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by greenavocado13 hours ago |
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upvoteby handzhiev12 hours ago|
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Google One plans are quite a good value actually - for a few bucks you get more Gemini plus space in Drive and other extras. Even through API, $3.75 for nearly Sol-level quality isn't that bad. And let's not forget you can use it for free in AI Studio, and in the user app (even free accounts get tons of usage, though it's still 3.6 there), and in Antygravity.
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upvoteby greenavocado12 hours ago|
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That's the thing. I am completely lost because there are so many redundant paths to get the same thing and I'm trying to figure out which one is the best deal
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upvoteby -0_0-1 hours ago|
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This is what killed Gemini for me. The model might well be great, but the ecosystem Google has built around them is a confusing maze of not-quite-there products.
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upvoteby qlte4 hours ago|
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Well are you looking for a subscription or pay-as-you-go API usage?

  Subscription? -> Google One plan (http://one.google.com/)

  API? -> AI Studio (https://aistudio.google.com/)
It's not really any different than the choice you'd make with OpenAI/Anthropic depending on how you plan to use it. Except as a hyperscalar, it's also offered first party from Google Cloud (like Claude via Amazon Bedrock or GPT via Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service):

  Google Cloud -> Gemini Enterprise AI Platform (https://cloud.google.com/ai)
But if you're using models via OpenCode or Pi or whatever, the flow chart is basically just "Go To AI Studio" unless you or your employer is already used to Google Cloud, otherwise there's no need to subject yourself to all those enterprise-y IAM dashboards and stuff. You still get free usage from AI Studio when you generate the API key without needing to add billing details so very easy to try.
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upvoteby trvz11 hours ago|
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Just put Mythos on the task; it’ll work out the best way in a measly few hours.
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upvoteby handzhiev8 hours ago|
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That's Google at its best :)
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upvoteby seanmcdirmid7 hours ago|
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Ultra AI is like $99/month, and it is hard to exhaust unless you are running a lot of concurrent requests.
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