Tier 2 Gemini 3.5 Transcribe shows 10,000 RPD but API enforces 100 RPD

Gemini API
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Hello,

I am using Gemini API with a Tier 2 project.

For gemini-3.5-transcribe, both Google AI Studio and Google Cloud Quotas show:

  • Paid Tier 2 request limit per day: 10,000
  • RPM: 1,000
  • TPM: 100,000

But my API requests are failing with HTTP 429:

Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model_per_day, limit: 100, model: gemini-3.5-transcribe

So the API is enforcing only 100 requests/day, even though my Tier 2 quota shows 10,000 requests/day.

I have confirmed that the API key belongs to the same Tier 2 project.

Could you please check why the API is applying the 100-RPD limit instead of the Tier 2 10,000-RPD limit?

I can provide screenshots showing:

  1. AI Studio Tier 2 rate limit = 10,000 RPD
  2. Google Cloud quota = 10,000 RPD for Paid Tier 2
  3. CMD/API error showing enforced limit = 100

Thank you.

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Hello @Nadheem_Nazar ,

DM’ed you for more details.

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Hi Sai,

I am on Tier 1 using Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and I keep hitting RPD limit of 100 requests.

I know this can be resolved by upgrading to Tier 2, but Tier 2 requires spending of $100. So since I cannot ‘spend’ more to get upgraded faster, is there anything else I can do to upgrade the tier?

I have put down my temporary request in Google Forms but not sure how effective is that channel.

Thanks.