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Gemini 3.7 Flash: Pricing, Context and Uses
Gemini 3.7 Flash is Google's previous speed-tier model in Cursor. Cursor now hides it by default and recommends Gemini 3.8 Flash, which costs the same: $0.75 per million input tokens, $0.075 for cache reads and $3.75 for output. Gemini 3.7 Flash keeps its 200k standard context and 1M ceiling, and suits pinned comparisons more than new work.

On this page
- What is Gemini 3.7 Flash in Cursor?
- When should you use Gemini 3.7 Flash for a coding task?
- How much does Gemini 3.7 Flash cost in Cursor?
- How should you use the 200k to 1M context and cache discount?
- How does Gemini 3.7 Flash compare with 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro?
- Which Cursor tools can Gemini 3.7 Flash use?
- Can Cursor Router select Gemini 3.7 Flash automatically?
What is Gemini 3.7 Flash in Cursor?
Superseded by Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition.. Cursor's model page now calls Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. Google's previous speed-tier model and recommends Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google's latest, at the same price. Cursor's pricing index marks 3.7 Flash hidden by default. Start new work from the current model guide, and keep this page for predecessor comparisons.
The model ID is gemini-3.7-flash. Cursor says the model pairs strong agent-based coding performance with low per-token costs, and rates it fast for speed, low for cost and high for intelligence. As a third-party model, it bills from prepaid credit on The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. or from the Other ModelsOn legacy Cursor plans, the monthly pool for supported third-party models from providers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, separate from Cursor Models. On The X Subscription third-party models are billed from prepaid credit instead. Press Enter for the full definition. pool on a legacy plan, not from the included pool that covers Grok and ComposerCursor's own fast coding model, tuned for the editor and priced well below frontier models; the recommended day-to-day model for executing a plan. Press Enter for the full definition..
What the release offered was price plus context: fresh input at $0.75 per million tokens, a cached read at $0.075, and a card that lists 200k as the standard context with a 1M maximum. A long session can keep a large working set in view without paying a frontier-model output rate on every response.
- Model ID
- gemini-3.7-flash
- Provider
- Status
- Previous speed-tier model, hidden by default
- Cursor rating
- Fast speed, low cost, high intelligence
- Context
- 200k standard, 1M maximum
- Usage pool
- Third-party: prepaid credit on The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition., Other ModelsOn legacy Cursor plans, the monthly pool for supported third-party models from providers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, separate from Cursor Models. On The X Subscription third-party models are billed from prepaid credit instead. Press Enter for the full definition. on legacy plans
- Individual access
- Premium and above on The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition.; legacy Pro and higher
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When should you use Gemini 3.7 Flash for a coding task?
For new work, use Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition., which costs the same and is the Flash model Cursor recommends. Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. is still the right pick when its identity matters: you need to reproduce a result it produced, measure a move to 3.8, or work under an approval that names gemini-3.7-flash.
When you do run it, keep the task bounded. A repository search followed by several related changes, a short investigation of a failing test, or a frontend fix checked in the browser all suit a fast model with reasoning. Ask it to inspect before editing, name the command or screen state that proves the work is done, and require the relevant tests afterward.
The low output price helps when a task takes several tool calls, but a cheap failed attempt still creates review work. Our default is a reviewable task that can finish inside one focused session.
- Task
- Reproduce a result that 3.7 Flash produced
- Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
- Yes
- Reason
- Holding the model fixed keeps the comparison fair
- Task
- Start new high-throughput coding work
- Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
- No, start with Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition.
- Reason
- Same rates, and Cursor's current recommendation
- Task
- Review a large repository slice repeatedly
- Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
- Either Flash model
- Reason
- Both list 200k standard context and a $0.075 cache read
- Task
- Implement a UI directly from a detailed visual reference
- Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
- Compare with Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's frontier model in Cursor for work that combines images and code, especially UI implementation and visual code analysis. Press Enter for the full definition.
- Reason
- Cursor gives 3.1 Pro a more specific visual-coding position
- Task
- Resolve the hardest ambiguous architecture decision
- Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
- Compare with a frontier model
- Reason
- Cursor rates 3.7 Flash high, not frontier, for intelligence
| Task | Start with Gemini 3.7 Flash? | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Reproduce a result that 3.7 Flash produced | Yes | Holding the model fixed keeps the comparison fair |
| Start new high-throughput coding work | No, start with Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition. | Same rates, and Cursor's current recommendation |
| Review a large repository slice repeatedly | Either Flash model | Both list 200k standard context and a $0.075 cache read |
| Implement a UI directly from a detailed visual reference | Compare with Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's frontier model in Cursor for work that combines images and code, especially UI implementation and visual code analysis. Press Enter for the full definition. | Cursor gives 3.1 Pro a more specific visual-coding position |
| Resolve the hardest ambiguous architecture decision | Compare with a frontier model | Cursor rates 3.7 Flash high, not frontier, for intelligence |
These are task-selection rules derived from Cursor's published positioning, not benchmark results.
How much does Gemini 3.7 Flash cost in Cursor?
