Free AI

How to use the world's best AI, for free.

No trials. No credit card gymnastics. These providers offer genuine free tiers or free-forever endpoints.

OpenRouter
Free

Aggregates 300+ models with one API key. Some free.

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Google AI Studio
Free

Free tier for Gemini 2.5 Pro/Flash with generous quotas.

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Groq
Free

Free tier on Llama, Mixtral, Qwen at 500+ tok/s.

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DeepSeek
Free

Cheapest frontier API. Free during off-peak hours.

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Cerebras
Free

Free daily tokens on Llama at 2000+ tok/s.

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GitHub Models
Free

Free playground for GPT, Llama, Phi with your GitHub account.

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Together AI
Free

$5 free credit. Runs open weights.

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Fireworks
Free

$1 free credit. Fast open-source inference.

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HuggingFace
Free

Inference API + Spaces. Free hosted demos.

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Mistral
Free

European hosting. Free tier on le Chat.

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Qwen (Alibaba)
Free

Free chat + open weights on HuggingFace.

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Meta
Free

Open weights via HuggingFace. Not a hosted API.

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How to get started

Get an API key in 60 seconds

OpenRouter
  1. 1Sign up at openrouter.ai
  2. 2Some models are marked :free — no card required.
  3. 3Get an API key from the dashboard.
  4. 4Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at openrouter.ai/api/v1.
Google AI Studio
  1. 1Go to aistudio.google.com
  2. 2Create an API key with one click.
  3. 3Free tier: 15 req/min on Gemini 2.5 Pro, 1000/day on Flash.
  4. 4Works with the google-genai SDK or OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Groq
  1. 1Sign up at console.groq.com
  2. 2Free tier: 14,400 req/day on Llama 3.3 70B.
  3. 3500+ tokens/sec inference.
  4. 4OpenAI-compatible API.
Cerebras
  1. 1Sign up at cloud.cerebras.ai
  2. 2Free daily tokens on Llama 3.3 70B and 8B.
  3. 32000+ tokens/sec on wafer-scale chips.
  4. 4OpenAI-compatible.
GitHub Models
  1. 1Head to github.com/marketplace/models
  2. 2Free playground for GPT, Llama, Phi, DeepSeek.
  3. 3Use your existing GitHub token — no billing required.
DeepSeek
  1. 1Sign up at platform.deepseek.com
  2. 2Off-peak pricing: 50-75% discount (UTC 16:30-00:30).
  3. 3Cheapest frontier API on the market.