Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is Google’s GA high-efficiency multimodal model optimized for low-latency, high-volume workloads. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, and is designed for lightweight agentic workflows, simple data extraction, and applications where responsiveness and API cost are the primary constraints. Supports full thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) for fine-grained cost/performance trade-offs. Priced at half the cost of Gemini 3 Flash.
Model specifications
- Input
- text, image, video, audio, file
- Output
- text
- Context
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 65,532 tokens
- Input price
- $0.25 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Released
- 2026-05-08
Capabilities
- Streaming
- Function calling
- Vision
- JSON mode
- Playground
Provider pricing, discounts and data privacy
Compare effective provider prices, published discounts, regions, retention policies, training use, compliance, and privacy links by service tier.
Flex service tier
1 available provider · discounts up to 25% · tier input average $0.09375 / 1M tokens · tier output average $0.5625 / 1M tokens
Google Vertex
Tier: Flex · Region: US
Pricing
- Input
- $0.09375 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.5625 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.00938 / 1M tokens
- Cache write
- $0.03126 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 25% off — list $0.125 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.09375 / 1M tokens, effective $0.09375 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 25% off — list $0.0125 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.00938 / 1M tokens, effective $0.00938 / 1M tokens
- Output: 25% off — list $0.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.5625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.5625 / 1M tokens
- Cache write: 25% off — list $0.04167 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.03126 / 1M tokens, effective $0.03126 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- US
- Zero data retention
- No
- Data retention
- Zero retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- Yes
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Standard service tier
2 available providers · discounts up to 25.000000000000007% · tier input average $0.21875 / 1M tokens · tier output average $1.3125 / 1M tokens
Google Vertex
Tier: Standard · Region: US
Pricing
- Input
- $0.1875 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.125 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.01875 / 1M tokens
- Cache write
- $0.0625 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 25% off — list $0.25 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1875 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1875 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 25% off — list $0.025 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.01875 / 1M tokens, effective $0.01875 / 1M tokens
- Output: 25% off — list $1.5 / 1M tokens, discounted $1.125 / 1M tokens, effective $1.125 / 1M tokens
- Cache write: 25% off — list $0.08333 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.0625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.0625 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- US
- Zero data retention
- Yes
- Data retention
- Zero retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- Yes
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Google AI Studio
Tier: Standard · Region: US
Pricing
- Input
- $0.25 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.025 / 1M tokens
- Cache write
- $0.08333 / 1M tokens
No provider discount is currently published.
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- US
- Zero data retention
- No
- Data retention
- 55-day retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- No
- SOC 2 certified
- No
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Priority service tier
1 available provider · discounts up to 25.000000000000007% · tier input average $0.3375 / 1M tokens · tier output average $2.025 / 1M tokens
Google Vertex
Tier: Priority · Region: US
Pricing
- Input
- $0.3375 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.025 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.03375 / 1M tokens
- Cache write
- $0.1125 / 1M tokens
Discounts
- Input: 25% off — list $0.45 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.3375 / 1M tokens, effective $0.3375 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: 25% off — list $0.045 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.03375 / 1M tokens, effective $0.03375 / 1M tokens
- Output: 25% off — list $2.7 / 1M tokens, discounted $2.025 / 1M tokens, effective $2.025 / 1M tokens
- Cache write: 25% off — list $0.15 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1125 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
- Region
- US
- Zero data retention
- No
- Data retention
- Zero retention
- Used for training
- No
- Data collection
- Moderated
- No
- GDPR compliant
- Yes
- HIPAA compliant
- Yes
- SOC 2 certified
- Yes
- BYOK supported
- Yes
Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support
Frequently asked questions
- What is Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite?
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is Google’s GA high-efficiency multimodal model optimized for low-latency, high-volume workloads. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, and is designed for lightweight agentic workflows, simple data extraction, and applications where responsiveness and API cost are the primary constraints. Supports full thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) for fine-grained cost/performance trade-offs. Priced at half the cost of Gemini 3 Flash.
- How much does Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite cost?
- Input costs start at $0.25 / 1M tokens and output costs start at $1.5 / 1M tokens. Provider-level prices vary by service tier.
- Are provider discounts available for Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite?
- Yes. Current provider offers include discounts of up to 25% from list price. The provider table shows list, discounted, and effective prices.
- What is the context length of Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite?
- Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite supports a 1,048,576 token context window and up to 65,532 output tokens.
- What capabilities does Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite support?
- Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite supports Streaming, Function calling, Vision, JSON mode, Playground.
- Which providers offer Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite?
- Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite is available from Google Vertex, Google AI Studio.
- How do providers handle data privacy for Google: Gemini 3.1 flash lite?
- 2 of 2 providers report that customer data is not used for training, and 0 offer zero-data-retention routing. Retention, compliance, and privacy-policy links are listed per provider.