Cursor lists Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. at $0.75 per million input tokens, $0.075 per million cache reads and $3.75 per million output. Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition. lists the same three rates. The cache-write column is blank, so that rate is unpublished; don't read the blank as a claim that cache writes are free.
- Token type
- Input
- Price per million tokens
- $0.75
- Token type
- Cache write
- Price per million tokens
- Not listed
- Token type
- Cache read
- Price per million tokens
- $0.075
- Token type
- Output
- Price per million tokens
- $3.75
| Token type | Price per million tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.75 |
| Cache write | Not listed |
| Cache read | $0.075 |
| Output | $3.75 |
Gemini 3.7 Flash rates from Cursor's model page and pricing index.
Access splits by plan family. The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. offers third-party models from Premium upward, paid from prepaid credit at these rates, and leaves them out of Plus and Free. Among legacy plans, Pro, Pro+, Ultra and Teams include the Other ModelsOn legacy Cursor plans, the monthly pool for supported third-party models from providers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, separate from Cursor Models. On The X Subscription third-party models are billed from prepaid credit instead. Press Enter for the full definition. pool the model draws from, while Cursor StartAn India-only legacy individual plan at ₹649 a month centered on Cursor's own models, with cloud and mobile access but without Other Models, Auto, Bugbot, Automations or the Agent SDK; Cursor names Plus as the comparable plan on The X Subscription. Press Enter for the full definition. and Hobby don't. See Cursor pricing for how each family bills.
Teams and Enterprise add the Cursor Token Rate of $0.25 per million tokens to eligible third-party requests, on input, output and cached tokens alike. Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. is on Cursor's excluded list, so a team pays the model rate alone.
Check the usage record and the contract before you turn a rate row into a team budget.
How should you use the 200k to 1M context and cache discount?
Treat 200k as the normal working window and 1M as the documented ceiling. A million-token maximum can hold a large repository slice, but it doesn't make every file relevant. Begin at the feature boundary, search outward when imports or test failures point elsewhere, and keep the acceptance check in view.
The 90% cache-read discount pays off when the same context comes back. A first pass over one million fresh input tokens costs $0.75 at the published rate, and a later cached read of the same amount costs $0.075. That saving suits a sustained codebase session far better than a run of unrelated prompts.
Because the cache-write rate is blank, check the actual usage record instead of estimating a whole session from cache reads.
- 1Open a fresh session for one task and name the expected output and verification command.
- 2Load the smallest repository slice that explains the behavior, then search for missing dependencies.
- 3Keep stable instructions and relevant files in the same session so repeated context can be cached.
- 4Check the context ring next to the prompt input before adding broad logs, generated files, or unrelated folders.
- 5Inspect the usage breakdown after the run before using its cost as a team estimate.
A larger window helps most when the work is connected. If the next request has a different goal, start another session, so each review stays smaller and you stop carrying context that no longer helps. The Cursor model guide applies one rule across models: choose a default by accepted changes and total review cost.
How does Gemini 3.7 Flash compare with 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro?
Against Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition., the published numbers match: the same three rates, the same 200k standard context with a 1M maximum, and the same fast, low and high ratings. The 3.8 page adds three effort levels that the 3.7 page doesn't list, and Cursor publishes no quality comparison between them. Against Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.7 halved every published rate: input fell from $1.50 to $0.75, cache reads from $0.15 to $0.075, and output from $7.50 to $3.75.
Cursor places Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's frontier model in Cursor for work that combines images and code, especially UI implementation and visual code analysis. Press Enter for the full definition. on a different trade-off: medium for speed and cost, frontier for intelligence, at $2 input, $0.20 cache read and $12 output per million tokens.
- Model
- Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition.
- Cursor tier
- Fast / low / high
- Input / cache read / output
- $0.75 / $0.075 / $3.75
- Practical starting job
- Current speed-tier pick at the same rates
- Model
- Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition.
- Cursor tier
- Fast / low / high
- Input / cache read / output
- $0.75 / $0.075 / $3.75
- Practical starting job
- Pinned comparisons and older approvals
- Model
- Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Cursor tier
- Fast / low / high
- Input / cache read / output
- $1.50 / $0.15 / $7.50
- Practical starting job
- Older predecessor kept for behavior comparison
- Model
- Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's frontier model in Cursor for work that combines images and code, especially UI implementation and visual code analysis. Press Enter for the full definition.
- Cursor tier
- Medium / medium / frontier
- Input / cache read / output
- $2 / $0.20 / $12
- Practical starting job
- Visual coding and work that benefits from the Pro tier
| Model | Cursor tier | Input / cache read / output | Practical starting job |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle's current speed-tier model in Cursor at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output; it succeeds Gemini 3.7 Flash. Press Enter for the full definition. | Fast / low / high | $0.75 / $0.075 / $3.75 | Current speed-tier pick at the same rates |
| Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. | Fast / low / high | $0.75 / $0.075 / $3.75 | Pinned comparisons and older approvals |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Fast / low / high | $1.50 / $0.15 / $7.50 | Older predecessor kept for behavior comparison |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's frontier model in Cursor for work that combines images and code, especially UI implementation and visual code analysis. Press Enter for the full definition. | Medium / medium / frontier | $2 / $0.20 / $12 | Visual coding and work that benefits from the Pro tier |
Prices per million tokens. Cursor has not published a direct quality benchmark among these model pages.
