpenAI compatible
Cost neighbourhood
Nearby routes, same workload.
Every comparison uses the same 100K-input / 10K-output turn. Changing route is a one-line model ID edit.
Price does not measure task quality. Check Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmark evidence before optimizing on cost alone. For generation routes, see GPT Image 2.
First request
Route it in one call.
Use any OpenAI SDK or tool. Keep the request shape, point the base URL at RouterPlex, and set the model ID shown here.
Read the quickstartcurl https://api.routerplex.com/v1/chat/completions \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERPLEX_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"model": "gemini-3.5-flash","messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'
Route notes
Questions before production traffic.
01How much does the Gemini 3.5 Flash API cost?+
Through RouterPlex, Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9.00 per 1M output tokens — the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from a prepaid balance you top up from $5.
02What does one Gemini 3.5 Flash agent turn cost?+
A 100K-token input with a 10K-token reply costs about $0.24 on Gemini 3.5 Flash. That makes it the 22nd cheapest of 39 comparable text models on RouterPlex, roughly 22.2× the cost of the cheapest option (DeepSeek V4 Flash).
03What is a cheaper alternative to Gemini 3.5 Flash?+
GLM-5.2 from Zhipu is the closest cheaper model on RouterPlex — $0.18 per agent turn against $0.24 for Gemini 3.5 Flash, at $1.40/1M input and $4.40/1M output. Both run on the same key and the same endpoint, so switching is a one-line model ID change.
04Is Gemini 3.5 Flash cheaper than Qwen3.8 Max?+
Yes. Per agent turn, Gemini 3.5 Flash costs about $0.24 against $0.26 for Qwen3.8 Max — 8% less.
05What is the context window of Gemini 3.5 Flash?+
Gemini 3.5 Flash supports a 1M token context window on RouterPlex, the 16th largest of the 39 models that publish one.
06Can I use Gemini 3.5 Flash with the OpenAI SDK?+
Yes. RouterPlex serves Gemini 3.5 Flash through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://api.routerplex.com/v1 — point any OpenAI SDK or tool at that base URL with your RouterPlex key and set model to "gemini-3.5-flash".
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