# Google AI Studio Starter Tier missing when publishing my app

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-starter-tier-missing-when-publishing-my-app/185616>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [September 28, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-starter-tier-missing-when-publishing-my-app/185616 "2026-09-28T04:29:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Story\_of\_Islam](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/story_of_islam/32/148879_2.png) [@Story\_of\_Islam](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Story_of_Islam)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-starter-tier-missing-when-publishing-my-app/185616/1 "2026-09-28T04:29:33Z")

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Hello Google AI Studio Team,

I am trying to publish my full-stack application created in Google AI Studio Build Mode.

When I click:

Publish → Get Started

I am taken to the “Confirm project and billing” screen.

It only shows:

- Default Gemini Project
- No billing setup
- Set up billing
- Refresh

The free Starter Tier publishing option is not showing.

I do NOT want to enable Cloud Billing or add a payment method.

Please check whether the Starter Tier publishing entitlement is available for my Google account and enable it if I am eligible.

Please do not delete, recreate, migrate, or modify my existing AI Studio project or application.

I want to publish my existing application without adding a payment method.

I have attached a screenshot of the billing screen for reference.

Thank you.

 ![35635](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/c/9c1aa2ecb96450e7933d83affb06d439fc357dac.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mahesh\_Sutar](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/mahesh_sutar/32/31644_2.png) [@Mahesh\_Sutar](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Mahesh_Sutar)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-starter-tier-missing-when-publishing-my-app/185616/2 "2026-09-28T09:52:26Z")

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Hello @Story_of_Islam ,

Not all accounts are eligible for The Starter Tier.  
Please check out the caveats mentioned in the [Google AI Studio deployment documentation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/aistudio-deploying#about-the-starter-tier). Eligibility is determined automatically, and we cannot review Starter Tier access manually. You might want to consider linking a Cloud Billing account to your project.