Google Gemini AI Pricing in India 2026

Updated: May 2026  ·  Exchange Rate: ₹95 = $1  ·  Prices include 18% GST context where applicable

Google Gemini is now India's most competitively priced major AI platform. It is the only Tier-1 AI service that accepts UPI, bills in Indian rupees natively, requires no international card, and bundles significant storage and Google Workspace features alongside its AI capabilities. For Indian users from students to enterprise developers, Gemini offers more entry points at more price points than any rival. This guide breaks down every plan, every API rate, and every India-specific deal in plain rupees.

Exchange Rate Note: All API pricing is in USD and converted at ₹95 per dollar (May 2026). Subscription plan prices (AI Plus, AI Pro, AI Ultra) are Google's official Indian INR prices and already include GST. API conversions are approximate, add ~2–3% for bank forex markup if paying by card.

Google Gemini AI Subscription Plans in India

Google offers four tiers for individual users in India; Free, AI Plus, AI Pro, and AI Ultra. All paid plans accept UPI, Indian debit/credit cards, and app store billing, making them the most payment-accessible AI subscriptions available in India today.

Plan	Price (India)	What You Get
Free No payment needed	₹0 / month	Gemini 3 Flash + limited Gemini 3.1 Pro daily 15 GB Google One storage · Google Search integration · File uploads · Image understanding · Gemini Live voice · Web & mobile app
AI Plus Best budget plan	₹199/mo  (first 6 months) then ₹399/mo · Shareable with up to 5 people	Gemini 3 Pro + Nano Banana Pro (image gen) Veo 3.1 image-to-video · 200 AI credits/mo · 200 GB storage · NotebookLM · Google Workspace integration
AI Pro Most popular	₹1,950 / month New users: ~₹975/mo first year (50% off) · Jio users: 18 months FREE	Full Gemini 3.1 Pro · Deep Research · Deep Think 1,000 AI credits/mo · 2 TB Google One storage · Gemini CLI + Code Assist · Google Developer Program · Jules AI coding (beta) · $10 cloud credits/mo
AI Ultra Power users & creators	₹24,500 / month Highest tier; aimed at professionals & businesses	Highest limits on all Gemini models · Deep Think & Gemini Agent 25,000 AI credits/mo · 30 TB storage · Highest Flow/Whisk/NotebookLM access · Google Antigravity (agent platform) · Google Developer Program Premium ($100 cloud credits/mo) · YouTube Premium

India's Best AI Deal Right Now: Reliance Jio subscribers get Gemini AI Pro (normally ₹1,950/mo) completely free for 18 months, a saving of ₹35,100. New non-Jio subscribers can get AI Pro at 50% off (≈ ₹975/mo) for the first year. AI Plus starts at just ₹199/mo for 6 months before settling at ₹399/mo. No other major AI platform offers these India-specific deals.

AI Plus vs AI Pro

The AI Plus (₹399/mo) and AI Pro (₹1,950/mo) plans are the most relevant tiers for the majority of Indian users. Here is a detailed feature-by-feature comparison to help you decide which is worth the price difference.

Feature	AI Plus  ₹399/mo	AI Pro  ₹1,950/mo
Primary Model	Gemini 3 Pro (standard limits)	Gemini 3.1 Pro (full + higher limits)
Context Window	1M tokens	1M tokens (3.1 Pro); 2M on API
Deep Research	No	Yes
Deep Think Mode	No	Yes
Image Generation	Nano Banana Pro	Nano Banana Pro (higher limits)
Video Generation	Veo 3.1 Lite (limited)	Veo 3.1 (higher limits)
AI Credits / mo	200 credits	1,000 credits
Google Storage	200 GB	2 TB
Gemini Code Assist	No	Yes (IDE extension)
Gemini CLI	No	Yes
NotebookLM	Basic	Premium
Workspace (Gmail etc.)	Yes	Yes (higher limits)
Family Sharing	Up to 5 people	Up to 5 people
Google Dev Program	No	$10 cloud credits/mo
YouTube Premium	No	No (Ultra only)

The key upgrades in AI Pro are Deep Research, Deep Think reasoning mode, Gemini CLI, Gemini Code Assist for developers, and 1,000 AI credits versus just 200. If you use Gemini for heavy research, coding, or content creation, AI Pro pays for itself quickly. If your use is primarily chat, drafting, and light Workspace integration, AI Plus at ₹399/mo is excellent value.

Note that the AI Plus plan can be shared with up to 5 family members, making the effective per-person cost as low as ₹67/mo at the ₹399/mo rate. This is almost certainly the cheapest way to give a household access to a capable AI in India.

