Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite API pricing
$0.15 in, $0.90 out per million tokens, 40% under Google's list price.
gemini-3.1-flash-litemanaged routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
Get a key| Tokens | Google list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 | $0.15 | -40% |
| Cached input | — | $0.15 | — |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.90 | -40% |
List price: Google's published rate, read October 2026.
Real-model check: Steady since Oct 23
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite price · per million tokens, USD
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite| Tokens | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | List change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.075list $0.10 | $0.15list $0.25 | +150% |
| Cached input | $0.06 | $0.15 | — |
| Output | $0.30list $0.40 | $0.90list $1.50 | +275% |
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite API key · base URL and setup
- Create a key in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console. Credit is prepaid from $10 with no subscription, and the key works at once.
- Point your SDK or tool at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, for example with OPENAI_BASE_URL, and send the key as the bearer token.
- Send gemini-3.1-flash-lite as the model. The same key calls every other model in the catalog.
Python · OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)TypeScript · OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"gemini-3.1-flash-lite","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'What would it cost? · paste a prompt, priced before you send it
Input is counted at about 4 characters per token.
Cheapest first. A real request is billed on the provider's own token count. Same estimate as JSON: POST https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/estimate, no key needed.
More from Google
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite questions
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is a model from Google. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as gemini-3.1-flash-lite.
$0.15 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.15. Google's list price is $0.25 and $1.50, so this is 40% under Google's list price.
It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0006.
gemini-3.1-flash-lite. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and the results are public on /proof. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite's latest result: Steady since Oct 23.
Per million tokens here, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is $0.15 input and $0.90 output; Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite is $0.075 and $0.30. Google's list price went from $0.10 and $0.40 on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite to $0.25 and $1.50 on Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite. One key calls both, so switching is a change of model id.