Chat Bison
Google Vertex AITextDeprecated: 2025-04-09
Chat Bison is a text model from Google Vertex AI with a context window of 8K tokens and max output of 4K tokens. Pricing starts at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens (cheapest at Google PaLM).
Specifications
| Model Key | chat-bison@002 |
| Provider | Google Vertex AI |
| LiteLLM Provider | vertex_ai-chat-models |
| Mode | Text |
| Canonical Name | bison |
| Context Window | 8K tokens |
| Max Output | 4K tokens |
Capabilities
✗ Vision✗ Function Calling✗ Reasoning✗ JSON Schema✗ System Messages✗ Web Search✗ Prompt Caching✗ Audio Input✗ Audio Output
Pricing
| Type | Per 1K Tokens | Per 1M Tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input Tokens | $0.000125 | $0.125 |
| Output Tokens | $0.000125 | $0.125 |
Price Comparison by Provider
Compare prices for Chat Bison across different providers. The same model may be available through multiple providers at different price points.
Provider | Model Key | Input Price | Output Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Vertex AI | chat-bison | $0.125 | $0.125 |
| Google PaLM | palm/text-bison | $0.125 | $0.125 |
| Google Vertex AI | text-bison | N/A | N/A |
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