Hello Google AI Studio team,
We need clarification for an existing AI Studio web app before enabling any integrations:
- Starter Tier eligibility: Is there a read-only way to confirm that the signed-in personal Google account qualifies for the Google-managed Starter Tier, without publishing the app, provisioning resources, or enabling Billing? The existing Gemini project displays “Free tier,” which does not establish Starter Tier eligibility.
- Sheets/Picker without Firestore: When enabling the separate Google Sheets or Google Picker integration, does AI Studio configure only Google/Firebase Authentication, or does it also provision a Firestore database? Is there a supported Authentication-only setup that guarantees no Firestore database creation? Please identify any project creation, code changes, terms acceptance, and OAuth permissions involved.
The app must eventually access two existing private Google Sheets. We cannot authorize database creation, Billing, publication, or access to production data during this verification.
Please provide the supported procedure or relevant documentation.