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Gourav Lohar
Gourav Lohar

Reputation: 11

To use Gemini-Pro API should I signup first for Google Cloud?

What is the use of G-Cloud $300 credit for free. At one end Gemini pro free Plan says

  1. Rate Limits: 60 QPM (queries per minute) other Google cloud says $300 credit for free 90days

so when i use Gemini pro model api is my credit will deduct or after 60QPM it will deduct or anything else what will going to happen? IMG

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2047

Answers (1)

Prisoner
Prisoner

Reputation: 50711

There are two ways to access the gemini-pro model:

  • Through Google AI Studio, which sometimes goes by the name of MakerSuite or the Google Generative AI API
  • Through Google Cloud's Vertex AI

The model underneath both is the same and the API between the two is almost identical, although there are slight feature differences.

Using the Makersuite method has (or will have) two different tiers to access it:

  • A free tier. However, this has some limitations:
    • You will be rate limited to 60 queries per minute (QPM). If you go over this, the request will fail for some period of time.
    • Your data may be used by Google to train future models.
  • A paid tier will be available when the product becomes Generally Available.
    • This does not have the same QPM limitations, although there may still be some limits to prevent abuse.
    • Your data is not used to train future models.

Accessing it through Vertex AI always incurs a cost (although this is waived until the product is Generally Available), so Google Cloud offers a cloud credit to allow people to experiment with it. Similar to the Makersuite paid tier - there are no specific QPM limits and data is not used by Google for training.

Upvotes: 1

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