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Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 6x more than predecessor, users report token
Google's new Gemini 3.5 Flash model is generating significantly longer responses than prior versions, pushing per-token costs to near Gemini 3.1 Pro pricing despite lower reasoning capability, according to heavy users of
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Google has released Gemini 3.5 Flash as a cost-efficient alternative to its Pro tier, but early adopters report the model is substantially more expensive than its predecessor due to extreme token verbosity across multi-turn document processing workflows.
According to [users reporting on Reddit](htt...
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