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Penny-Pincher Provider

Curated list of affordable and free LLM API providers — Claude Code guest passes, coding-plan subscriptions, and free-tier APIs. Maintained for developers who want capable models without premium pricing.

Contributions welcome — open a pull request or issue to add or update an entry.

Claude Code Guest Passes

One week of free Claude Pro (includes Claude Code). New users only; requires payment info but can be cancelled before the trial ends.

My passes:

~~https://claude.ai/referral/ZkoAngod1A~~ — out of stock as of 2026-04-30

Have a spare pass? Open a PR adding your link, or open an issue.

Claude AI Ecosystem

AgentKit

AgentKit (formerly ClaudeKit, claudekit.cc) sells production-ready kits of skills, slash commands, subagents, and workflows for coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and others. Engineer ($99) covers frontend, backend, database, DevOps, code review, and debugging; Marketing ($99) adds MCP integrations and subagents for lead research, SEO, and outreach; the bundle is $149 (108+ skills, 95+ commands, 45 subagents). A macOS/Windows desktop app for the ak CLI is on a waitlist.

Referral: 20% off your first purchase via https://agentkit.best/?ref=BWA910UK (code: BWA910UK).

Checked Aug 28, 2026.

Providers with Coding Plans

Monthly subscriptions with request-based (not token-based) quotas, compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and similar tools.

Z.ai

Plans from $18/month (Lite/Pro/Max). OpenAI-compatible + Anthropic-compatible endpoint. Models: GLM-5.1, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-4.7, GLM-4.5-Air.

Referral: https://z.ai/subscribe?ic=PLKIAYEIPW

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

MiniMax

Token Plan — priced per API call, not token. $20–$120/month.

Plus ($20): 4-5 agents, all models on the API platform
Max ($50): 6-7 agents, all models on the API platform
Ultra ($120): 6-7 agents, all models on the API platform

Models: M3 (frontier multimodal coding, 1M context), M2.7 (language), M2.7-highspeed, speech-2.8-hd/turbo, Music-2.6, Hailuo 2.3 (video). Yearly plans ~17% off.

Referral (10% off) until Jul 1, 2026 — For Referred Users: 10% off subscription + become a dev ambassador. For Referrers: 10% back in API voucher per paid referral, usable across all MiniMax models, plus priority access to events and model previews. View details

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Kimi Code

Moonshot's coding perk bundled with Kimi membership. Models: Kimi K-series. Rolling 5-hour quota window.

Tiers: Adagio (free), Andante, Presto. Pay-as-you-go also at platform.moonshot.ai.

Referral (code: C8CJ6F) — sign up or subscribe via my link and we each get a guaranteed benefit, up to 1-Year Membership Credits:

Sign up: https://kimi-bot.com/activities/viral-referral/share?scenario=invite&from=share_poster&invitation_code=C8CJ6F

Subscribe: https://kimi-bot.com/activities/viral-referral/share?scenario=subscribe&from=share_poster&invitation_code=C8CJ6F

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio

Referral: Up to $1,700 in free trial credits via https://www.alibabacloud.com/campaign/benefits?referral_code=A92LU5 (code: A92LU5).

Token Plan (Team Edition)

Credit-based, per-seat subscription (Singapore region only):

Standard: $30/seat/month — 25,000 Credits/seat
Advanced: $100/seat/month — 100,000 Credits/seat
Premium: $200/seat/month — 250,000 Credits/seat
Shared quota pack: $700 — 625,000 Credits (1-month validity; unused Credits expire)

Models: qwen3.6-plus, glm-5, MiniMax-M2.5, deepseek-v3.2 (text); qwen-image-2.0/2.0-pro, wan2.7-image/image-pro (image).

Coding Plan

Pro plan: $50/month — 6,000 req/5-hour, 45,000 req/week, 90,000 req/month.

Models: qwen3.5-plus, kimi-k2.5, glm-5, MiniMax-M2.5. Tools: Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and more. Lite plan no longer accepting new subscribers.

Note (as of Jun 5, 2026): effectively unbuyable — perpetually out of stock. Claimed restock at 00:00 GMT+8, but repeated attempts still fail to purchase.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

opencode — Go

Open-source opencode CLI subscription. $5 first month, $10/month thereafter.

Models: GLM-5/5.1, Kimi K2.5/K2.6, MiniMax M2.7/M3, Qwen3.5/3.6/3.7 Plus, MiMo-V2.5(-Pro), DeepSeek V4 Flash/Pro. Per-5-hour limits vary (200–10,200 req). API key portable — works with Claude Code via LiteLLM proxy or oc-go-cc. Model format: opencode-go/<model-id>.