When the choice matters, run the same small task in fresh sessions, with the prompt, files and test held fixed. Compare the final diff, failed attempts, elapsed time and usage, because the rate card can't tell you which result holds up on your repository.
Which Cursor tools can Gemini 3.7 Flash use?
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. gets the full agent tool set. Cursor's model page lists file and folder search, web search, reading and editing files, shell commands, browser control, image generation, clarifying questions and rule fetching. The product surface, sandbox, approvals, credentials and team settings still decide what a particular run can do.
- Tool
- Files and search
- Useful job
- Find the owner of a behavior and inspect nearby tests
- Evidence to review
- Files read and search results
- Tool
- Web
- Useful job
- Check a current primary source during implementation
- Evidence to review
- Opened source and claim supported
- Tool
- Edit and shell
- Useful job
- Change code, format it, and run checks
- Evidence to review
- Diff, command, and exit status
- Tool
- Browser
- Useful job
- Exercise a route and verify a visual change
- Evidence to review
- URL, state, and screenshot
- Tool
- Image generation
- Useful job
- Create an image from text or a reference image
- Evidence to review
- Prompt, source asset, and final file
- Tool
- Questions and rules
- Useful job
- Resolve missing intent and load project instructions
- Evidence to review
- Answer received and rule applied
| Tool | Useful job | Evidence to review |
|---|---|---|
| Files and search | Find the owner of a behavior and inspect nearby tests | Files read and search results |
| Web | Check a current primary source during implementation | Opened source and claim supported |
| Edit and shell | Change code, format it, and run checks | Diff, command, and exit status |
| Browser | Exercise a route and verify a visual change | URL, state, and screenshot |
| Image generation | Create an image from text or a reference image | Prompt, source asset, and final file |
| Questions and rules | Resolve missing intent and load project instructions | Answer received and rule applied |
The tools are published by Cursor. Their availability and authority remain specific to the current run.
Write the verification step into the prompt: run the named test, inspect the target route, or show the final file. With browser and shell access the model can collect better evidence than a chat reply, but only when the task asks for it. External writes and production changes still need the authority that applies to that system.
Can Cursor Router select Gemini 3.7 Flash automatically?
Not with the pool Cursor lists today. Cursor Router, available on Teams and Enterprise, picks a model for each Balance or Intelligence request in Auto from a pool that changes over time, and you can't hand-pick the model it uses. Cursor's help page lists the models in that pool, and none of them is a Gemini model.
Billing follows the mode, and Cursor's own pages disagree on Cost. Its docs say Cost mode bills as a Cursor-model request, while its Cursor Router help page says all Auto modes bill at the routed model's list price. Balance and Intelligence charge the list price of the model each request is routed to, and a third-party route adds the Cursor Token Rate unless the model is on the excluded list.
Select Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle's previous speed-tier model in Cursor, hidden by default and succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash at the same published rates. Press Enter for the full definition. directly when the model identity is part of the test or the approval.
Frequently asked questions
What is Gemini 3.7 Flash in Cursor?
Cursor calls it Google's previous speed-tier model. Its model ID is gemini-3.7-flash, and Cursor rates it fast, low-cost and high-intelligence. Cursor now hides it by default and recommends Gemini 3.8 Flash, which costs the same.
How much does Gemini 3.7 Flash cost?
The same as Gemini 3.8 Flash: $0.75 per million input tokens, $0.075 per million cache reads and $3.75 per million output. Cursor publishes no cache-write rate for either.
Which Cursor plans include Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Premium and above on The X Subscription can use it, with usage paid from prepaid credit, while Plus and Free can't. On a legacy plan, Pro or higher gives you the Other Models pool it draws from, which Cursor Start lacks. Teams and Enterprise pay no Cursor Token Rate on it.
Does Gemini 3.7 Flash have a 1M context window?
As a maximum, yes. Cursor's card shows 200k for the standard window and 1M at most. Work from the smallest set of files that explains the task, and expand when the repository evidence points outward.
Is Gemini 3.7 Flash cheaper than Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Yes. Each published rate is half of Gemini 3.6 Flash's: input falls from $1.50 to $0.75, cache reads from $0.15 to $0.075, and output from $7.50 to $3.75 per million tokens. Both list a 200k standard context and a 1M maximum.
Should I use Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemini 3.1 Pro?
For new speed-tier work, start with Gemini 3.8 Flash, which costs the same as 3.7 Flash. Compare Gemini 3.1 Pro when the job needs the visual-coding position Cursor gives that model, or when your own fixed task shows a frontier-tier model produces a better verified result.
Sources & last verified
- Cursor Docs: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Cursor Docs: Models and Pricing
- Cursor: Pricing
- Cursor Help: Token Rate
- Cursor Docs: Cursor Router
- Cursor Docs: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Cursor Docs: Legacy Cursor plans
- Cursor Help: Available models
- Cursor Help: Cursor Router
Cursor ships frequently. Facts verified against primary sources on October 28, 2026.