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  1. mai-ds-r1:freeNot in the catalogueRemove
  2. Universal-3.5 ProAssemblyAIRemove
  3. Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleRemove
mai-ds-r1:free vs universal-3-5-pro vs gemini-3.8-flash
Attributemai-ds-r1:freeNot in the catalogueUniversal-3.5 Prouniversal-3-5-proGemini 3.8 Flashgemini-3.8-flash
Pricing
Input—— Not priced per input token$0.75 / 1M
Output—— Not priced per output token$3.75 / 1M
Cache Write (5m)—Not applicable$0.75 / 1M
Cache Write (1h)—Not applicable$0.75 / 1M
Cache Read—Not applicable$0.75 / 1M
Web Search—$0 / 1M$0 / 1M
Context
Max context—N/A1M
Max output—N/AN/A
Capabilities
Vision—NoYes
Function Calling—NoYes
JSON Mode—NoYes
Streaming—NoYes
Catalogue
Provider—AssemblyAIGoogle
Category—voicechat
Charge type—Pay As You GoPay As You Go
Released—2026-09-22—
Description
Summary—AssemblyAI Universal-3.5 Pro speech-to-text. Billed per second of audio.Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash-class model, delivering significant improvements over Gemini 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic workflows, and complex multi-step reasoning. Designed to combine strong capability with Flash-tier efficiency, it is well suited for coding assistants, autonomous agents, and high-throughput production workflows that require responsive performance without sacrificing reasoning quality.