cheahjs-free-llm-api-resources/README.md

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# Free LLM API resources

This lists various services that provide free access or credits towards API-based LLM usage.

> [!NOTE]  
> Please don't abuse these services, else we might lose them.

> [!WARNING]  
> This list explicitly excludes any services that are not legitimate (eg reverse engineers an existing chatbot)

- [Free Providers](#free-providers)
  - [OpenRouter](#openrouter)
  - [Google AI Studio](#google-ai-studio)
  - [NVIDIA NIM](#nvidia-nim)
  - [Mistral (La Plateforme)](#mistral-la-plateforme)
  - [Mistral (Codestral)](#mistral-codestral)
  - [HuggingFace Inference Providers](#huggingface-inference-providers)
  - [Vercel AI Gateway](#vercel-ai-gateway)
  - [Kilo Gateway](#kilo-gateway)
  - [OpenCode Zen](#opencode-zen)
  - [Cerebras](#cerebras)
  - [Groq](#groq)
  - [Cohere](#cohere)
  - [Cloudflare Workers AI](#cloudflare-workers-ai)
- [Providers with trial credits](#providers-with-trial-credits)
  - [Fireworks](#fireworks)
  - [Baseten](#baseten)
  - [Nebius](#nebius)
  - [Novita](#novita)
  - [AI21](#ai21)
  - [Upstage](#upstage)
  - [NLP Cloud](#nlp-cloud)
  - [Alibaba Cloud (International) Model Studio](#alibaba-cloud-international-model-studio)
  - [Modal](#modal)
  - [Inference.net](#inferencenet)
  - [Hyperbolic](#hyperbolic)
  - [SambaNova Cloud](#sambanova-cloud)
  - [Scaleway Generative APIs](#scaleway-generative-apis)

## Free Providers

### [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai)

**Limits:**

[20 requests/minute<br>50 requests/day<br>Up to 1000 requests/day with $10 lifetime topup](https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/limits)

Models share a common quota.

- [Cohere North Mini Code](https://openrouter.ai/cohere/north-mini-code:free)
- [Ling 3.0 Flash](https://openrouter.ai/inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash:free)
- [NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B (Reasoning)](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free)
- [NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free)
- [NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free)
- [NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free)
- [Poolside Laguna S 2.1](https://openrouter.ai/poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free)
- [Poolside Laguna XS 2.1](https://openrouter.ai/poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free)
- [google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free](https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free)
- [google/gemma-4-31b-it:free](https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-31b-it:free)
- [nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free)
- [nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free)
- [nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free)
- [openai/gpt-oss-20b:free](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-oss-20b:free)

### [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com)

Data is used for training when used outside of the UK/CH/EEA/EU.

<table><thead><tr><th>Model Name</th><th>Model Limits</th></tr></thead><tbody>
<tr><td>Gemini 3.6 Flash</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>5 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 3.5 Flash</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>5 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 3 Flash</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>5 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>500 requests/day<br>15 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>500 requests/day<br>15 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 2.5 Flash</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>5 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>10 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS</td><td>10,000 tokens/minute<br>10 requests/day<br>3 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS</td><td>10,000 tokens/minute<br>10 requests/day<br>3 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>5 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5</td><td>250,000 tokens/minute<br>20 requests/day<br>10 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 4 31B Instruct</td><td>16,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 4 26B A4B Instruct</td><td>16,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 3 27B Instruct</td><td>15,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 3 12B Instruct</td><td>15,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 3 4B Instruct</td><td>15,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gemma 3 1B Instruct</td><td>15,000 tokens/minute<br>14,400 requests/day<br>30 requests/minute</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

### [NVIDIA NIM](https://build.nvidia.com/explore/discover)

Phone number verification required.
Models tend to be context window limited.

**Limits:** 40 requests/minute

- [Various open models](https://build.nvidia.com/models)

### [Mistral (La Plateforme)](https://console.mistral.ai/)

* Free tier (Experiment plan) requires opting into data training
* Requires phone number verification.

