Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
−30% vs Google
Vertex AIGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal model optimized for high-throughput execution on subagent tasks and document parsing. It is the fastest and most cost-effective model in the 3.5 generation. Google recommends it for high-volume agentic workflows, simple data extraction, and applications where latency and API cost are the primary constraints.
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: $0.30 / $2.50
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
Jul 21, 2026
Knows up to Mar 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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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-3.5-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)