Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers now get higher AI Studio limits

Google AI Studio provides access to Gemini models via your web browser, with AI Pro and Ultra subscribers now getting expanded usage limits.

The Gemini app provides a polished way to access Google’s models, with the ultimate goal of being a universal AI assistant. In comparison, AI Studio is for building and exploring what Gemini can do. It’s aimed at vibe coding ahead of using the Gemini API directly in your projects.

At the start, AI Studio provided generous access to the models, but Google has slowly been curtailing that and requiring users to pay for their API usage. Recent updates added a prepay billing model and let users set Spend Caps.

As an alternative to that, Google AI Pro ($19.99 per month) and Ultra ($249.99/month) subscriptions now come with “higher usage limits and access to Nano Banana Pro and Gemini Pro models.” The subscriptions also unlock higher access to Google Antigravity, Jules, Gemini Code Assist, and Gemini CLI.

In the bottom-left corner of aistudio.google.com, you’ll see your current status noted. On first use, you can select “Pay per request” or “Google AI.”