**Limits:** Set per-model and per-organization — check [your limits page](https://admin.mistral.ai/plateforme/limits). As of July 2026 a new free account sees anywhere from 25,000 to 20,000,000 tokens/minute and 0.03 to 12.5 requests/second depending on the model.

- [Open and Proprietary Mistral models](https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/models_overview/)

### [Mistral (Codestral)](https://codestral.mistral.ai/)

* Currently free to use
* Monthly subscription based
* Requires phone number verification

**Limits:** 30 requests/minute, 2,000 requests/day

- Codestral

### [HuggingFace Inference Providers](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/index)

HuggingFace Serverless Inference limited to models smaller than 10GB. Some popular models are supported even if they exceed 10GB.

**Limits:** [$0.10/month in credits](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/pricing)

- Various open models across supported providers

### [Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway)

Routes to various supported providers.

The free tier covers a subset of the model catalogue, with per-model rate limits.

**Limits:** [$5/month](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing)


### [Kilo Gateway](https://kilo.ai/docs/gateway)

OpenAI-compatible gateway routing to various providers. Free models work without an account.

All free models may use your prompts for training.

**Limits:** [200 requests/hour per IP, shared across all free models](https://kilo.ai/docs/gateway/usage-and-billing#rate-limiting)

- Cohere North Mini Code
- Kilo Auto Free (Router)
- Ling 3.0 Flash
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B (Reasoning)
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety
- OpenRouter Free Models (Router)
- Poolside Laguna S 2.1
- Poolside Laguna XS 2.1
- StepFun Step 3.7 Flash

### [OpenCode Zen](https://opencode.ai/docs/zen/)

AI gateway with curated models.

Free models may use data for improvement.

- Big Pickle
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Free
- MiMo-V2.5 Free
- Laguna S 2.1 Free
- Ling-3.0-flash Free
- North Mini Code Free
- Nemotron 3 Ultra Free

### [Cerebras](https://cloud.cerebras.ai/)

<table><thead><tr><th>Model Name</th><th>Model Limits</th></tr></thead><tbody>
<tr><td>gpt-oss-120b</td><td>5 requests/minute<br>30,000 tokens/minute<br>1,000,000 tokens/hour<br>1,000,000 tokens/day</td></tr>
<tr><td>zai-glm-4.7</td><td>5 requests/minute<br>30,000 tokens/minute<br>1,000,000 tokens/hour<br>1,000,000 tokens/day</td></tr>
<tr><td>gemma-4-31b</td><td>5 requests/minute<br>30,000 tokens/minute<br>1,000,000 tokens/hour<br>1,000,000 tokens/day</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

### [Groq](https://console.groq.com)

<table><thead><tr><th>Model Name</th><th>Model Limits</th></tr></thead><tbody>
<tr><td>Allam 2 7B</td><td>7,000 requests/day<br>6,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Llama 3.1 8B</td><td>14,400 requests/day<br>6,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Llama 3.3 70B</td><td>1,000 requests/day<br>12,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>Whisper Large v3</td><td>2,000 requests/day</td></tr>
<tr><td>Whisper Large v3 Turbo</td><td>2,000 requests/day</td></tr>
<tr><td>canopylabs/orpheus-arabic-saudi</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>canopylabs/orpheus-v1-english</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>groq/compound</td><td>250 requests/day<br>70,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>groq/compound-mini</td><td>250 requests/day<br>70,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>meta-llama/llama-prompt-guard-2-22m</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>meta-llama/llama-prompt-guard-2-86m</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>openai/gpt-oss-120b</td><td>1,000 requests/day<br>8,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>openai/gpt-oss-20b</td><td>1,000 requests/day<br>8,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b</td><td>1,000 requests/day<br>8,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
<tr><td>qwen/qwen3.6-27b</td><td>1,000 requests/day<br>8,000 tokens/minute</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

### [Cohere](https://cohere.com)

**Limits:**

[20 requests/minute<br>1,000 requests/month](https://docs.cohere.com/docs/rate-limits)

Models share a common monthly quota.

