Gemini
Google · AI · Last change: Sep 4, 2026
At a glance
- Cheapest plan
- Free
- Paid from $4.99/mo (Google AI Plus)
- Since Feb 2024
- No change
- Google AI Pro: $19.99/mo
- Price increases since 2022
- 0
- None on record
- Last change
- On or before Sep 4, 2026
- Gemini's Daily Brief morning digest no longer needs a paid Google AI plan in the US
How much is Gemini in 2026? Gemini has a free plan, and paid plans cost from $4.99/mo for Google AI Plus to $199.99/mo for Google AI Ultra 20x (US, verified Sep 25, 2026). Google AI Pro has cost $19.99/mo since February 2024. No price increases are on record since 2022. Latest change (on or before Sep 4, 2026): Gemini's Daily Brief morning digest no longer needs a paid Google AI plan in the US.
Current plans
Compare Gemini plans
| Free | Google AI Plus | Google AI Pro | Google AI Ultra 5x | Google AI Ultra 20x | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $4.99/mo | $19.99/mo | $99.99/mo | $199.99/mo |
| Models | “Access to 3.6 Flash”, “Varying access to 3.1 Pro” | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Gemini app usage | “Standard limits” | “2x higher than standard limits” | “4x higher than standard limits” | “5x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” | “20x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” |
| Context window | 32k tokens | 128k tokens | 1 million tokens | 1 million tokens | 1 million tokens |
| Storage | 15 GB | 400 GB | 5 TB | 20 TB | 30 TB |
| YouTube | Not listed | Not listed | “YouTube Premium Lite plan” | “YouTube Premium individual plan” | “YouTube Premium individual plan” |
| Annual billing | Not listed | Not listed | “Annual ($199.99)” | Not listed | Not listed |
| Billing | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | “Ultra plans are billed monthly only” | “Ultra plans are billed monthly only” |
| Project Genie | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included (“AI Ultra $200” only, I/O 2026 post) | Included (“AI Ultra $200”, I/O 2026 post) |
✓ included · ✗ not included · — not listed. Hover or tap an underlined value for the exact wording.
Price history
What each plan has cost
Now
| Google AI Plus | 2026-01-27 | $7.99 |
| Google AI Plus | 2026-06-08 | $4.99 |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | 2025-05-20 | $249.99 |
| Google AI Ultra 20x | 2026-05-19 | $199.99 |
- Google AI Pro$19.99/mo · unchanged since Feb 8, 2024 (start of record)
- Google AI Ultra 5x$99.99/mo · unchanged since May 19, 2026 (start of record)
Timeline
Every Gemini change
2026
16 changes
- ≤ Sep 4, 2026Got betterGet, got better
Gemini's Daily Brief morning digest no longer needs a paid Google AI plan in the US
Was Paid plans onlynow Free users too
- Jul 23, 2026Got betterGet, got better
Gemini Spark, Google's 24/7 AI agent, is rolling out to $19.99 AI Pro subscribers in the US, not just Ultra
Was Ultra onlynow AI Pro and Ultra
- Jun 29, 2026Got betterGet, got better
Gemini's personalized image creation, using your Google Photos, is now free in the US, not just for paid plans
Was Paid plans onlynow Free users too
- Jun 18, 2026MixedContinue, got better and worse
Gemini CLI stopped working for Google AI Pro, Ultra and free accounts; Google moved them to Antigravity CLI
Was Availablenow Retired
- Jun 8, 2026Got better-$3/moPay, got better
Google AI Plus dropped from $7.99 to $4.99 a month, and its storage doubled from 200 GB to 400 GB
Was $7.99/mo, 200 GBnow $4.99/mo, 400 GB
- May 19, 2026NeutralUltra from $99.99Pay, got neither better nor worse
Google added a $99.99/mo AI Ultra plan with 5x AI Pro's usage limits, below the $199.99 top tier
Was Ultra: $249.99/monow Ultra: $99.99 or $199.99
- May 19, 2026Got better-$50/moPay, got better
Google AI Ultra's top tier dropped from $249.99 to $199.99 a month; Google says its capabilities are unchanged
Was $249.99/monow $199.99/mo
- May 19, 2026Got better$8.99/mo valueGet, got better
