Is gemini-2.5-flash-lite cheaper than code-gecko?

A full price comparison is not published. One or both prices are missing from the official pages we checked.

Does gemini-2.5-flash-lite have a bigger context window than code-gecko?

Context window sizes are not both published on the official pages we checked.

code-gecko to gemini-2.5-flash-lite: price, context, and code

The official replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite. code-gecko shut down on 2025-04-21 per Google Vertex AI's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.

code-gecko to gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Some values not published Checked 2026-10-17.

Price per 1M tokens

Price comparison. Example monthly cost for 10M input tokens and 2M output tokens. Labeled example, not a bill.
Field	Old	New	Change
Input	Not published	Not published	Not published
Output	Not published	Not published	Not published
Cached input	Not published	Not published	Not published
Example monthly cost	Not published	Not published	Example only

Context and max output

Token limits
Limit	Old	New	Change
Context window	Not published	1,048,576	Not published
Max output	Not published	65,536	Not published

Capabilities that differ

No differing capability values are published for both models.

API changes

No parameter change is listed on the official pages we checked. The sample below only swaps the model id.

Code

python typescript curl

python before

from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="code-gecko",
    contents="Hello",
)

python after

from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
    contents="Hello",
)

typescript before

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
  model: "code-gecko",
  contents: "Hello",
});

typescript after

import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
  model: "gemini-2.5-flash-lite",
  contents: "Hello",
});

curl before

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/code-gecko:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]}'

curl after

curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash-lite:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]}'

Checklist

Read the shutdown date for code-gecko on the linked official page.
Point your requests at gemini-2.5-flash-lite.
Re-check price, context, and parameters on the provider pages linked here.
Ship the change before the published shutdown date.

Replacement for code-gecko: what changes when you switch