Deep Research Preview (Apr-21-2026)

Model details

Model: deep-research-preview-04-2026
Provider: google
API: google-generative-ai
Base URL: https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta
Input: text, image
Reasoning: Yes
Context window: 131,072
Max tokens: 65,536

Show configuration

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          "name": "Deep Research Preview (Apr-21-2026)",
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          "input": [
            "text",
            "image"
          ],
          "contextWindow": 131072,
          "maxTokens": 65536,
          "cost": {
            "input": 2,
            "output": 12,
            "cacheRead": 0.2,
            "cacheWrite": 0
          }
        }
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    }
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}

Pricing

USD per million tokens. A tier is selected from the total input tokens in each request and applies to that entire request.

Pricing rates for Deep Research Preview (Apr-21-2026)
Request input	Input	Output	Cache read	Cache write
All requests	$2	$12	$0.2	$0

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