Gemini File Search API

Google’s managed RAG service that hides chunking, embedding, and storage behind four HTTP operations: create store, upload file, import file into store, and query. Priced at 15 cents per million tokens indexed, free storage, pay-per-query for chat model usage. Strengths: near-zero pipeline setup. Weaknesses: no native deduplication on updates, chunk-based retrieval fails on whole-document questions, stores uploaded files on Google servers (PII/GDPR/HIPAA implications).

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Source references

  • [src-006] Nate Herk cluster — Nate Herk — RAG and data ingestion cluster (5 videos)

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