Paid Google AI Pro subscribers now get YouTube Premium Lite, an $8.99/mo plan, at no extra charge
Was Not includednow Included
- May 17, 2026Got worseGet, got worse
Gemini swapped daily prompt counts for compute-based limits that refresh every 5 hours, up to a weekly limit
Was Daily prompt limitsnow 5-hour + weekly limits
- Apr 1, 2026Got better+3 TBGet, got better
Google AI Pro now includes 5 TB of cloud storage instead of 2 TB, at the same $19.99/mo
Was 2 TBnow 5 TB
- Mar 17, 2026Got betterGet, got better
Personal Intelligence, which lets Gemini use your Gmail, Photos and other Google apps, is rolling out to free US users
Was AI Pro and Ultra onlynow Free users too
- Feb 26, 2026MixedGet, got better and worse
Gemini's daily image limits fell when Nano Banana 2 arrived: free 100 to 20, AI Pro 1,000 to 100
Was Free: 100 images/daynow Free: 20 images/day
- ≤ Feb 7, 2026Got better10x imagesGet, got better
Google AI Plus image limits rose from free-tier levels: 1,000 Nano Banana and 50 Nano Banana Pro images a day
Was 100 images/daynow 1,000 images/day
- ≤ Feb 7, 2026Got worse-40%Get, got worse
Google AI Ultra's Deep Research limit dropped from 200 to 120 reports a day
Was 200 reports/daynow 120 reports/day
- Jan 27, 2026Got better$7.99/moPay, got better
Google AI Plus launched in the US at $7.99/mo, a new cheapest paid Gemini plan below the $19.99 AI Pro
Was Cheapest paid: $19.99/monow Cheapest paid: $7.99/mo
- ≤ Jan 14, 2026Got better3x ThinkingGet, got better
AI Pro now gets 300 Thinking prompts a day and Ultra 1,500, on top of the Pro model's 100 and 500
Was 100/day sharednow 300 Thinking + 100 Pro
2025
8 changes
- Oct 1, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Google AI Pro now includes Google Home Premium Standard, and AI Ultra the Advanced plan, at no extra cost
Was Not includednow Included
- Sep 18, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Gemini in Chrome, first limited to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, is now free for US Mac and Windows users
Was AI Pro and Ultra onlynow All US desktop users
- Sep 2, 2025Got worseAllowed, got worse
With Keep Activity on, a sample of the files and photos you upload to Gemini is now used to improve Google services
Was Uploads not used to trainnow Sample used if setting on
- May 20, 2025NeutralUltra $249.99/moPay, got neither better nor worse
Google added a $249.99/mo AI Ultra plan and renamed AI Premium to Google AI Pro, still $19.99/mo
Was One plan, $19.99/monow $19.99 or $249.99/mo
- Apr 16, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Gemini Live camera and screen sharing began rolling out free to all Android users, beyond Advanced subscribers
Was Advanced, Pixel 9, S25now All Android users
- Mar 29, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Free Gemini users can try 2.5 Pro (experimental), Google's most intelligent model, four days after Advanced subscribers
Was Advanced onlynow All users, rate-limited
- Mar 13, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Free Gemini users got Deep Research to try, custom Gems and saved info, all previously Gemini Advanced features
Was Advanced onlynow Free users too
- Feb 20, 2025Got betterGet, got better
Free Gemini users can now upload documents, a feature that had been exclusive to Gemini Advanced
Was Advanced onlynow All users
2024
3 changes
- Sep 12, 2024Got betterGet, got better
Gemini Live voice conversations, launched for Gemini Advanced subscribers, began rolling out free on Android
Was Advanced onlynow Free on Android
- ≤ Jul 10, 2024Got worse-1 free monthPay, got worse
New Google One AI Premium (Gemini Advanced) subscribers got a one-month free trial instead of two months
Was 2-month trialnow 1-month trial
- Feb 8, 2024Neutral$19.99/moPay, got neither better nor worse
Gemini's first paid plan, Gemini Advanced in Google One AI Premium, launched at $19.99/mo; free Gemini stayed
Was No paid plannow AI Premium, $19.99/mo
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