Google AI Studio
Free developer playground for building and testing with Gemini models — prototype prompts, get API keys, and export code in minutes.
Free dev tier (15 RPM, 1M TPM on Flash); pay-as-you-go via Google AI API for production
Overview
Google AI Studio is Google's free web-based IDE for experimenting with and building on Gemini models. It's the fastest way to prototype with Google's AI — test prompts, tune parameters, build multimodal pipelines, and generate API keys, all without writing a line of backend code. It's the primary onboarding point for the Gemini API.
Key Features
- Browser-based playground for Gemini models — no setup required
- Prompt engineering tools with system instructions, few-shot examples, and parameter controls
- Multimodal input support: upload images, audio, video, and documents for analysis
- Code generation to instantly scaffold an app from your prototype prompt
- Generate and manage Gemini API keys for production applications
- Stream responses and compare outputs across different models and settings
Pricing: Free with generous rate limits; production API usage billed pay-per-token.
Pros
- Generous free tier for development
- Tests all Gemini models including latest 2.0 Flash and Pro
- Multimodal inputs — text image audio video PDF and code execution
- One-click code export to Python JavaScript or REST
Cons
- Developer-only — not designed for end users
- Production workloads pushed to Vertex AI requiring additional setup
- Free tier rate limits hit quickly under heavy testing
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