How much does Google cost per task
These rows use Google list prices only. They are not a subscription divided by a guessed number of tasks.
A$3.73US$2.60
per 1,000 repliesper 1,000 replies
Assumptions
Scenario: 225 words of ticket in, 150 words of reply out. Input 225 words counted as 300 tokens. Output 150 words counted as 200 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (300 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (200 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.0026 (A$0.003728). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.034US$0.024
Assumptions
Scenario: 1,500 words of pasted rows in, 1,500 words of cleaned rows out. Not a spreadsheet product's monthly plan. Input 1500 words counted as 2000 tokens. Output 1500 words counted as 2000 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (2000 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (2000 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.024 (A$0.034409). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.020US$0.014
Assumptions
Scenario: one request, 1,500 words of instruction and existing code in, 750 words of code and notes out. No agent loop. Input 1500 words counted as 2000 tokens. Output 750 words counted as 1000 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (2000 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (1000 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.014 (A$0.020072). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$3.15US$2.20
per 1,000 emailsper 1,000 emails
Assumptions
Scenario: 75 words of instruction and facts in, 150 words of email out. Input 75 words counted as 100 tokens. Output 150 words counted as 200 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (100 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (200 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.0022 (A$0.003154). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.048US$0.034
Assumptions
One 1024×1024 output image, using the token count printed on the pricing page. The text prompt is not included. Standard image output is US$30 per 1M tokens. The pricing page says a 1024×1024 image consumes 1,120 tokens, which is US$0.0336. Prompt tokens are not included.
Formula: 1120 × US$30 / 1,000,000.
Pricing basis
Per-image API list price (standard output image)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.0336 (A$0.048172). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.096US$0.067
Assumptions
One 1024×1024 output image, using the token count printed on the pricing page. The text prompt is not included. The pricing page titles this model Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) and does not print an API id in that heading. Standard image output is US$60 per 1M tokens. It says a 1024×1024 image consumes 1,120 tokens. 1120 × 60 / 1,000,000 = US$0.0672. The page rounds that equivalent to US$0.067. This row uses US$0.0672. Prompt tokens are not included.
Formula: 1120 × US$60 / 1,000,000.
Pricing basis
Per-image API list price (standard output image)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.0672 (A$0.096344). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.57US$0.40
Assumptions
An 8-second clip. For Veo 3.1 that length is the length in Google's Veo guide. For Gemini Omni Flash it is this site's comparison length. Veo 3.1 Lite 720p video with audio is US$0.05 per second on the pricing page. The Veo guide says Veo 3.1 generates 8-second videos (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/veo). 8 × US$0.05 = US$0.40. The pricing page says the Veo 3.1 preview model ids, including veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview, are deprecated and shut down on 22 Oct 2026.
Formula: 8 × US$0.05.
Pricing basis
Per-second API list price (720p, with audio)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.40 (A$0.573477). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$1.16US$0.81
Assumptions
An 8-second clip. For Veo 3.1 that length is the length in Google's Veo guide. For Gemini Omni Flash it is this site's comparison length. The pricing page says 720p video output is 5,792 tokens per second at US$17.50 per 1M tokens, which it calls approximately US$0.10 per second. This row is 8 seconds so it matches the Veo clip length. Eight seconds is this site's comparison length, not a length the Omni Flash section fixes. Input tokens are not included. Arithmetic: 5,792 × 8 × 17.50 / 1,000,000.
Formula: 5,792 × 8 × US$17.50 / 1,000,000.
Pricing basis
Per-second video output, from the published token rate
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.81088 (A$1.162552). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.026US$0.018
Assumptions
Scenario: 3,750 words of document in, 600 words of notes out. This prices a model call. It is not a legal review. Input 3750 words counted as 5000 tokens. Output 600 words counted as 800 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (5000 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (800 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.018 (A$0.025806). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.043US$0.030
Assumptions
Scenario, not a recording: 9,000 words of transcript in, 450 words of summary out. Input 9000 words counted as 12000 tokens. Output 450 words counted as 600 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (12000 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (600 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.03 (A$0.043011). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.
A$0.015US$0.010
Assumptions
Scenario: 150 words of brief in, 750 words of post out. Input 150 words counted as 200 tokens. Output 750 words counted as 1000 tokens. OpenAI's token help article says that for English, 100 tokens are approximately 75 words. The same count is used for every vendor. It is not that vendor's tokenizer. Not included: reasoning tokens, tool calls, retries, cache writes, and any second request. A vendor bill can be higher than this row. Gemini 4 Argon standard paid-tier list price as printed for 20 Oct 2026: US$2.00 input and US$10.00 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov 2026, then US$4.00 and US$20.00 from 1 Dec 2026. This row uses the through-30-Nov figures. The page says the output price includes thinking tokens. This row still multiplies only the scenario's visible-text token count, because a thinking-token count for the scenario is not published.
Formula: (200 / 1,000,000) × US$2.00 + (1000 / 1,000,000) × US$10.00.
Pricing basis
Per-token API list price (standard paid tier, introductory rate)
Australian business notes
The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.
Exact figure
Calculated total: US$0.0104 (A$0.01491). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.