My referral:

Invite friends to OpenCode Go. Earn $5 when a friend subscribes, and they'll get $5 too. Share your referral link; your friend joins and subscribes to Go; you both get a $5 usage credit to apply toward your Go usage limits.

Referral link: https://opencode.ai/go?ref=HE42WGS8BM

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Synthetic

Privacy-first inference (no training on prompts/responses). $30/month subscription or pay-as-you-go.

Models: Kimi K2.6, MiniMax M2.5, GLM 5.1, GLM 4.7 Flash, vLLM-compatible open-source models. OpenAI-compatible — works with Roo, Cline, Octofriend.

Referral: $10.00 in subscription credit via https://synthetic.new/?referral=CNBFyw28zF0dZoj

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

BigModel.cn — GLM Coding Plan

The Chinese (mainland) counterpart of Z.ai's GLM Coding Plan — same underlying Zhipu AI models, but billed in CNY through bigmodel.cn. Suited for users who can pay via Alipay / WeChat Pay or already have a 智谱 AI account.

Plans (monthly, after the 2026 price adjustment):

Lite: ¥49/month
Pro: ¥149/month
Max: ¥469/month

All tiers support GLM-5.1, GLM-5-Turbo, GLM-4.7, and GLM-4.5-Air. Compatible with Claude Code, Cline, and 20+ coding tools via OpenAI-compatible API plus an Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

Referral program (challenge-based, resets every 30 invitees):

Invited friend gets 5% off their first GLM Coding Plan order.
Referrer gets 10% cashback once 3 friends subscribe, plus an additional 10% of the total paid amount for every 30 invitees.
Rebate credit is usable for resource packs, API calls, and subscription renewals on the BigModel platform.

Source: https://www.bigmodel.cn/glm-coding, https://docs.bigmodel.cn/cn/coding-plan/overview ¹

Homepage: https://www.bigmodel.cn/glm-coding

My referral:

🚀 Join the GLM Coding Plan via my link — get 5% off your first order. Subscribe at https://www.bigmodel.cn/glm-coding?ic=VGRZKHKNKW (invitation code: VGRZKHKNKW).

BytePlus ModelArk — Coding Plan

ByteDance. Lite: $15/month, Pro: $35/month (intro promo $5/$25 ended early 2026).

Models: ByteDance-Seed-2.0, DeepSeek-V3.2, GLM-5.1, Kimi-K2.5. Tools: Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Roo Code, OpenCode.

Referral: https://www.byteplus.com/activity/codingplan?ac=MMAUCIS9NT1S&rc=2739UWRE

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Xiaomi MiMo Open Platform

I'm on Xiaomi MiMo Open Platform — running Xiaomi's flagship MiMo V2.5 and the rest of the lineup. Sign up with my code and you'll instantly get $2 in API credits.

After signup, enter the code at the bottom-left of the console. Credits valid 40 days.

Token Plan (monthly, launched May 2026): Lite ¥39 (60M credits), Standard ¥99 (200M), Pro ¥329 (700M), Max ¥659 (1,600M). Models: MiMo-V2.5, MiMo-V2.5-Pro (2× credit cost). Annual plans discounted.

Referral: Code T8ESAY · https://platform.xiaomimimo.com?ref=T8ESAY

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

GitHub Copilot Pro

Cheapest mainstream coding seat. $10/month ($100/year) — unmetered code completions and chat on the base model, plus 1,500 premium requests/month for frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini). Copilot Pro+ is $39/month with 6,000 premium requests.

Free tier: 2,000 completions + 50 premium requests/month, no card. Free for verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open-source repos.

Tools: VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Xcode, Visual Studio, gh copilot CLI, and the Copilot coding agent on github.com.

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

Free Providers

TokenRouter

Unified AI gateway with OpenAI-compatible access to 300+ models.

Kimi K3 Free Version: Use moonshotai/kimi-k3-free at $0 until Aug 12, 2026, running on TokenRouter's own B300 deployment.
API: Use the OpenAI Chat Completions endpoint at https://api.tokenrouter.com/v1 with a TokenRouter API key.
Limit: Free compute capacity is limited, so stability and concurrency are not guaranteed.

Source: TokenRouter models ²

OrcaRouter

OpenAI-compatible gateway with access to 200+ models, automatic routing, and failover.

Referral: https://www.orcarouter.ai/ref/ref_3976ba42abf37dc55c1d (code: ref_3976ba42abf37dc55c1d).

