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Checked 2026.09.18
AI API free credits
117 offers and 4 no-credit findings
This hub tracks credits for hosted model APIs: products where you send requests and pay per token or per run. It carries some of the bluntest findings on the site. Of the two most searched names, OpenAI offers no free API credit on its official pages and is recorded as a finding; Anthropic moved in September 2026 to the smallest possible offer, a signup allowance its docs decline to quantify.
The offers that do exist are mostly free tiers with rate limits rather than dollar grants. Limits, expiry, and card rules are read from official pages on a stated date, one entry per provider.
The ai apis ledger
11 entries: 7 offers, 4 findings
| Product | Amount | Type | Expiry | Payment method required | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Not quantified officially | Signup credit | Not stated for the signup credits; purchased credits expire one year from purchase | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| DeepInfra | No free credit | No free credit | Not stated officially | Yes | Last checked: |
| fal.ai | No free credit | No free credit | No standard credit exists; occasional free credits or coupons last 1 week to 1 year, purchased credits 365 days | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| Mistral | Not stated officially | Always-free tier | Not stated officially | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| OpenAI | No free credit | No free credit | Not applicable: no free credit is offered | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| OpenRouter | 50 free-model requests/day | Always-free tier | Free-model limits reset daily; unused purchased credits may expire after one year | No | Last checked: |
| Replicate | Free for a limited number of runs | Signup credit | Free-run quota not quantified officially; purchased credit is valid for 1 year from purchase | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| Together AI | No free credit | No free credit | No free credit exists; purchased credits do not currently have an expiration date | Yes | Last checked: |
| Cohere | 1,000 API calls per month on a trial key | Free trial | Monthly call cap; no end date stated officially for trial keys | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
| Fireworks AI | $1 | Signup credit | Not stated officially | No | Last checked: |
| Groq | $0, rate-limited | Always-free tier | Not stated officially | Not stated officially | Last checked: |
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