# AI Studio shows Tier 1 Postpay, but API returns generate\_content\_free\_tier\_requests limit 20 on all models except gemini-3.1-flash-lite

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/ai-studio-shows-tier-1-postpay-but-api-returns-generate-content-free-tier-requests-limit-20-on-all-models-except-gemini-3-1-flash-lite/175415>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** help\_request\
**Created:** [July 20, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/ai-studio-shows-tier-1-postpay-but-api-returns-generate-content-free-tier-requests-limit-20-on-all-models-except-gemini-3-1-flash-lite/175415 "2026-07-20T04:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darshika](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/darshika/32/137799_2.png) [@Darshika](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Darshika)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/ai-studio-shows-tier-1-postpay-but-api-returns-generate-content-free-tier-requests-limit-20-on-all-models-except-gemini-3-1-flash-lite/175415/1 "2026-07-20T04:03:21Z")

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_AI Studio shows Tier 1 Postpay, but API returns `generate_content_free_tier_requests` limit 20 on all models except gemini-3.1-flash-lite._ remap the project to paid quotas. Creating new keys won’t help , we already tested that.

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**Author:** ![Sai\_Deepika\_K](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/sai_deepika_k/32/34803_2.png) [@Sai\_Deepika\_K](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Sai_Deepika_K)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/ai-studio-shows-tier-1-postpay-but-api-returns-generate-content-free-tier-requests-limit-20-on-all-models-except-gemini-3-1-flash-lite/175415/2 "2026-07-21T16:05:42Z")

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Hello @Darshika ,

I have DM’ed you for more details.