Gemini Developer API Pricing. Complete Model List

Developers and businesses access Gemini capabilities directly through the Gemini API. Pricing is per million tokens (MTok), billed separately for input and output. Google AI Studio provides a free development environment with no credit card required to get started.

Full API Rate Card (All Current Models)

All figures below use $1 = ₹95. Rates shown are for standard interactive API calls (real-time responses). Batch and Flex processing cost 50% less. See Section 4.

Model	Input / MTok  (USD → INR)	Output / MTok  (USD → INR)
Gemini 3.1 Pro  (≤200K tokens) Current flagship · 2M context · Best reasoning	$2.00  →  ≈ ₹190	$12.00  →  ≈ ₹1,140
Gemini 3.1 Pro  (>200K tokens) Long-context pricing tier (price doubles)	$4.00  →  ≈ ₹380	$18.00  →  ≈ ₹1,710
Gemini 3 Pro  (≤200K tokens) Stable flagship alternative · 1M context	$2.00  →  ≈ ₹190	$12.00  →  ≈ ₹1,140
Gemini 3 Flash Default workhorse · Fast · 1M context · Free tier available	$0.50  →  ≈ ₹48	$3.00  →  ≈ ₹285
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Cheapest Tier-1 model · High-volume workloads · Free tier	$0.25  →  ≈ ₹24	$1.50  →  ≈ ₹143
Gemini 2.5 Pro  (≤200K tokens) Legacy flagship · Still competitive on price	$1.25  →  ≈ ₹119	$10.00  →  ≈ ₹950
Gemini 2.5 Flash Legacy mid-tier · Paid-only after April 2026	$0.30  →  ≈ ₹29	$2.50  →  ≈ ₹238
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Ultra-cheap classification & simple tasks	$0.10  →  ≈ ₹10	$0.40  →  ≈ ₹38

Critical: The 200K Token Cliff: Gemini 3.1 Pro and 2.5 Pro have tiered pricing based on context size. Prompts under 200,000 tokens are charged at the lower rate. Prompts exceeding 200K tokens are charged at double the input rate AND a 50% higher output rate for the entire request, not just the overflow. For a 250K-token prompt on Gemini 3.1 Pro, the effective input rate jumps from $2.00 to $4.00/MTok. Always monitor your prompt sizes and set alerts in the Google Cloud console.

Batch API. 50% Off for Asynchronous Work

The Batch API processes requests within 24 hours (no real-time SLA) at half the standard rate. This is the single highest-leverage cost optimisation for most Indian developers. Ideal use cases: document summarisation pipelines, overnight analytics, bulk content generation, data extraction at scale.

Model	Batch Input / MTok  (≈ INR)	Batch Output / MTok  (≈ INR)
Gemini 3.1 Pro  (≤200K)	$1.00  →  ≈ ₹95	$6.00  →  ≈ ₹570
Gemini 3.1 Pro  (>200K)	$2.00  →  ≈ ₹190	$9.00  →  ≈ ₹855
Gemini 3 Flash	$0.25  →  ≈ ₹24	$1.50  →  ≈ ₹143
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite	$0.13  →  ≈ ₹12	$0.75  →  ≈ ₹71
Gemini 2.5 Pro  (≤200K)	$0.63  →  ≈ ₹60	$5.00  →  ≈ ₹475
Gemini 2.5 Flash	$0.15  →  ≈ ₹14	$1.25  →  ≈ ₹119

When to Use Batch: If your workload can tolerate up to 24-hour turnaround, even partially route those requests through the Batch API. At scale, this halves your monthly API bill with zero quality trade-off. A startup processing 100M tokens/month on Gemini 3 Flash saves approximately ₹12,000/mo by using Batch instead of standard API calls.

Context Caching. Save Up to 95% on Repeated Prompts

Context caching is Google's most powerful cost-reduction feature for the API. When your application sends the same large system prompt, document, or knowledge base on every call, caching stores that content and charges only a fraction of the cost on subsequent reads.

Cost Type	Gemini 3.1 Pro	Gemini 3 Flash
Cache Write (storage/hr)	$4.50/MTok  →  ≈ ₹428/hr	$1.00/MTok  →  ≈ ₹95/hr
Cache Read (per token)	$0.20/MTok  →  ≈ ₹19 (vs $2.00 standard — 90% off!)	$0.025/MTok  →  ≈ ₹2.4 (vs $0.50 standard — 95% off!)
When it pays off	After 1 cache read for a 5-min cache	After 1 cache read for a 5-min cache

For Gemini 3.1 Pro, cached reads cost $0.20/MTok compared to $2.00/MTok for uncached input which is a 90% discount. Gemini 3 Flash cached reads cost $0.025/MTok versus $0.50/MTok uncached which is a 95% discount. Even factoring in hourly storage charges, any application that reuses a large context more than once per hour will save money with caching.

