Gemini CLI
Gemini CLI with a free Gemini API key
Price$0
Gemini CLI with a free Gemini API key runs on the unpaid API key tier at $0.
The Gemini CLI API key free tier limits use to 250 maximum model requests per user per day and to the Flash model only. The tier costs $0 when Gemini CLI uses an unpaid Gemini API key, and the allowance starts over each day. Gemini CLI’s quota and pricing page adds that “Free tier data may be used to improve products”.
Usage: 250 maximum model requests / user / day
Included for coding agents: “Free tier data may be used to improve products”
Checked against the source on October 5, 2026. Compare it with every other plan in the coding agent plans tracker.
- Usage (vendor's wording)
- 250 maximum model requests / user / day
- Models in the tool
- Flash model only
- Agent features included
- "Free tier data may be used to improve products"
Questions
What are the Gemini CLI free API key limits?
250 maximum model requests per user per day, with a daily reset.
Which model can I use with a free Gemini API key in Gemini CLI?
The Flash model only.
Does a free Gemini API key cost anything in Gemini CLI?
No, the free tier costs $0.
Is my data used on the Gemini API free tier?
Gemini CLI’s quota page states that “Free tier data may be used to improve products”.
Sources
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