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Google pulls the scheduled contributor price step-ups for gemini-4-argon and gemini-3.8-flash from its pricing page

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The gemini-4-argon contributor row effective 2026-12-01 (input 2, cached input 0.1, output 10 per MTok) and the gemini-3.8-flash contributor row effective 2027-01-01 (input 0.75, cached input 0.075, output 3.75 per MTok) were removed, and the current rows (gemini-4-argon input 1, output 5; gemini-3.8-flash input 0.375, output 1.875) no longer carry an effective_until date. The lower rates now stand with no announced end, so the price increases the page had scheduled are no longer listed.

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Cited changes

Every field of each cited change, before and after.

removed modelgemini-3.8-flash (contributor) — $0.75 in / $3.75 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok 0.075∅
context_window ∅∅
currency USD∅
effective_from 2027-01-01∅
effective_until ∅∅
input_per_mtok 0.75∅
model_slug gemini-3.8-flash∅
notes input: $0.375 through December 31, 2026. | $0.75 starting January 1, 2027.; cached_input: $0.0375 through December 31, 2026. | $0.075 starting January 1, 2027. | $0.50 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price) through December 31, 2026. | $1.00 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price) starting January 1, 2027.; output: $1.875 through December 31, 2026. | $3.75 starting January 1, 2027.∅
output_per_mtok 3.75∅
provider google∅
tier contributor∅
ai.google.devmodel:google:gemini-3.8-flash:contributor@2027-01-01 detected

modified modelgemini-4-argon (contributor) — $1.00 in / $5.00 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok 0.050.05
context_window ∅∅
currency USDUSD
effective_from ∅∅
effective_until 2026-12-01∅
input_per_mtok 11
model_slug gemini-4-argongemini-4-argon
notes input: $1.00 through November 30, 2026. | $2.00 starting December 1, 2026.; cached_input: $0.05 through November 30, 2026. | $0.10 starting December 1, 2026. | Implicit caching only (explicit caching is not supported).; output: $5.00 through November 30, 2026. | $10.00 starting December 1, 2026.cached_input: $0.05 | Implicit caching only (explicit caching is not supported).
output_per_mtok 55
provider googlegoogle
tier contributorcontributor
ai.google.devmodel:google:gemini-4-argon:contributor detected

modified modelgemini-3.8-flash (contributor) — $0.375 in / $1.875 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok 0.03750.0375
context_window ∅∅
currency USDUSD
effective_from ∅∅
effective_until 2027-01-01∅
input_per_mtok 0.3750.375
model_slug gemini-3.8-flashgemini-3.8-flash
notes input: $0.375 through December 31, 2026. | $0.75 starting January 1, 2027.; cached_input: $0.0375 through December 31, 2026. | $0.075 starting January 1, 2027. | $0.50 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price) through December 31, 2026. | $1.00 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price) starting January 1, 2027.; output: $1.875 through December 31, 2026. | $3.75 starting January 1, 2027.cached_input: $0.0375 | $0.50 / 1,000,000 tokens per hour (storage price)
output_per_mtok 1.8751.875
provider googlegoogle
tier contributorcontributor
ai.google.devmodel:google:gemini-3.8-flash:contributor detected

removed modelgemini-4-argon (contributor) — $2.00 in / $10.00 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok 0.1∅
context_window ∅∅
currency USD∅
effective_from 2026-12-01∅
effective_until ∅∅
input_per_mtok 2∅
model_slug gemini-4-argon∅
notes input: $1.00 through November 30, 2026. | $2.00 starting December 1, 2026.; cached_input: $0.05 through November 30, 2026. | $0.10 starting December 1, 2026. | Implicit caching only (explicit caching is not supported).; output: $5.00 through November 30, 2026. | $10.00 starting December 1, 2026.∅
output_per_mtok 10∅
provider google∅
tier contributor∅
ai.google.devmodel:google:gemini-4-argon:contributor@2026-12-01 detected

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