Kingy.ai Price History Library · evidence observed through August 2, 2026
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite cache-read price history tracks cache read list pricing for gemini-2.5-flash-lite. It publishes 1 editorially verified episode while preserving the broader machine timeline as a separate evidence layer.
Identity and scope
The stable API model ID is gemini-2.5-flash-lite. This series covers standard paid-tier context-cache reads for text, image and video tokens; audio, storage and alternative consumption tiers are separate prices.
Editorially verified change
Google cut this cached-input component from one quarter to one tenth of the model’s $0.10 standard text-input rate. The before and after captures are less than ten hours apart.
| Old price last seen | Old | New price first seen | New | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2025 last old-price capture |
$0.025 | October 24, 2025 first new-price capture |
$0.01 | 60% cut; both bounding captures are from October 24, 2025 UTC. |
Machine-detected state timeline
The rows below come from the scope-safe machine series. A changed value is not automatically an editorial change. Only rows tied to the verified brackets above support the page’s change claim; the others remain observations or held transitions.
| State | First observed | Value | Editorial status | Lineage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.025 USD | machine-only state | archive06c6f09c59f86353… |
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| 2 | $0.01 USD | bounds a verified episode | archiveb8a274c43b5e8dad… |
Source and archive lineage
- Current official pricing page.
- Episode 1 before: https://web.archive.org/web/20251024024650/https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing — capture SHA-256
9e0467e806ab7202615f9a183fd2dd5920d894a289e85bf86031c7996d77bd06. - Episode 1 after: https://web.archive.org/web/20251024123310/https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing — capture SHA-256
b8a274c43b5e8dad3ad22a7cde95bf459b4cdf7173bcfe8fb5cf98616853107a. - Retained series ID:
google:gemini-2-5-flash-lite:cache_read. - Dataset series window: July 23, 2025 to March 29, 2026.
How to use this history
Use the verified row when reconstructing a dated standard-list-price estimate. Use the machine timeline to audit extraction and locate captures, not to infer billing scope or a precise effective timestamp. Recheck the provider’s current documentation before making a live purchasing or architecture decision.