Gemini 4 Carbon API pricing
Google · Mid-range price tier · Proprietary · released 2026-11. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
Promotional rate. The price we quote is 50% off Google's standard $4.00 per 1M input tokens and $20.00 per 1M output tokens, and a promotion can end without notice.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $800.00 on Gemini 4 Carbon; the next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier for this workload, Aion 3.5, does it for $750.00. Gemini 4 Carbon has held the same list price since 2026-11-11 and is the 92nd cheapest of 113 models in the Mid-range price tier. None of its 2 hosts undercuts the price we quote. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): $1.00 / $5.00 per 1M tokens
- Prompt-cache read: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($7.60 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 13% of models in the Mid-range price tier: 92nd cheapest of 113, tied with 7 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 15% of priced text models in the catalogue: 252nd cheapest of 303, tied with 7 others. No Arena score has been published for Gemini 4 Carbon, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 66 of the 113 models we list in the Mid-range price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
Gemini 4 Carbon is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Audio, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 1M context window once costs $2.00 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: Google AI Studio at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. All of them charge within 10% of one another.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio (model maker, price we quote) | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| Google (price we quote) | $2.00 | $10.00 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. These listings are promotional rates, below the host's standard rate: Google AI Studio's, 50% off; and Google's, 50% off.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Google publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $629 – $800 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $934 – $1.2K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $1.5K – $3.2K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $2.2K – $2.3K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $2.3K – $2.6K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $409 – $900 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $532 – $1.1K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $3.4K – $4.2K |
Price history
Gemini 4 Carbon entered our daily price archive on 2026-11-11; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-11-11. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Mid-range price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier: MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed (Xiaomi) at $7.395 blended, 3% less.
- Next more expensive: Command A (Cohere) at $7.75 blended, 2% more.
Other models from Google
The 8 nearest to Gemini 4 Carbon in price, of 27 other Google models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: $1.50 / $9.00
- Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: $1.50 / $9.00
- Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 / $10.00
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: $1.25 / $10.00
- Gemini 4 Argon: $2.00 / $10.00
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: $2.00 / $12.00
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools: $2.00 / $12.00
- Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image): $2.00 / $12.00
All 28 Google models and prices
Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon pricing
- How much does Gemini 4 Carbon cost?
- Gemini 4 Carbon costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Google AI Studio). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Gemini 4 Carbon?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: Google AI Studio at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. All of them charge within 10% of one another. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Gemini 4 Carbon offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, both. Batch API pricing is $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $5.00 per 1M output tokens, and prompt-cache reads cost $0.10 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12.
- What would Gemini 4 Carbon cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $800 on Gemini 4 Carbon at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Gemini 4 Carbon be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. Gemini 4 Carbon is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of Gemini 4 Carbon changed?
- Gemini 4 Carbon entered our daily price archive on 2026-11-11; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-11-11. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a batch rate, and that discount is conditional: when the batch discount applies.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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