Gemma 2 27B API Pricing
Google · Budget · Gemma · released 2024-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-09-11.
- Input: $0.65 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.65 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (input/output): not published
- Prompt-cache read: not published
- Context window: 8K
- Arena ELO: 1289 (as of 2026-09-02)
Cost per request by business use case
List price vs optimized (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where the provider publishes those rates).
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Cost/req (list) | Cost/req (optimized) | Monthly @100K req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $0.0013 | $0.0013 | $130 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $0.0018 | $0.0018 | $182 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $0.0073 | $0.0073 | $728 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $0.0028 | $0.0028 | $280 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $0.0033 | $0.0033 | $325 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $0.0014 | $0.0014 | $137 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $0.0018 | $0.0018 | $176 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $0.0059 | $0.0059 | $585 |
Gemma 2 27B pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token — the lab that made it, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent provider. One model, several sellers, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price quoted above is the one we publish so that models stay comparable; it is not necessarily the cheapest way to buy this model. List prices as published on 2026-09-11 via OpenRouter — negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| NextBit (the price shown above) — int4 | $0.65 | $0.65 |
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Common questions about Gemma 2 27B pricing
- How much does Gemma 2 27B cost?
- Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens on the API.
- Does Gemma 2 27B offer batch or cached pricing?
- No batch or cache pricing is published for this model.
- What would Gemma 2 27B cost per month?
- For a support-ticket workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens per request) at 100K requests/month, Gemma 2 27B costs about $130 at list prices.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow or compare all models.
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