5 min readUpdated Aug 6, 2026Beginner
Gemini API
Learn about Gemini API in this comprehensive lesson.
Developers can use the Gemini API (via Google AI Studio or Vertex AI) to build their own AI applications.
- **Google AI Studio:** The fastest way for developers to prototype prompts and get an API key.
- **Vertex AI:** The enterprise-grade platform on Google Cloud for deploying at scale.
- **Multimodal:** The API accepts video, audio, and images along with text.
Free Tier
Google AI Studio offers a very generous free tier for developers to build and test applications using Gemini 1.5 Flash and Pro.