# Questions about multiple free/paid tier projects

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/questions-about-multiple-free-paid-tier-projects/84682>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [May 23, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/questions-about-multiple-free-paid-tier-projects/84682 "2025-05-23T01:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![William\_Kelley](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/william_kelley/32/25520_2.png) [@William\_Kelley](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/William_Kelley)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/questions-about-multiple-free-paid-tier-projects/84682/1 "2025-05-23T01:47:50Z")

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I am trying to get a little more serious and organized with my Google/Gemini projects using APIs. I have talked to Gemini directly about this and I think everything I want to do is fair use (and very much encouraged by Gemini, haha), but thought I’d also check here.

I plan to create pairs of free/paid tier projects with separate API keys, free so I can test new functionality and paid for production. In some cases, a project may still be in the testing phase and I’d only have a free tier project.

And I want to have one R&D “lab” free tier project just for testing random things.

I am not using the multiple free tiers together in any other way.

Does that all sound like fair use and not against TOS?

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**Author:** ![Pannaga\_J](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/pannaga_j/32/31911_2.png) [@Pannaga\_J](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Pannaga_J)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/questions-about-multiple-free-paid-tier-projects/84682/3 "2025-06-06T09:46:44Z")

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Hi @William_Kelley  
If your plan to create pairs of free/paid tier projects for testing/production, and a separate R&D “lab” free tier project, sounds like a legitimate and well-organized approach to managing your Google/Gemini API projects. It aligns with the spirit of the free tier offerings for development and experimentation, while ensuring a clear path to production for your serious projects.  
Please go through [Gemini API Additional Terms of Service &nbsp;|&nbsp; Google AI for Developers](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms) for any other details. Please let me know if you have any questions  
Thank you