Google adds flexible Gemini Enterprise pricing to curb AI spending

Axios · 2 days ago
  • Google Cloud is adding pay-as-you-go pricing to Gemini Enterprise alongside per-seat subscriptions, allowing businesses to use the product without fixed spending commitments.
  • Customers can set monthly project budgets that pause an agent's API calls when the limit is reached, while committed Gemini Enterprise spending earns discounts of 10% for one year or 20% for three years.
  • Google plans to offer up to 50% discounts for tasks deferred to off-peak periods, targeting enterprise concerns about AI costs.

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Pay-as-you-go gives companies "a very smooth on-ramp" to discover how employees use Gemini before making a bigger commitmentMichael Gerstenhaber

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