Kimi K3: Get $5 in credit as a new user before Aug 6, 2026; a payment card is required.
Tencent HY3: Get $5 in credit before Aug 21, 2026.
Claude Opus 5: Get a 60% deposit match, up to $500, when you join before Aug 24, 2026.
Free DeepSeek models: Get 100 initial V4 Flash calls and 30 initial V4 Pro calls with no published deadline.
Grok 4.5: The offer is sold out, but its waitlist is still open.

Offers can change quickly; check the live offers page before claiming. ³

OpenRouter

Free models (:free suffix): 20 RPM, 50 req/day (free accounts); 1,000 req/day after $10 top-up.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

NVIDIA NIM

Free for NVIDIA Developer Program members, no credit card. ~40 RPM. 1,000 inference credits at signup (consumption-based, not a fixed monthly request cap).

Models: Kimi K2.5, GPT-OSS, DeepSeek-V3.2, Llama 3.x, Mistral, Phi, Nemotron. OpenAI-compatible.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

OpenCode Zen

Hand-picked free models that change periodically. Optimized for coding agents.

Model	Status
`Big Pickle`	Free
`DeepSeek V4 Flash Free`	Free
`MiMo-V2.5 Free`	Free
`Nemotron 3 Ultra Free`	Free

OpenAI/Anthropic compatible endpoints at https://opencode.ai/zen/v1/.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Google AI Studio

Google's developer platform for Gemini models. Generous free tier with pay-as-you-go available.

Free-tier limits vary by model (check the AI Studio dashboard for your project):

Model (Free)	RPM	RPD
Gemini 2.5 Pro	5	100
Gemini 2.5 Flash	10	250
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	15	1,000

Paid tier: higher limits, usage-based billing.

Models: Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash/Flash-Lite. OpenAI-compatible endpoint available.

Warning: In the Free tier, Google may use your prompts and responses to improve their products. Use the Paid tier or Vertex AI for privacy.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Kilo Code — Gateway

VS Code + JetBrains coding extension with built-in gateway.

Free: :free models, 200 req/hour per IP. First top-up: $20 bonus credits (60-day expiry). BYOK supported — no Kilo subscription required for your own provider keys.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Cloudflare Workers AI

10,000 Neurons/day (resets 00:00 UTC). ~150 LLM responses/day on Llama 3.3 70B.

Models: Llama 3.3 70B, Gemma 3, Qwen2.5-Coder, DeepSeek R1, BGE embeddings, Whisper.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

DeepSeek Platform

5M free tokens at signup (no code needed). OpenAI + Anthropic compatible.

PAYG: V4 Flash $0.14/M in, $0.28/M out; V4 Pro $0.435/M in, $0.87/M out (cached: $0.03/M).

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Groq

LPU inference. Free tier, no credit card.

Model	RPM	RPD	TPM	TPD
`llama-3.1-8b-instant`	30	14,400	6K	500K
`llama-3.3-70b-versatile`	30	1,000	12K	100K
`whisper-large-v3`	20	2,000	—	—

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

GitHub Models

Free for all GitHub accounts. OpenAI-compatible at https://models.github.ai/inference.

Covers OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok, Phi. Rate limits vary per model (e.g. GPT-4o: 10 RPM/50 RPD; DeepSeek-R1: 15 RPM/150 RPD). Requires PAT with models:read.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

xAI Grok API

$25 signup credits + $150/month via Data Sharing Program (eligible countries).

Models: Grok 4, Grok 4.1 Fast (2M ctx), Grok Code Fast. OpenAI + Anthropic compatible.

Warning: Data Sharing opt-in is irreversible and lets xAI train on your prompts.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Mistral La Plateforme

Free Experiment plan — up to ~1B tokens/month, no credit card (phone verification only).

Models: Mistral Large 3, Medium 3, Small 3.1, Codestral, Pixtral, embeddings. OpenAI-compatible.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Google Cloud Vertex AI

$300 free credits for 90 days (new GCP customers). Not a recurring free tier.

Models: Gemini 3 Pro/Flash, Anthropic Claude on Vertex, DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen via MaaS. Express Mode available without billing for limited evaluation quotas.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Hugging Face Inference Providers

Routes across Together, Fireworks, Novita, Cerebras, Replicate, DeepInfra, Scaleway.

Free: 100K monthly credits. PRO ($9/month): 2M credits. OpenAI-compatible at https://router.huggingface.co/v1.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Cerebras Cloud

Wafer-scale chip inference. Free tier, no credit card.

