Best Value
Google’s stable Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite supports budget-sensitive multimodal tasks with optional thinking. Direct API access is restricted to prior users.
At a glance
API model ID: gemini-2.5-flash-lite
Capabilities & boundaries
Tool support requires the appropriate API integration; a supported tool is not automatically active in every chat.
Thinking is off by default. Unlike Gemini 3 thinking levels, this model uses a token budget: enable 512–24,576 thinking tokens or dynamic thinking with -1; 0 disables thinking.
Put it to work
Original examples from EZ Ai Assist. Adapt these to your task and the features available in your workspace.
Workflow 01
Limit the operation to formatting supplied data.
Validate these contact-import rows against the schema below. Trim surrounding whitespace and flag missing required fields, duplicate IDs, and malformed email fields. Do not enrich contacts, infer personal details, or change a supplied address. Return accepted rows and a separate error list keyed by row number.
Workflow 02
Keep a low-complexity extraction task auditable.
Read the receipt I supply and return merchant, date, currency, and line items with quantity and amount. Mark unreadable text as null. Keep discounts and tax separate. Compare the sum with the printed total and report a mismatch without silently correcting any printed value.
Workflow 03
Make the decision rules explicit before processing a batch.
Apply the routing rules below to this batch of requests. For each request return its ID, the matching rule number, destination queue, and whether manual review is needed. Do not create new queues. If multiple rules conflict, flag the conflict and leave the destination unresolved.
Developer reference
These are Google API reference prices, not EZ Ai Assist subscription prices.
View EZ Ai Assist plans| Token type | Price |
|---|---|
| Input (text / image / video) | $0.10 |
| Input (audio) | $0.30 |
| Cached input (text / image / video) | $0.01 |
| Cached input (audio) | $0.03 |
| Output (including thinking) | $0.40 |
| Usage | Rate and unit |
|---|---|
| Cache storage | $1.00per 1M tokens per hour |
| Google Search grounding (after allowance) | $35.00per 1,000 grounded prompts |
| Google Maps grounding (after allowance) | $25.00per 1,000 grounded prompts |
Common questions
Consider it for bounded extraction and classification in established workflows. Supply clear constraints and assess correctness, latency, and total usage on your own examples before making it a default.
Thinking is off by default. Unlike Gemini 3 thinking levels, this model uses a token budget: enable 512–24,576 thinking tokens or dynamic thinking with -1; 0 disables thinking.
The Google model card supports these inputs and text output. Upload and tool availability depend on your integration. This does not make the model an image generator, voice generator, or Live API model.
No. Google says the stable 2.5 models remain served, with access limited to users who actively used them before. Retired preview IDs are different. Check current provider and EZ Ai Assist availability independently.
Cache storage and grounding can add charges beyond ordinary input/output tokens. Audio input has a separate rate where shown. Review the units and free allowances in the provider pricing page.
No. Keep evidence relevant, specify the required output, request source references, and check the result. The 1,048,576 input-token limit and 65,536 output-token limit are different constraints.
No. This guide separates Google’s direct API reference from EZ Ai Assist subscriptions. Use the pricing page for plans and the app for current model access. The example prompts are starting points, not guaranteed results.
Check the source
Specifications and API prices checked on . Example prompts and workflow advice are editorial guidance from EZ Ai Assist.
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