Google AI Studio
by Google
FreemiumGoogle's free browser-based playground for Gemini models — prompt testing, API key generation, code export, and access to Flash and Pro models for developers and experimenters.
Overview
Google AI Studio is a free, browser-based workspace for interacting with Google’s Gemini models directly — no code required. It serves as both a prompt playground for experimenting with Gemini’s capabilities and a developer gateway for generating API keys, testing structured outputs, and exporting prompts as production-ready Python, JavaScript, or REST code.
The platform provides access to Google’s full Gemini model lineup including Flash (fast and cheap), Flash-Lite (cheapest), and Pro (most capable). Advanced features include multimodal input (text, images, audio, video), system instructions, function calling, grounding with Google Search, and context caching for cost optimization. Gemini 3 models introduced agentic capabilities — interacting with desktop applications, navigating UIs, and reading screen content.
Google AI Studio is best suited for developers prototyping Gemini-powered applications, researchers comparing model performance, and anyone who wants to explore what Google’s AI can do before committing to a paid API integration. Its free tier with generous rate limits makes it the most accessible entry point to frontier AI models.
Pricing
- Access to Flash and Flash-Lite models
- Generous rate limits (up to 10 RPM for Flash)
- No credit card required
- Full playground and prompt features
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.30/M input, $2.50/M output tokens
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.10/M input, $0.40/M output
- Gemini 3.1 Pro: $2.00/M input, $8.00/M output