# Gemini free API key: how to get one

> Always free Gemini API key, no card needed. Per project and per model. Flash models get roughly 10 to 15 requests a minute and up to about 1,000 a day; Pro models are paid only. Step by step setup, checked October 2026.

- Kind: Always free, no card
- Limits: Per project and per model. Flash models get roughly 10 to 15 requests a minute and up to about 1,000 a day; Pro models are paid only.
- Models: Gemini Flash and Flash-Lite
- Get the key: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey
- Note: On the free tier Google may use your prompts to improve its products.

## Steps

1. Sign in to Google AI Studio with any Google account.
2. Click Get API key, then Create API key.
3. Paste it under Google in MultiScreenAI.

## Gemini models in MultiScreenAI

The free tier covers Gemini Flash and Flash-Lite; the others need paid usage on the same key.

- Gemini 4 Argon: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-4-argon
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-3-8-flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-3-6-flash
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite
- Gemini 3.1 Pro: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-3-1-pro
- Nano Banana 2.1: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nano-banana-2-1
- Nano Banana 2: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nano-banana-2
- Nano Banana Pro: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nano-banana-pro
- Nano Banana 2 Lite: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nano-banana-2-lite
- Gemini Omni Flash: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/gemini-omni-flash

## Use it with every other AI at once

Paste the key into MultiScreenAI (https://www.multiscreenai.com) and ask every model at once, side by side, with a blind test mode. Agents can do the same over MCP: https://www.multiscreenai.com/mcp