Using Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite on Google AI Studio

Quick Start

1. 1
   Create an account at Google AI Studio and generate an API key.
2. 2
   Use the Google AI Studio SDK or REST API to call gemini-2.0-flash-lite — see the documentation for request format.
3. 3
   You'll be billed $0.07/1M input, $0.30/1M output tokens.

Code Examples

import os
from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.0-flash-lite",
    contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)

About Google AI Studio

Google AI Studio is a model prototyping environment and API access point for Gemini models, offering an inference playground for developers to test and build AI applications.

Pricing on Google AI Studio

Capabilities

About Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Deprecated, shut down June 1, 2026. AI Studio: $0.075/$0.30. Free tier available.