# Google Gemini API: Pricing page changed: wording only

> Google Gemini API added a billing clarification: every token the model processes is counted and billed, including thinking tokens and internal tool system instructions and function declarations when using grounding. This identifies token usage customers need to account for when estimating costs; no

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/p8782
Last updated: 2026-10-27T08:45:06Z

**Summary:** Google Gemini API added a billing clarification: every token the model processes is counted and billed, including thinking tokens and internal tool system instructions and function declarations when using grounding. This identifies token usage customers need to account for when estimating costs; no price or limit changes are shown. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Pricing · Label: Wording only (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-27 08:45 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-27 08:45 UTC
- [Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
- [Company: Google Gemini API](https://rewindex.com/company/google-gemini-api.md)
- Versions: before page\_version:7961 → after page\_version:8782
- Change 5 of 9 for this page

## What changed

**1. Added**

```diff
  …Argon is not available on the Free tier.
+ Every token the model processes is counted and billed, including thinking tokens and internal tool system instructions and function declarations when using grounding.
  Standard Free Tier Paid Tier, per 1M tokens…
```

## History of this page

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-20 12:05 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p3669.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-22 08:44 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p5291.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-23 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: plan removed](https://rewindex.com/change/p6123.md) | Plan removed |
| 2026-10-26 08:46 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p7961.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-27 08:45 UTC | Pricing page changed: wording only (this change) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-28 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p9563.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-29 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p10376.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-10-31 08:44 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p11996.md) | Wording only |
| 2026-11-03 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: plan removed](https://rewindex.com/change/p13719.md) | Plan removed |

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## Cite this

Pricing page changed: wording only on Google Gemini API’s Pricing page, changed 2026-10-27 08:45 UTC (change 5 of 9).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/p8782
- Citation: Google Gemini API, “Pricing page changed: wording only” (2026-10-27 08:45 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/p8782 (CC BY 4.0).
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