Cheapest Gemini 3.8 Flash API: RunAPI is 94% below the official price
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.750/$3.75 per 1M tokens from Google. The cheapest quote is RunAPI: $0.047 in, $0.236 out. Full table and buying checklist below.
| # | Provider | 1M input | 1M output | Discount | Tokens per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Official list | $0.750 | $3.75 | 0% | 80.0M |
| 1 | $0.047 | $0.236 | −94% | 1.27B | |
| 2 | $0.060 | $0.300 | −92% | 1.00B | |
| 3 | $0.113 | $0.563 | −85% | 533M | |
| 4 | $0.113 | $0.563 | −85% | 533M | |
| 5 | $0.543 | $2.72 | −28% | 110M | |
| 6 | $11.25 | $45.00 | — | 5.93M |
Tokens per $100 assume a “code” mix: 5 input tokens per output token. Prices are crawled; verify them on the provider page before buying.
What to check before buying
- Test the key with the free API checker — it verifies the endpoint responds, without sending tokens.
- Compare the blended cost for your workload, not just the input price: output tokens dominate in agent workloads.
- Check uptime and minimum top-up: the cheapest provider is useless if it is down half the day.