- c4ai-aya-expanse-32b
- c4ai-aya-vision-32b
- command-a-03-2025
- command-a-plus-05-2026
- command-a-reasoning-08-2025
- command-a-translate-08-2025
- command-a-vision-07-2025
- command-r-08-2024
- command-r-plus-08-2024
- command-r7b-12-2024
- command-r7b-arabic-02-2025

### [Cloudflare Workers AI](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai)

**Limits:** [10,000 neurons/day](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/#free-allocation)

- @cf/aisingapore/gemma-sea-lion-v4-27b-it
- @cf/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
- @cf/ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-micro
- @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6
- @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code
- @cf/nvidia/nemotron-3-120b-a12b
- @cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b
- @cf/openai/gpt-oss-20b
- @cf/qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8
- @cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash
- @cf/zai-org/glm-5.2
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
- Gemma 2B Instruct (LoRA)
- Gemma 7B Instruct (LoRA)
- Llama 2 7B Chat (LoRA)
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (FP8)
- Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
- Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (FP8)
- Llama 4 Scout Instruct
- Llama Guard 3 8B
- Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2 (LoRA)
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
- Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- Qwen QwQ 32B



## Providers with trial credits

### [Fireworks](https://fireworks.ai/)

**Credits:** $1

**Models:** [Various open models](https://fireworks.ai/models)

### [Baseten](https://app.baseten.co/)

**Credits:** $30

**Models:** [Any supported model - pay by compute time](https://www.baseten.co/library/)

### [Nebius](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/)

**Credits:** $1

**Models:** [Various open models](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models)

### [Novita](https://novita.ai/?ref=ytblmjc&utm_source=affiliate)

**Credits:** $0.5 for 1 year

**Models:** [Various open models](https://novita.ai/models)

### [AI21](https://studio.ai21.com/)

**Credits:** $10 for 3 months

**Models:** Jamba family of models

### [Upstage](https://console.upstage.ai/)

**Credits:** $10 for 3 months

**Models:** Solar Pro/Mini

### [NLP Cloud](https://nlpcloud.com/home)

**Credits:** $15

**Requirements:** Phone number verification

**Models:** Various open models

### [Alibaba Cloud (International) Model Studio](https://bailian.console.alibabacloud.com/)

**Credits:** 1 million tokens/model, valid for 90 days (Singapore endpoint only)

**Models:** [Various open and proprietary Qwen models](https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/product/modelstudio)

### [Modal](https://modal.com)

**Credits:** $30/month on the Starter plan

**Models:** Any supported model - pay by compute time

### [Inference.net](https://inference.net)

**Credits:** $1, $25 on responding to email survey

**Models:** Various open models

### [Hyperbolic](https://app.hyperbolic.ai/)

**Credits:** $1

**Models:**
- DeepSeek V3 0324
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-0528
- qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct

### [SambaNova Cloud](https://cloud.sambanova.ai/)

**Credits:** $5 for 3 months

**Models:**
- deepseek-v3.1
- deepseek-v3.2
- gemma-4-31b-it
- gpt-oss-120b
- meta-llama-3.3-70b-instruct
- minimax-m2.7

### [Scaleway Generative APIs](https://console.scaleway.com/generative-api/models)

**Credits:** 1,000,000 free tokens, plus 60 minutes of audio transcription

**Models:**
- BGE-Multilingual-Gemma2
- Gemma 3 27B Instruct
- Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- Pixtral 12B (2409)
- Whisper Large v3
- devstral-2-123b-instruct-2512
- gemma-4-26b-a4b-it
- glm-5.2
- gpt-oss-120b
- holo2-30b-a3b
- mistral-medium-3.5-128b
- mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506
- qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507
- qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct
- qwen3-embedding-8b
- qwen3.5-397b-a17b
- qwen3.6-35b-a3b
- voxtral-small-24b-2507