Model	RPM	TPD
`gpt-oss-120b`	30	—
`llama3.1-8b-instant`	30	500K
`qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507`	30	—
`zai-glm-4.7`	10	—

1M tokens/day shared cap. 8K context limit on free tier.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

BigModel.cn

Zhipu AI (智谱 AI). 25M free tokens for new users to explore the API, playground, and AGI apps. GLM-4.7-Flash and GLM-4.5-Flash are permanently free.

Referral: https://www.bigmodel.cn/invite?icode=rIX6uZrLYfy8fQ6Urca4xf2gad6AKpjZefIo3dVEyA%3D

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Fireworks AI

$1 starter credits. 50+ models. Function calling, MCP support. OpenAI-compatible.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

Scaleway Generative APIs

EU/GDPR, Paris. 1M free tokens for new customers (no time limit advertised).

Models: Qwen3 (235B/397B/coder), Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Small 3.2, DeepSeek R1 distill, Pixtral.

Checked Jun 5, 2026.

SambaNova Cloud

RDU (dataflow chip) inference. Developer tier, no credit card.

Free: $5 in credits (expire after 30 days), 20 RPM, 200K tokens/day per model.

Models: DeepSeek, Llama 3.x/4, Qwen3, Whisper. OpenAI-compatible.

Source: https://sambanova.ai/blog/sambanova-cloud-developer-tier-is-live

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

Cohere

Trial API key, no credit card. 1,000 calls/month, 20 RPM.

Models: Command A+, Command R, Command R7B, Aya (11+ models), plus rerank and embeddings.

Warning: trial keys are non-commercial use only — production needs a production key (paid).

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

Vercel AI Gateway

Single OpenAI-compatible endpoint routing to many providers, with failover and BYOK.

Free: $5/month in renewing credits (does not roll over). Free tier covers a subset of models and applies lower per-model rate limits than paid.

Source: https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

Requesty

LLM gateway with routing, caching, and spend controls. Works with Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, Roo.

Free: 200 req/day on the free-model catalogue. No credit card, no trial clock — same platform as pay-as-you-go, just restricted to free models until you upgrade.

Source: https://www.requesty.ai/free-models, https://www.requesty.ai/pricing

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

SiliconFlow

Chinese multi-model inference platform, 200+ LLM/image/audio/video models.

Free: a set of smaller open-source models is permanently $0; new international accounts get ~$1 starter credit. 1,000 RPM / 50,000 TPM on the free models. Identity verification required.

Models (free): Qwen3-8B (128K ctx) and similar small open models. OpenAI-compatible.

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

ModelScope

Alibaba's model community (魔搭). API-Inference free for registered users.

Free: 2,000 req/day total, ≤500 req/day per model. Requires an Alibaba account with real-name verification (mainland China ID).

Models: Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM and 50+ other open models.

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

Ollama Cloud

Hosted counterpart to the local ollama CLI — same commands and API, models run on Ollama's GPUs.

Free tier with per-session and weekly caps (exact numbers unpublished). No credit card.

Models: DeepSeek, Kimi, MiniMax, GPT-OSS, Qwen and 16 model families. OpenAI-compatible.

Checked Sep 11, 2026.

LongCat (Meituan)

Meituan's open platform for LongCat-2.0 (1.6T-param MoE agentic model, 1M context, 128K max output). Both OpenAI (https://api.longcat.chat/openai) and Anthropic (https://api.longcat.chat/anthropic) formats — works with Claude Code directly.

Free: signup grants a daily quota plus a one-time resource pack (exact figures only shown in the console; third-party reports ~500K tokens/day, raisable on request). Cache hits don't consume quota. Returns 429 with exponential-backoff guidance when rate-limited.

Source: https://longcat.chat/platform/docs/zh/, https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

SenseNova Token Plan

SenseTime (商汤). Public beta — Free tier ¥0/month, phone-number signup, no card, no ID verification. OpenAI-compatible at https://token.sensenova.cn/v1 plus an Anthropic-compatible endpoint.

Limits: 60,000 credits / rolling 5 h and 600,000 credits / rolling week, separately for the general pool and the Flash-Lite pool. Up to 20 API keys.

Models at 0 credits: SenseNova 6.8 Flash-Lite, SenseNova U1 Fast, DeepSeek V4 Flash / V4 Pro, GLM-5.2, Kimi K3.

Warning: SenseTime says paid Lite/Pro tiers are "coming soon" with no end date for the free beta — don't build production on it.

