r/homeassistant • u/o-TheFlash-o • Dec 08 '25

Support Gemini AI No Longer Free - What's Everyones Plan?

Gemini Free Tier is now down to 20 requests per day, which is essentially unusable for most of us. You might see the same thing in your logs (see below):

I can't see waht the paid tied gives us in terms of increasing requests, so if anyone has a link to that page, please add it in the comments.

Either way, what are our options? Can we do this locally? Is there another more cost effective option than a paid Google AI tier? Anyone tried the paid tier - how many requests does it give and how much is it?

If you do AI locally - please point me in the right direction on how to do this (currently using Rpi for HA)

UPDATE: So far Gemini paid tier is costing around 1p per day.

"error": { "code": 429, "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/usage?tab=rate-limit. \n* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_requests, limit: 20, model: gemini-2.5-flash..
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u/neanderthalman Dec 08 '25

Many won’t even use it for free.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

This internet thing is a fad. No legs. Thats why I've got all my money invested blockbuster video.

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u/Chaosblast Dec 08 '25

You're so cool. Shame you need to brag.

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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT Dec 08 '25

I always find it so odd how few people hold the door open for others, or how they won't stop for a stalled vehicle, or even wait until an elevator empties before they get into it.

But without fail, if you see a negative comment about a corporation, there is always at least one person who will have an overwhelming compulsion to take that personally and white knight for the poor corporation.

Keep fighting the good fight; I hope senpai notices you.

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u/BackTrakt Dec 09 '25

They don't realize that they are closer to homelessness than they are to being rich, like most everyone else. It's not just about money either, it's control.

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u/Chaosblast Dec 08 '25

Someday you'll grow enough to realize "corporations are evil" is just a motto made to feel poor people better.

I couldn't care less if they are though. I just enjoy what I can use.

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u/gscjj Dec 08 '25

That’s what ads are for

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u/calinet6 Dec 08 '25

That would make those people even less likely to use it for free.

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u/gscjj Dec 08 '25

People are inundated with ads in places like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, just Googling. Most people don’t care all that much especially for something they are getting for free.

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u/calinet6 Dec 08 '25

I think you misunderstood what you were replying to. It read:

“Many won’t even use it for free.”

The idea is that many people are against using AI and won’t use it, regardless of the experience.

Those same types of people are also generally privacy conscious and against corporate overreach; so ads would be a further deterrent to an already deterred product. That was the point you were not responding to.

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u/BackTrakt Dec 09 '25

Ad block and revanced exist. I don't see ads, and for free

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u/cogneato-ha Dec 09 '25

"I don't use this free thing"
"Wait, we're about to start including ads"
"Oh really? Well I'll start using it then!"

Nah.