Free LLM APIs Requiring No Credit Card

15 providers · 95 free models · Last updated: 01 Nov 2026

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14 LLM providers offer permanently free API keys with zero credit card required at signup, including Google AI Studio, Groq, SambaNova, OpenRouter, and Z.AI.

Total available in this directory: 15 providers, 95 free models. Verified limits below.

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Base URL: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
Model: qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Provider: Groq
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
    api_key="your-api-key",  # from Groq
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.8-27b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Rate Limits & Model Inventory

ModelProviderCostContextRPMTPMRPDDay tokensVerified
Big PickleOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
GLM-5.3-Flash FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)128K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)128K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
MiMo-V2.6-Flash FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Beam FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)128K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Flint 40B FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)128K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Nemotron 3 Ultra FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Jev 1.13 FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
cohere/north-mini-code:freeOpenRouter$0250K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:freeOpenRouter$0500K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:freeOpenRouter$0256K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
google/gemma-4-31b-it:freeOpenRouter$0256K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:freeOpenRouter$064K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:freeOpenRouter$0250K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freeOpenRouter$0100000020Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:freeOpenRouter$0125K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:freeOpenRouter$0100000020Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:freeOpenRouter$0100000020Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
recursive/flint-v1.0:freeOpenRouter$0256K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
thinkingmachines/inkling-small:freeOpenRouter$01024K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
thinkingmachines/inkling:freeOpenRouter$01024K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
xingchen-agi/xing4.0-29b-a4b:freeOpenRouter$0256K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
meta/muse-spark-1.3-contributor:freeOpenRouter$0100000020Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
gemini-2.5-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-2.5-flash-liteGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3-flash-previewGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.1-flash-liteGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.5-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.5-flash-liteGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.6-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.7-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-3.8-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-flash-latestGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-flash-lite-latestGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$01024KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-omni-1.1-flashGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$0128KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemini-omni-flash-previewGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$0128KVaries by accountVaries by accountVaries by accountNot published2026-11-01
gemma-4-26b-a4b-itGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$0256K151M1,500Not published2026-11-01
gemma-4-31b-itGoogle AI Studio (Gemini API)$0256K151M1,500Not published2026-11-01
llama-3.3-70b-versatileGroq$0128K3012K1,000100K tokens/day2026-11-01
llama-3.1-8b-instantGroq$0128K306K14,400500K tokens/day2026-11-01
meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructGroq$0128K3030K1,000500K tokens/day2026-11-01
openai/gpt-oss-120bGroq$0128K308K1,000200K tokens/day2026-11-01
openai/gpt-oss-20bGroq$0128K308K1,000200K tokens/day2026-11-01
qwen/qwen3.6-27bGroq$0128K308K1,000200K tokens/day2026-11-01
qwen/qwen3.8-27bGroq$0128K308K1,0002M tokens/day2026-11-01
meta-llama/llama-prompt-guard-2-22mGroq$0128K3015K14,400500K tokens/day2026-11-01
compound-betaGroq$0128K3070K250Not published2026-11-01
~80 free models (Llama 3.x/4, Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek-R1 distills, FLUX, Whisper, BGE embeddings)Cloudflare Workers AI$08K-128K+ (model-dependent)300 text gen (720-1,500 other tasks)Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-08-30
@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fastCloudflare Workers AI$0128K300Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-10-29
@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32bCloudflare Workers AI$0128K300Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-10-29
@cf/qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instructCloudflare Workers AI$0128K300Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-10-29
@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instructCloudflare Workers AI$0128K300Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-10-29
Llama 3.2 8B (Serverless)Hugging Face$0Model-dependent~300 req/hour (Serverless)Model max contextNot publishedSmall monthly credit pool (PRO: 2M credits/mo)2026-10-29
Qwen 2.5 7B (Serverless)Hugging Face$0Model-dependent~300 req/hour (Serverless)Model max contextNot publishedSmall monthly credit pool (PRO: 2M credits/mo)2026-10-29
Mistral 7B (Serverless)Hugging Face$0Model-dependent~300 req/hour (Serverless)Model max contextNot publishedSmall monthly credit pool (PRO: 2M credits/mo)2026-10-29
Inference Providers gateway (15+ partners)Hugging Face$0Model-dependent~300 req/hour (Serverless)Model max contextNot publishedSmall monthly credit pool (PRO: 2M credits/mo)2026-10-29
Mistral LargeMistral La Plateforme$0 (Experiment)Model-dependent~1 req/secNot publishedNot published~1B tokens/month2026-10-29
CodestralMistral La Plateforme$0 (Experiment)Model-dependent~1 req/secNot publishedNot published~1B tokens/month2026-10-29
All API models (Experiment tier)Mistral La Plateforme$0 (Experiment)Model-dependent~1 req/secNot publishedNot published~1B tokens/month2026-10-29
DeepSeek-V3.1SambaNova Cloud$0128K20Not published20200K tokens/day2026-11-01
DeepSeek-V3.2SambaNova Cloud$0128K20Not published20200K tokens/day2026-11-01
Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-InstructSambaNova Cloud$0128K20Not published20200K tokens/day2026-11-01
gemma-4-31B-itSambaNova Cloud$0128K20Not published20200K tokens/day2026-11-01
gpt-oss-120bSambaNova Cloud$0128K20Not published20200K tokens/day2026-11-01
GLM-5.1Z.AI (Zhipu)$0Up to 203K3 (burst)Not published1,000 (1K RPD tier)Not published2026-10-29
GLM-4.5-FlashZ.AI (Zhipu)$0Up to 203K3 (burst)Not published1,000Not published2026-10-29
GLM-4.7-FlashZ.AI (Zhipu)$0Up to 203K3 (burst)Not published1,000Not published2026-10-29
GLM-4.6V-Flash (vision)Z.AI (Zhipu)$0Up to 203K3 (burst)Not published1,000Not published2026-10-29
cohere/north-mini-code:freeKilo Gateway$0250K20Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-11-01
poolside/laguna-s-2.1:freeKilo Gateway$0256K20Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-10-31
poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:freeKilo Gateway$0256K20Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-10-31
liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:freeKilo Gateway$064K20Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-11-01
dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:freeKilo Gateway$0500K20Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:freeKilo Gateway$0100000020Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:freeKilo Gateway$0100000020Provider-dependent200/dayNot published2026-11-01
poolside/laguna-s-2.1:freeNous Portal$0256K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-10-31
poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:freeNous Portal$0256K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-10-31
stepfun/step-3.7-flash:freeNous Portal$0128K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
upstage/solar-mini4:freeNous Portal$064K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
reflection/beam-1.0-501b-a23b:freeNous Portal$0128K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
ornith/ornith-1.5-122b:freeNous Portal$0128K50500KNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Command ACohere$0256K20Not publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Command R+Cohere$0128K20Not publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
Command R7BCohere$0128K20Not publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12bRequesty$0128KNot publishedNot published200/day sharedNot published2026-11-01
google/gemma-4-31b-itRequesty$0256KNot publishedNot published200/day sharedNot published2026-11-01
poolside/laguna-xs.2Requesty$0256KNot publishedNot published200/day sharedNot published2026-11-01
10 free models (anonymous keyless)OVHcloud AI Endpoints$0Model-dependent2/min per IPNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7BSiliconFlow$032K100040K100Not published2026-10-29
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3SiliconFlow$064K30 RPH40K100Not published2026-10-29
Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-InstructSiliconFlow$032K100040KNot publishedNot published2026-10-29
THUDM/glm-4-9b-chatSiliconFlow$032K100040KNot publishedNot published2026-10-29

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