Source: https://platform.sensenova.cn, https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

AMD Token Factory (Radeon Cloud)

AMD's official inference platform on Radeon GPUs. ~$10-equivalent free quota per day, resets daily (does not roll over). OpenAI-compatible at https://developer.amd.com.cn/radeon/api/v1.

Free models: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, MiniCPM5-1B; GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next as limited-time free. High time-to-first-token (~20 s) reported.

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Volcengine Ark (ByteDance)

ByteDance's model platform (火山引擎方舟). Permanent free tier: 2M tokens/day, resets at midnight (GMT+8). OpenAI-compatible at https://ark.cn-beijing.volces.com/api/v3.

Free models: Doubao-Lite, DeepSeek R2 / V3 (within the daily quota). Doubao-Pro and higher tiers are paid. Requires a phone number with real-name verification (mainland China).

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Baidu Qianfan

Baidu's model platform (千帆). ERNIE-Speed-128K and ERNIE-Lite are permanently free, rate-limited. OpenAI-compatible at https://qianfan.baidubce.com/v2. Real-name verification required.

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

iFlytek Spark

讯飞星火. Spark Lite is permanently free with unlimited tokens, capped at 2 QPS. OpenAI-compatible at https://spark-api-open.xf-yun.com/v1 (APIKey/APISecret auth). Individual real-name verification required.

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

AIHubMix

Gateway with 56 free models, no credit card. Speaks Chat Completions, Messages, and Responses at https://aihubmix.com/v1.

Free: 10 trial calls at signup (never expire). A one-time $1 top-up permanently unlocks 100 req/day + 1M tokens/day on the free catalogue (shared pool, resets daily).

Free models include glm-4.7-flash, hy3, minimax-m3, k2.6-code-preview, gpt-oss-20b, nemotron-3-ultra/super, gemma-4-31b, mimo-v2.5(-pro), coding-glm-5.3, gpt-5.5, gemini-3.8-flash.

Source: https://aihubmix.com/models/free, https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

OVHcloud AI Endpoints

EU-hosted (France). Anonymous free tier — no API key, no signup: 2 RPM per IP per model. OpenAI SDK-compatible at https://oai.endpoints.kepler.ai.cloud.ovh.net/v1.

Models (20+): Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, gpt-oss-120b/20b, Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen3.6-27B, Qwen3-Coder-30B, Qwen2.5-VL-72B, Mistral Small 3.2, Mistral Nemo.

Source: https://github.com/mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

LLM7.io

UK gateway. Anonymous access needs no key (10 RPM, 60 req/hour); a free token from token.llm7.io raises the limits. OpenAI-compatible at https://api.llm7.io/v1.

Models: gpt-oss-20b, minimax-m2.7 (180K ctx), Mistral Nemo.

Source: https://github.com/mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Token Harbor

Small gateway. Free tier $0/month with a rolling 4-week quota (amount unpublished, unused quota carries over). Agent Pass $1.99/month ($0.99 first month) tops up the same pool. OpenAI-compatible at https://tokenharbor.ai/v1.

Free models: DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, MiMo V2.5 ("promotional models added over time").

Warning: blocks requests from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau (region_blocked). Free requests may be logged.

Source: https://tokenharbor.ai/pricing, https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Aion Labs

Permanent free tier, no credit card. 15 RPM, 20K tokens/day. OpenAI-compatible at https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1.

Models: aion-2.0, aion-3.0, aion-3.0-mini (128K ctx, reasoning), aion-rp-llama-3.1-8b. Tuned for roleplay/storytelling rather than coding.

Source: https://github.com/mnfst/awesome-free-llm-apis

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Experiential Labs

YC-backed "open-source OpenRouter". Free plan: ~500 credits/month (1 credit = $0.01), hard stop when exhausted, no auto-upgrade; new orgs get extra welcome credits. OpenAI-compatible at https://api.experientiallabs.ai/v1.

$0-labelled models: Qwen3.8 27B, DeepSeek V4 Flash, GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 (all 1M ctx) — but the monthly credit cap still applies.

Warning: business model is free traffic in exchange for training traces; free-tier uptime is low (72–100 % by model, ~4.5 s TTFT). Prototyping only.

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

Empero

Community endpoint from German lab EmperoAI. Completely free, no signup — any string works as the API key (convention: free). OpenAI-compatible at https://free.empero.org/v1.

Models rotate often: glm-5.3-flash, qwen3.8-flash, Qwen3.8-27B-FP8.

Warning: prompts and responses are logged (IP hashed) to train their open models — never send private data. Frequent upstream_down / 503 under load.

Source: https://github.com/peter123023/awesome-free-llm-api

Checked Sep 21, 2026.

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