Gemma 2 27B API pricing
Google · Budget price tier · Gemma · released 2024-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $130.00 on Gemma 2 27B; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Inkling Small, does it for $127.50. Gemma 2 27B has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 101st cheapest of 160 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, NextBit, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.65 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.65 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 8K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1231 as of 2026-11-08
Market position
On blended price ($0.65 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 37% of models in the Budget price tier: 101st cheapest of 160. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 67% of priced text models in the catalogue: 101st cheapest of 303. Its Arena ELO of 1231 ranks 150th of the 160 models that carry one, above 6% of them. With an Arena score of 1231, Gemma 2 27B sits below OptimNow's lowest working quality threshold, Standard (Arena 1420+), so the quality-bar method would not shortlist it for any of the 8 use cases the table prices. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Gemma 2 27B is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under Gemma, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially. Its published size is 27B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text. Filling its 8K context window once costs $0.0052 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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NextBit is the only host with a published rate, $0.65 input / $0.65 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| NextBit (price we quote) | $0.65 | $0.65 | int4 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
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 | $130 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $182 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $728 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $280 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $325 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $137 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $176 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $585 |
Price history
Gemma 2 27B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.65 input / $0.65 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Gemma 2 27B
3 of the 4 comparable models below cost less than Gemma 2 27B: Mistral Small 3 undercuts it by 89%, and scores 3 Arena points higher.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Qwen-Plus (Alibaba) at $0.624 blended, 4% less.
- Next more expensive: MiniMax M2.7 (MiniMax) at $0.651 blended, under 1% more.
The nearest models in the Budget price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Gemma 2 27B.
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (Alibaba): $0.66 in / $1.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1230 (38% more expensive, 1 ELO point lower)
- Nova Lite 1.0 (Amazon): $0.06 in / $0.24 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1229 (71% cheaper, 2 ELO points lower)
- Mistral Small 3 (Mistral): $0.05 in / $0.08 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1234 (89% cheaper, 3 ELO points higher)
- Phi 4 (Microsoft): $0.07 in / $0.14 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1217 (82% cheaper, 14 ELO points lower)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Mistral Small 3 (Mistral), 89% cheaper, 3 ELO points higher, out of 6 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: MiMo-V2.6-Pro (Xiaomi), 14% more expensive, 261 ELO points higher, out of 10 models in that price band.
Other models from Google
The 8 nearest to Gemma 2 27B in price, of 27 other Google models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Gemma 3 12B: $0.05 / $0.15
- Gemma 3 27B: $0.08 / $0.35
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: $0.10 / $0.40
- Gemma 4 31B: $0.20 / $0.40
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: $0.25 / $1.50
- Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): $0.25 / $1.50
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.30 / $2.50
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $0.30 / $2.50
All 28 Google models and prices
Common questions about Gemma 2 27B pricing
- How much does Gemma 2 27B cost?
- Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens at NextBit, the host whose rate we quote. NextBit serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Gemma 2 27B?
- NextBit is the only host with a published rate, $0.65 input / $0.65 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Gemma 2 27B offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for Gemma 2 27B as of 2026-11-12.
- What would Gemma 2 27B cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $130 on Gemma 2 27B at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Gemma 2 27B be self-hosted?
- Yes, within the terms of its licence. Gemma 2 27B is open weights, which is not the same as open source: the weights are published, but under Gemma, a licence that restricts some uses. Read it before self-hosting commercially.
- Has the price of Gemma 2 27B changed?
- Gemma 2 27B has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.65 input / $0.65 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
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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