{
 "metadata": {
  "name": "Announced AI API price changes (provider-stated)",
  "source": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing",
  "archivedCopy": "lattice-core/_evidence/ai-price-watch-2026/2026-10-26/gemini-api-pricing.html",
  "archivedSha256": "a252aac2059e41dae423bbf04f84d0ef1cd99cba5f463ef2dd002e2f60fd5a12",
  "retrievedUtc": "2026-10-26T09:41:20.173Z",
  "limits": [
   "Read from one provider page only (Google). Other providers are not covered, so no count here is a market total.",
   "These are provider-stated paid-tier prices; a page can change after the retrieval date. The archived copy is the evidence."
  ]
 },
 "count": 3,
 "changes": [
  {
   "provider": "google",
   "model": "gemini-4-argon",
   "tier": "paid, standard",
   "unit": "USD per 1,000,000 tokens",
   "nowInput": 2,
   "nowOutput": 10,
   "lastDayAtOldPrice": "2026-11-30",
   "newInput": 4,
   "newOutput": 20,
   "effectiveDate": "2026-12-01",
   "inputMultiple": 2,
   "outputMultiple": 2,
   "consistent": true
  },
  {
   "provider": "google",
   "model": "gemini-3.8-flash",
   "tier": "paid, standard",
   "unit": "USD per 1,000,000 tokens",
   "nowInput": 0.75,
   "nowOutput": 3.75,
   "lastDayAtOldPrice": "2026-12-31",
   "newInput": 1.5,
   "newOutput": 7.5,
   "effectiveDate": "2027-01-01",
   "inputMultiple": 2,
   "outputMultiple": 2,
   "consistent": true
  },
  {
   "provider": "google",
   "model": "gemini-3.6-flash",
   "tier": "paid, standard",
   "unit": "USD per 1,000,000 tokens",
   "nowInput": 0.75,
   "nowOutput": 3.75,
   "lastDayAtOldPrice": "2026-12-31",
   "newInput": 1.5,
   "newOutput": 7.5,
   "effectiveDate": "2027-01-01",
   "inputMultiple": 2,
   "outputMultiple": 2,
   "consistent": true
  }
 ],
 "statedEvents": [
  {
   "provider": "deepseek",
   "kind": "scheduled-change",
   "date": "2026-11-01",
   "what": "Server-side search and fetch calls made through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex are free now; per-request billing of $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests starts at 00:00 Beijing time on 2026-11-01.",
   "evidence": "deepseek-models-and-pricing.rendered.txt"
  },
  {
   "provider": "openai",
   "kind": "scheduled-change",
   "date": "2026-11-21",
   "what": "GPT-5.6 Sol promotional pricing is stated as available at least through 2026-11-21. The page does not state a price after that date and the static page does not show which row is the promotional one.",
   "evidence": "openai-docs-pricing.html"
  },
  {
   "provider": "openai",
   "kind": "structure",
   "date": "2026-07-30",
   "what": "Priority processing was renamed Fast mode on 2026-07-30. The page lists Fast at 2x and Ultrafast at 6x the standard price for gpt-6-astra and gpt-6.1-sol (see tier-structure.json).",
   "evidence": "openai-docs-pricing.html"
  },
  {
   "provider": "deepseek",
   "kind": "structure",
   "date": null,
   "what": "Off-peak rates are half the peak rates. Peak is 01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays.",
   "evidence": "deepseek-models-and-pricing.rendered.txt"
  },
  {
   "provider": "anthropic",
   "kind": "structure",
   "date": null,
   "what": "Claude 4.7 and later models use a newer tokenizer that the page says produces approximately 30% more tokens for the same text.",
   "evidence": "anthropic-platform-pricing.html"
  },
  {
   "provider": "xai",
   "kind": "structure",
   "date": "2026-09-21",
   "what": "The page (last updated 2026-09-21) documents that a model name with the suffix -latest is aliased to the latest version, so users migrate automatically. It lists a single flagship, grok-4.7, at $2.00 input and $6.00 output.",
   "evidence": "xai-models-and-pricing.rendered.txt"
  }
 ]
}