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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API

Send google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite when you want Gemini vision and tools at 0.3 / 2.50 with a 1,048,576 token window. That is the same listed window as google/gemini-3.5-flash, which costs 1.50 / 9. CacheSafety is unpublished. Do not treat Lite as a measured quality win.

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Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

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Input price$0.3 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.50 / 1M tokens
Context length1M tokens
Max output8.2k tokens

What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite API in NextModel?

Send google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite when you want Gemini vision and tools at 0.3 / 2.50 with a 1,048,576 token window. That is the same listed window as google/gemini-3.5-flash, which costs 1.50 / 9. CacheSafety is unpublished. Do not treat Lite as a measured quality win.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.3 / 1M tokens in / $2.50 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

Best use cases

  • High-volume Gemini long-context or vision work.
  • A default Gemini id when 3.5 Flash prices are unnecessary.
  • The same window as Gemini 2.5 Flash at the same 0.3 / 2.50 list price.

When not to use

  • You must call the non-Lite 3.5 Flash id.
  • You need cache scores. Lite has no first-party row.
  • You wanted 3.1 Flash Lite specifically. That is a different id at 0.25 / 1.50.

OpenAI-compatible code example

request.sh
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'

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Qwen3.7 Flash via NextModel: 1M-token context; Starting at $0.03 / 1M tokens in / $0.12 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

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What model id do I send for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Send google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite to https://api.nextmodel.app/v1.

Same window as 3.5 Flash?

Yes: 1,048,576 tokens. The published difference is price.

CacheSafety?

Unpublished for this exact id.

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