I am confused about the limits in the free tier for API vs. AI Studio. As of today (Jul 21 2025), this page reports the following API limits: Model RPM TPM RPD Gemini 2.5 Pro 5 250,000 100 Gemini 2.5 Flash 10 250,000 250 Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 06-17 15 250,000 1,000 In AI Stu…

Thank you. So which one is the correct one?

The information provided in the documentation is accurate.

Thanks to both @Luigi_Acerbi @chunduriv

Limits of Free Tier (API vs AI studio)

chunduriv July 21, 2025, 6:46pm 3

Welcome to the Forum!

Usage is consistent whether accessed via API or AI Studio. Thank you for flagging this issue. We will file a bug internally.

Thank you!

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