Plans and published limits
US personal web subscriptions. Prices exclude taxes where the source does not include them. A plan gives access to features; it does not guarantee completed tasks. Original evidence dates and unresolved allowances are retained.
Gemini API
All tiers — Requests per day
Model-specific
Per-project RPM/TPM/RPD vary by model and account tier; actual limits are available in AI Studio. RPD resets at midnight Pacific time, and documented capacity is not guaranteed.
Last verified: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Evidence tier: console. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Google supports project-level, model- and tier-dependent API quotas, daily Pacific resets, quota-exhaustion errors, account-specific AI Studio limits, and non-guaranteed capacity.
Unverified since 2026-10-31.
Reset rule: daily, midnight Pacific. Reset type: daily-pacific.
When reached: Rate limit error when the RPD quota is exceeded; RPD quotas reset at midnight Pacific time.
Tier 1 — Spend-based limit
$10 per 10 minutes
Tier 1 spend-based cap is $10 per rolling 10 minutes. Whether it applies depends on billing history/account standing; it is separate from token/request and billing-tier caps.
Last verified: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Tier 1’s conditional $10 rolling-ten-minute spend limit and retry behavior match; request/token limits and the separately documented billing-tier cap remain distinct.
Unverified since 2026-10-31.
Reset rule: rolling 10 minutes. Reset type: rolling; window 0.16666666 hours.
When reached: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED; wait and retry after a short period.
Tier 2 / Tier 3 — Spend-based limit
$50 / $200 per 10 minutes
Tier 2 is $50 and Tier 3 is $200 per rolling 10 minutes. Applicability depends on billing history/account standing; billing-tier caps are separate.
Last verified: 2026-10-21T06:36:59.818529+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-21T06:36:59.818529+00:00. The current official Gemini API capture supports the Tier 2/Tier 3 amounts, rolling window and account-applicability qualifiers. Its separate billing-tier-cap table supports distinguishing those caps from spend-rate limits. Replace only the unsupported deterministic exhaustion wording with the documented error and retry guidance, and remove the historical correction commentary. Independently checking the proposed replacement against the original capture reveals no unsupported scope expansion. The retained catalog establishes prior wording, not current limits; historical dates remain unchanged.
Unverified since 2026-10-22.
Reset rule: rolling 10 minutes. Reset type: rolling; window 0.16666666 hours.
When reached: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED; wait and retry after a short period.
Free → Tier 1 — Tier upgrade delay
Typically instant
Free-to-Tier1 upgrades typically take effect instantly after billing setup. Subsequent tier upgrades take effect within 10 minutes; rare approval exceptions apply.
Last verified: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-30T12:31:06.809156+00:00. Google supports typically instant Free-to-Tier-1 upgrades after active billing setup, subsequent upgrades within ten minutes, and rare qualification-related approval exceptions.
Unverified since 2026-10-31.
Reset rule: one-off. Reset type: none.
When reached: n/a.
Sources and method
This catalog renders the existing dated source records. Limits vary by product, model, account and workload. Unknown values remain unknown. Capture dates describe retained documents, not fresh account tests. The interactive workspace provides filters, comparisons, the quiz and separately labelled Kingy observations and reader reports.
Catalog release: 2026-10-19.reviewed-plans-and-limits-v1. Download the original source catalog.