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Google AI Studio

Google's workspace for prototyping with Gemini models and API keys

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Introduction

Google AI Studio is a platform for developers who want to build with Gemini, Google's multimodal generative AI models. After signing in you get an API key and can work with text, code, images, audio and video. A free tier suits testing, and paid usage raises the limits.

Added on
Nov 2, 2026
Website
aistudio.google.com
Pricing model
Freemium
Company
Google LLC

Product information

What is Google AI Studio?

Google AI Studio is Google's entry point for building with Gemini. It gives developers access to the models through an API key so they can add generative AI to applications. Long context windows, context caching and search grounding are among the capabilities.

How to use Google AI Studio?

Sign in, generate a Gemini API key and connect it to your application. Start on the free tier, then move to a paid tier when you need higher rate limits and extra features.

Core features of Google AI Studio

  • Build with Gemini models
  • API key integration
  • Multimodal input across text, code, images, audio and video
  • Context window up to 2M tokens
  • Context caching
  • Search grounding

Use cases of Google AI Studio

  1. 1Understanding video and documents
  2. 2Generating structured outputs
  3. 3Getting coding help
  4. 4Generating text, images and audio
  5. 5Function calling and code execution

Frequently asked questions about Google AI Studio

What is Google AI Studio?+

Google AI Studio is a platform that helps developers start building with Google's Gemini family of generative AI models.

What is the difference between the free and paid tiers of Google AI Studio?+

The free tier has lower rate limits meant for testing. The paid tier offers higher limits, extra features and different data handling, including not using your data to improve Google products.

Is Google AI Studio free?+

Usage is free in all available countries, with the free tier applying to the API at lower rate limits.

Which category is Google AI Studio in?+

Google AI Studio is listed under AI Code Editor.

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