Our take
Google AI Studio is Google's first-party inference platform for the Gemini model family, with a strong verified compliance posture and a wide range of throughput-speed trade-offs across 41 tracked offers. It suits users who want first-party access with an independent security attestation and the ability to pick a price-for-speed tier.
Use this for budget-sensitive Gemini inference when the cheapest tier suffices. Pick it for throughput-sensitive workloads where one variant hits 465 tps. Choose it when first-party access with SOC 2 matters. Skip it if you need a verified EU endpoint, zero-retention, or third-party price comparison.
- Strongest compliance posture in our sample: SOC 2 attestation confirmed, with a commitment not to train on prompts.
- Wide throughput range lets users trade price for speed — the same Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model spans from 16.5 tps up to 99 tps across tiers, a six-fold spread.
- Highest measured throughput in our sample: one variant runs at 465 tps, nearly seven times its base model and roughly five times the 3 Flash Preview.
- Some throughput tiers are poor value: one Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite tier costs 3.6 times the cheapest tier's input and output price yet delivers only 16.5 tps — slower than that cheaper tier's 65 tps.
- EU data residency and zero-retention are both unverified in our data.
- Throughput is unverified for some image variants in our data.
Privacy & data handling
- ✓
- Yes
- ✗
- No
- No answer on record
The colour says whether the answer favours you, not whether it is a yes — not training on your prompts earns a green cross, no zero-retention option earns a red one.
Prompt retention: 55 days.