Google · Workhorse
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google's most capable Flash model, aimed at long-horizon software engineering and agents. Sold at an introductory $0.75 / $3.75 through the end of 2026; the list price from 1 January 2027 is $1.50 / $7.50.
Model ID: gemini-3.8-flash
What that means
A worked example
Per-token pricing is hard to feel. Take a moderately chatty production workload: 100 calls a day, roughly 10,000 tokens in and 2,000 out each time. On Gemini 3.8 Flash that comes to about:
$45 / month
Before caching, batching or volume discounts, all of which move this number a long way. Illustrative only.
Strong at
- -Agentic coding
- -Price
- -Multimodal input
Typical use
- -Coding agents
- -Enterprise workflows
- -High-volume multimodal
Watch out for
- -Price doubles on 1 January 2027
- -Thinking level minimal returns an error
Same tier
What else to look at
| Model | Developer | Context | In / 1M | Out / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | 1M | $2 | $10 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 1M | $2 | $10 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | 1M | $3 | $15 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | 1.05M | $2 | $10 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | 1.05M | $2 | $12 |
Verified 2026-10-11.