Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
−30% vs Google
Vertex AIGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal model optimized for high-frequency, lightweight tasks. Google recommends it for high-volume translation, audio transcription, lightweight data extraction, document summarization, and as a classifier that routes requests to more capable models. It does not support image generation, audio generation, or computer use.
The real Google model
Same weights, same API, same answers. We change only how you pay for it: one key for every maker, one bill, no separate account to open. Every figure on this page comes from Google’s own page — check it.
Maker's own pagePrice
input / output · per 1M tokensVertex AI
−30%Only on FlintBeam−30% on every request
Direct on Vertex AI: $0.25 / $1.50
Daily discount until 2026-11-30; it can change or end earlier.
More pricing details: speeds
| Speed | Vertex AI |
|---|---|
| Flex · slower | |
| Priority · faster |
Context
1,048,576
up to 65,536 out
65,536 by default here
Modalities
Released
Mar 3, 2026
What it would cost you
1000 tokens is roughly 750 English words.
How it is served
Requests are retried automatically if a provider is unavailable.
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Eligible models may have a daily discount below the maker's price. Daily discounts apply to eligible models and can change from day to day.
Use it from your code
from openai import OpenAI
# Works with the official openai package (pip install openai)
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.flintbeam.com/v1",
api_key="sk-live-your-api-key"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are an experienced software engineer."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Describe the architecture of a distributed cache."}
],
temperature=0.7,
max_tokens=1500
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)