Practical example: A legal research tool that pre-loads a 50-page legal code into every session (approximately 25K tokens) would pay $0.05 per session without caching on Gemini 3.1 Pro. With caching, the same context reads cost $0.005 per session after the first one — a 90% reduction on that portion of every bill.

Free API Tier. What Changed in April 2026

Google significantly restructured its free API tier on April 1, 2026. The key change: Pro-family models (3.1 Pro, 3 Pro, 2.5 Pro) are now paid-only. Flash and Flash-Lite models retain free access, but with reduced daily quotas versus pre-April limits.

Model	Free Tier Status (May 2026)	Free Daily Limits
Gemini 3.1 Pro	Removed as of April 1, 2026	Paid-only
Gemini 3 Pro	Paid-only	Paid-only
Gemini 3 Flash	Free tier retained (reduced quota)	~1,500 requests/day (verify in AI Studio)
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite	Free tier retained (reduced quota)	~1,500 requests/day (verify in AI Studio)
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Paid-only after April 1, 2026	Paid-only
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Paid-only after April 1, 2026	Paid-only

Still the Most Generous Free API in the Market: Despite the April 2026 tightening, Gemini 3 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite remain freely accessible through Google AI Studio — the only Tier-1 AI provider to offer this. OpenAI and Anthropic charge from the first API token. For Indian developers prototyping, testing, or running small production workloads, Gemini's free API tier remains an extraordinary advantage. Always verify your current quotas directly in Google AI Studio, as Google may adjust limits without notice.

Gemini in Google Workspace Business Pricing

For Indian businesses and teams already using Google Workspace, Gemini features are available as a bundled add-on rather than a standalone subscription.

• Google Workspace Business Starter (₹136/user/month) - Basic Gemini features in Gmail and Docs at no additional charge, as of 2025 bundling.

• Google Workspace Business Standard (₹736/user/month) - Expanded Gemini access including more AI generation features and NotebookLM.

• Google Workspace Business Plus (₹1,380/user/month) - Full Gemini Pro-level features integrated across all Workspace apps.

• Google Gemini Enterprise Add-on ($30/user/month = ≈ ₹2,850/user/month incl. GST) — The dedicated enterprise AI tier: full Gemini 3.1 Pro, highest Workspace limits, Gemini Agent Builder, Data Loss Prevention, and enterprise security controls. Available through Vertex AI for large organisations.

Gemini API vs Competitors

For developers choosing between AI APIs, here is how Gemini's flagship and budget models compare to the equivalent tiers from OpenAI and Anthropic, with all figures converted to INR.

Model	Input / MTok  (USD → INR)	Output / MTok  (USD → INR)
Gemini 3.1 Pro  (Google) 2M context · ≤200K tier	$2.00  →  ≈ ₹190	$12.00  →  ≈ ₹1,140
GPT-5.4  (OpenAI) 270K context	$2.50  →  ≈ ₹238	$15.00  →  ≈ ₹1,425
Claude Sonnet 4.6  (Anthropic) 200K context	$3.00  →  ≈ ₹285	$15.00  →  ≈ ₹1,425
Gemini 3 Flash  (Google) 1M context	$0.50  →  ≈ ₹48	$3.00  →  ≈ ₹285
GPT-5.4 Mini  (OpenAI) Comparable budget tier	$0.25  →  ≈ ₹24	$2.00  →  ≈ ₹190
Claude Haiku 4.5  (Anthropic) Comparable budget tier	$1.00  →  ≈ ₹95	$5.00  →  ≈ ₹475

At the flagship tier, Gemini 3.1 Pro (≈ ₹190/MTok input) is meaningfully cheaper than both GPT-5.4 (≈ ₹238/MTok) and Claude Sonnet 4.6 (≈ ₹285/MTok), while offering the largest context window of 2 million tokens versus 270K for GPT-5.4 and 200K for Claude Sonnet. At the budget tier, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (≈ ₹24/MTok input) undercuts GPT-5.4 Mini (≈ ₹24/MTok effectively tied) and is dramatically cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5 (≈ ₹95/MTok).

Gemini's decisive structural advantage for Indian developers is the free tier — Gemini 3 Flash and Flash-Lite can be used for free in Google AI Studio, allowing full application prototyping and testing at zero cost. OpenAI's free credits are minimal and expire quickly; Anthropic has no free API tier at all.