huge billing/token discrepancy using gemini 3 flash in place of gemini 3 pro on a api key for the same function. I was averaging $2-6 cost using gemini 3 pro, just testing the gemini 3 flash same usage hit 7.7 million tokens, for $25 cost yesterday. you can see the spike even though same use.
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Hi @Jay_Cee, Thanks for reaching out!
Can you please check with Google Cloud Billing Support Get Cloud Billing support | Cloud Customer Care | Google Cloud Documentation
They would be better equipped to help you .
Thanks
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thanks. just wanted to warn that there may be a bug (looping) going on with the flash model. no way that token consumption should jump way higher than the pro model.
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