Is Google (Gemini) Gemini 2.0 Flash deprecated?
No longer available. Google (Gemini) shut Gemini 2.0 Flash down on 2026-06-01 — calls to it fail.
What kind of model is this?
Tags describe what Gemini 2.0 Flash takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow Google (Gemini)'s own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.
- Modality
- Use case
- Tier
- Access
Specifications
- Input price
- $0.10 / M tokens
- Output price
- $0.40 / M tokens
- Price band
- Budget
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 8.2K tokens
- Input
- Text, image
- Output
- Text
- Knowledge cutoff
- August 2024
- Tool use
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights licence
- not published
- Model maker
- Google (Gemini)
“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.
Lifecycle
- Released
- Deprecated not announced Google (Gemini) has not published the date this happened
- Retired
What is it good for?
No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from Google (Gemini)'s own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.
What to use instead of Gemini 2.0 Flash
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding, agents and long-context.
$0.10 in · $0.40 out / M tokens 1M context
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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Derived
Same provider, same tier (small), close in price; shares chat, coding, agents and long-context.
$0.30 in · $2.50 out / M tokens 1M context
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GPT-5 nano Derived
Alternative from Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding, agents and long-context.
$0.05 in · $0.40 out / M tokens 400K context
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GPT-5.4 nano Derived
Alternative from Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding, agents and long-context.
$0.20 in · $1.25 out / M tokens 400K context
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GPT-5.6 luna Derived
Alternative from Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, same tier (small), similar price; shares chat, coding, agents and long-context.
$0.20 in · $1.20 out / M tokens 1.1M context
Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.
Sources
- ai.google.dev https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models
- ai.google.dev https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
- ai.google.dev https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.0-flash
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is Gemini 2.0 Flash deprecated?
- No longer available. Google (Gemini) shut Gemini 2.0 Flash down on 2026-06-01 — calls to it fail.
- When does Gemini 2.0 Flash shut down?
- Google (Gemini) has announced 2026-06-01 as the shutdown date for Gemini 2.0 Flash.
- What does Gemini 2.0 Flash cost?
- $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-09-10.
- What can I use instead of Gemini 2.0 Flash?
- Active alternatives include Google (Gemini) Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Google (Gemini) Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Microsoft Azure AI Foundry GPT-5 nano.