Google Gemini Embedding 2 free tier includes Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using… Verified November 2026. Compare with 5 alternatives in AI / ML.

Google Gemini Embedding 2 Free Tier 2026

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Limits, pricing history, and 5 alternatives. Verified November 2026. Last updated 2026-11-11.

Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier offers Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using the content to… It's stable — the change we last considered recording was refused on 2026-10-01, and we read the page again on 2026-11-11 and confirmed the terms above. Best for ai / ml workloads — 5 alternatives available.

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Free Tier Details

Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using the content to improve its products. Batch is not available on the free tier. Paid rates are $0.20 per 1M text tokens, $0.45 per 1M image tokens, $6.50 per 1M audio tokens, and $12.00 per 1M video tokens. Batch paid rates are $0.10 per 1M text tokens, $0.225 per 1M image tokens, $3.25 per 1M audio tokens, and $6.00 per 1M video tokens. The same paid rates apply on Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI). It embeds text, images, video, audio, and PDFs into one embedding space.

We read that on 2026-11-11 from https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Google Gemini Embedding 2 as "embedding" and states "$0.10" and "$0.20" and "$12.00" and "$0.45".

When You'll Outgrow Google Gemini Embedding 2's Free Tier

When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade.
At that point, the 5 alternatives in AI / ML are each listed with the free tier they offer, so you can compare what they give you against what you have outgrown.

Pricing Change History (0 recorded)

No recorded pricing changes for Google Gemini Embedding 2. This is a good sign — stable pricing.

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Service	Free Tier	Stability
Google Gemini Embedding 2	Free	stable
Cohere	Free AI model API for Command chat models, Embed, Rerank, Transcribe and Parse. Every account starts with a Trial API key: calls made with it are free and limited to 1,000 API calls a month.	stable
Google Gemini API	Free (Reduced) Free tier: Gemini 4 Hydrogen, Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, 3.1 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Gemini Embedding 2 and Gemma 4 are free of charge. Also free of charge are Gemini 3.8 Live (real-time voice), Gemini 3.5 Live Translate (translation), Gemini 3.5 Transcribe…	stable
Pinecone	Free Vector database. The Starter plan is free: up to 2 GB storage, 2M write units and 1M read units a month, 1 GB of egress a month (reads that return data stop at the cap until the next billing period), 5 indexes, 1 project and 2 users, on AWS us-east-1 only.	stable
Jina AI	Free Credits Search, Reader, embeddings and reranker APIs. Each new API key comes with 10M free tokens, shared across these APIs; no page says they renew.	stable
Together AI	Pay-as-you-go Inference API for open-source models, billed per token. Together AI does not currently offer free trials; access requires a minimum $15 credit purchase for an organization's first purchase ($5 for later purchases), and the platform is fully prepaid.	unrated

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Google Gemini Embedding 2 free?

Yes, Google Gemini Embedding 2 offers a free tier: Free. Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using the content to improve its products. Batch is not available on the free tier. Paid rates are $0.20 per...

What is Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier?

Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier is called "Free". Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using the content to improve its products. Batch is not available on the free tier. Paid rates are $0.20 per 1M text tokens, $0.45 per 1M image tokens, $6.50 per 1M audio tokens, and $12.00 per 1M video tokens. Batch paid rates are $0.10 per 1M text tokens, $0.225 per 1M image tokens, $3.25 per 1M audio tokens, and $6.00 per 1M video tokens. The same paid rates apply on Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI). It embeds text, images, video, audio, and PDFs into one embedding space.

Is Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier reliable?

Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier is considered stable.

Is Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier good for production?

Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using the content to…, so it's a reasonable starting point. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.

What changed in Google Gemini Embedding 2's pricing?

We refused the change we last considered recording for Google Gemini Embedding 2 on 2026-10-01, then read the page again on 2026-11-11 and confirmed the terms we publish for it.

What are the best free alternatives to Google Gemini Embedding 2?

We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 5 free alternatives to Google Gemini Embedding 2 in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 3 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 1 is demoted with the reason named, 1 is listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.

When will I outgrow Google Gemini Embedding 2's free tier?

When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.

What category is Google Gemini Embedding 2 in?

Google Gemini Embedding 2 is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 5 other AI / ML services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.