Gemini API
Gemini, Veo and Nano Banana API pricing and API key: one balance
Gemini for text, Nano Banana for images, Veo for video: one account, one key, one balance, with no Google account to open, among more than 100 models. Top up with mobile money from 1,000 F CFA. As of November 3, 2026, the Gemini API costs from 194 F CFA (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite) to 1,467 F CFA (Gemini 4 Argon) per 1M input tokens on Tchavi.
15
Google models on Tchavi
From
194 F CFA
/ 1M input tokens
more than 100 models
1 key Β· 1 balance
No Google account to open
Gemini API pricing per model
Every Google model available on Tchavi, with its pay-as-you-go price.
| Model | Type | Input (1M tokens) | Output (1M tokens) | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gemini 4 Argongemini-4-argon | Text | 1,467 F CFA | 7,333 F CFA | 1M |
Gemini 3.1 Progemini-3.1-pro | Text | 1,315 F CFA | 7,861 F CFA | 1M |
Gemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash | Text | 813 F CFA | 4,923 F CFA | 1M |
Gemini 3.8 Flashgemini-3.8-flash | Text | 551 F CFA | 2,672 F CFA | 1M |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litegemini-3.5-flash-lite | Text | 232 F CFA | 1,930 F CFA | 1M |
Gemini 3.1 Flash Litegemini-3.1-flash-lite | Text | 194 F CFA | 1,161 F CFA | 1M |
Nano Banana Pronano-banana-pro | Image | from 99.9 F CFA / image | β | |
Nano Banana 2nano-banana-2 | Image | from 33.8 F CFA / image | β | |
Nano Banananano-banana | Image | from 27.7 F CFA / image | β | |
Nano Banana 2.1nano-banana-2.1 | Image | from 24.7 F CFA / image | β | |
Nano Banana Flash-Litenano-banana-flash-lite | Image | from 24 F CFA / image | β | |
Veo 3.1veo-3.1 | Video | from 146 F CFA / second | β | |
Veo 3.1 Fastveo-3.1-fast | Video | from 58.7 F CFA / second | β | |
Veo 3.1 Liteveo-3.1-lite | Video | from 20.9 F CFA / second | β | |
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSgemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts | Audio | 12.7 F CFA / 1,000 characters | β | |
Prices as of November 3, 2026. Amounts are shown in your selected currency; you are billed in credits (1 credit β 0.33 F CFA), converted at the day's rate.
Gemini API key: get one and call Gemini in 3 steps
Keep your code: change baseURL and apiKey, then pass the model name.
- Create a Tchavi account.
- Top up, from 1,000 F CFA.
- Create your sk-tch-β¦ key in the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://tchavi.com/api/v1",
api_key="sk-tch-...",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemini-3.8-flash",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)The sk-tch-β¦ key is a Tchavi key, not a Google key.
Gemini API questions
Pricing, API key, payment: the short answers.
As of November 3, 2026, the Gemini API costs from 194 F CFA (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite) to 1,467 F CFA (Gemini 4 Argon) per 1M input tokens on Tchavi. Gemini 3.8 Flash: 551 F CFA input and 2,672 F CFA output per 1M tokens. You pay per use in credits, from a 1,000 F CFA top-up. The table above lists all 15 models with their price.
It depends on the model. Without a discount, you pay a Tchavi margin above Google's list price; a discounted model can come out at or even below that list price while the discount lasts. The exact price of every Google model is in the table. What you get for it: one account, one key and one balance for more than 100 models, images and video included; top-ups by mobile money, no bank card needed, with the operator fee absorbed by Tchavi; credits that do not expire.
Create a Tchavi account, top up from 1,000 F CFA, then generate a key in your dashboard. It is a Tchavi key (it starts with sk-tch-), not a Google key: you do not need a Google account. The same key calls Gemini 4 Argon and every other model on Tchavi.
No. Gemini is billed per token, Nano Banana per image and Veo per second, all from your balance. Top up from 1,000 F CFA; credits do not expire.
Top up with mobile money, no bank card needed: for example M-Pesa in Kenya, MTN MoMo or Airtel Money in Uganda and Rwanda, MTN MoMo in Zambia. No Google account to open: you call Gemini with your Tchavi key.
Yes. Tchavi exposes an OpenAI-compatible API: keep your code and change two lines, baseURL (https://tchavi.com/api/v1) and apiKey (your sk-tch-β¦ key), then pass the model name, for example gemini-3.8-flash.
For text, In the table, Gemini 4 Argon is the highest-priced model and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has the lowest entry price. Nano Banana (image) and Veo (video) are billed per image and per second: compare them in the table.
No: Tchavi does not store your prompts, including the ones you send to Gemini. Usage logs hold token counts only.
Gemini is Google's family of text models, Nano Banana its image generation and editing models, and Veo its video generation models. All are listed in the table with their price.
One account, one key, one balance for Gemini
Create your account, top up with mobile money from 1,000 F CFA (+150 bonus credits on your first top-up) and call Gemini with your Tchavi key.
Create my accountTchavi is not affiliated with Google. Gemini is a trademark of Google.