Gemini free tier: quotas, limits and gotchas

Gemini Free Tier

Last verified: 2026-07-25

How Amo and Pimi look

Amo Finding faults

Pimi, let me finish before you argue back — this plan naming is confusing enough to give me a headache: gemini.google and one.google.com both list a plan called "Google AI Plus" at the same time, one at US$4.99/400GB and the other at US$9.99/2TB — we've checked over a dozen times and both SKUs really do coexist. Isn't it wild that even Google itself hasn't unified this?

Pimi Advantages

Confusing, sure, but don't just point at the naming mess and skip the real point — AI Plus dropped from US$7.99 to US$4.99, a genuine price cut, not a promo gimmick, and it even bumped storage from 200GB to 400GB! The free tier already includes basic image generation and a small amount of Deep Research — freeloaders can still play around with it.

So, do you need to pay or not?

Those already in the Google ecosystem: try the free version first, and if it's not enough, AI Plus for US$4.99 is the cheapest paid plan on the site. However, don't subscribe through one.google.com for US$9.99, or you'll be overpaying.

Models and quotas

What you get for free

Limits at a glance

• Quota reset: 每日重置
• Commercial use: Allowed
• Conditions: 需註冊 Google 帳號；台灣可訪問；與 Google One 訂閱綁定

Watch out for this

免費版在尖峰時段可能經歷限流；功能升級常與 Google One 訂閱捆綁銷售，獨立升級不明顯

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When the free quota is insufficient, how much does it cost to pay for it?

Checked 2026-08-16

Information for Taiwanese users

• Payment method:It can be paid for; often bundled with Google One storage
• Chinese support: full
• Available platforms:web

Try it on the official site

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Sources: Google One 官方頁面