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Use Gemini without a subscription — pay per prompt on Halo
Google's Gemini, served peer-to-peer on Halo. No subscription, no provider account — pay only for the prompts you send.
Gemini is Google’s model family, and it’s particularly good at long-context and multimodal work. The usual route to it runs through a Google account and a plan.
Halo offers another: independent operators serve Gemini alongside 140+ other models, reachable directly and priced per prompt.
No subscription — pay per prompt
Top up once with card or crypto and pay per prompt in USDC on Base. You’re billed for the tokens you actually use, with no monthly minimum and nothing to cancel.
No provider account
There’s no Google AI signup and no API key to manage. Sign in with a social account and prompt. Because operators compete for each request, the price for a given model is often among the lowest you’ll find.
Verifiable and private
Every result carries a proof that the real model ran, so an operator can’t quietly serve you something cheaper. Prompts are encrypted to the operator by default, and confidential mode hides them inside a hardware enclave even the operator can’t read.
Try it against the others
The useful comparison is your own. See Gemini vs ChatGPT, or run the same prompt through GPT-5 and Claude. New here? Start with how to use Halo on the web.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Gemini without a Google subscription?
Yes. Operators on Halo serve Gemini, and you reach them through the network. There's no Google AI plan to buy and no provider account — you sign in with a social account and pay per prompt in USDC on Base.
Does Halo tie my prompts to my Google identity?
No. Your Halo sign-in isn't a provider account, and prompts are routed through the network to an independent operator rather than through a single vendor tied to your identity.
What is Gemini best at?
It's strong on long-context work and multimodal tasks, and it's a good default for summarising or reasoning over large documents. As always the honest test is running your own prompts against a couple of models and comparing.
Can I compare it against GPT-5 and Claude?
Yes — that's the point of a marketplace. Every model sits behind the same sign-in, so you can send one prompt to Gemini, GPT-5 and Claude and judge the answers side by side, paying only for what you send.