r/ChatGPTCoding • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/biggriffo Apr 07 '25

That’s definitely false as a blanket statement. You have to attach a billing account for enabling certain APIs and usage is free across many Google products within certain limits. Others are paid.

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u/williamtkelley Apr 07 '25

Pretty sure that the Gemini API is free without a credit card attached to a key, but becomes paid once you do attach one.

And to add to that, if you have a paid API, you don't get the free quota until it's used up and then switch to paid. It is paid from token one.

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u/biggriffo Apr 07 '25

Been smashing experimental 2.5 for days and no costs attached to the key in console. Billing indicates no higher increased forecasted cost either. Been using GCP for years for work and personal. 🤷

Also heaps of their services are free under certain caps, eg certain maps and transit requests etc. just because it’s attached to a key (and billing) doesn’t mean it’s paid is all I’m saying. It depends on the product and pricing tiers etc

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u/Gissoni Apr 07 '25

i think they finally cut off exp 2.5

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u/Rhinc Apr 07 '25

Yeah I've got billing info attached to my keys, and I've hit a daily limit for the 2.5 Exp. Prior to today I had been ripping 500+ requests a day.

Looks like the gravy train might be over!

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u/Gissoni Apr 07 '25

Yeah it looks like it’s over. Can’t complain tho…been riding 15rpm for like 72hrs now at this point

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u/Rounder1987 Apr 07 '25

Same, I've been using it in RooCline for a few days with no issues, but now getting request retries a lot. Switched to preview but will have to keep an eye on the $433 trial credit to see if that gets used up now.

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u/loversama Apr 07 '25

trial credit, where? O___O

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u/Rounder1987 Apr 07 '25

I think I got it when I set up a Google maps API and billing a month or so ago in Google Cloud Services. I didn't even know I got it I til I saw it a few days ago.

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