10,000 Neurons/day free
Catch: Requests fail with an error past the daily cap (resets 00:00 UTC); some models need a paid billing method.
| # | Tool / free plan | Limit | Card | Checked | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 017 | Cloudflare Workers AI AI APIs 10,000 Neurons/day free Catch: Requests fail with an error past the daily cap (resets 00:00 UTC); some models need a paid billing method. |
Daily neuron cap | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 018 | Cohere AI APIs Trial API key for evaluation Catch: Trial keys are rate limited and may not be used for production or commercial purposes. |
Rate-limited, non-production use | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 036 | Google AI Studio AI APIs Free tier for Gemini API in AI Studio Catch: Free-tier content is used to improve Google products; newest models such as Gemini 4 Argon are not available. |
Rate limits per model; data may be used to improve products | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 042 | Groq AI APIs Free API plan for open models such as gpt-oss-120b, Qwen and Whisper Catch: Low per-model rate limits. |
Per-model rate limits, e.g. 30 requests/min and 1,000 requests/day on gpt-oss-120b | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 046 | Hugging Face AI APIs Hub hosting, Spaces on free CPU, limited inference credits Catch: Not stated by vendor |
Small monthly inference credits | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 058 | LM Studio AI APIs Free desktop app to run local LLMs Catch: Not stated by vendor |
Local hardware limits | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 069 | Mistral La Plateforme AI APIs Free experiment tier for API Catch: Not stated by vendor |
Rate limits | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 079 | Ollama AI APIs Free local model runner Catch: Starter models only; more cloud models need added credits. |
Local hardware limits; cloud paid | 2026-10-13 | ||
| 080 | OpenRouter AI APIs Chat and API access to 25+ free models from 4 free providers Catch: No budgets, spend controls or prompt caching on Free. |
No prompt caching, budgets or management keys on Free | 2026-10-13 |
Cohere#018
Trial API key for evaluation
Catch: Trial keys are rate limited and may not be used for production or commercial purposes.
Google AI Studio#036
Free tier for Gemini API in AI Studio
Catch: Free-tier content is used to improve Google products; newest models such as Gemini 4 Argon are not available.
Groq#042
Free API plan for open models such as gpt-oss-120b, Qwen and Whisper
Catch: Low per-model rate limits.
Hugging Face#046
Hub hosting, Spaces on free CPU, limited inference credits
Catch: Not stated by vendor
LM Studio#058
Free desktop app to run local LLMs
Catch: Not stated by vendor
Free experiment tier for API
Catch: Not stated by vendor
Ollama#079
Free local model runner
Catch: Starter models only; more cloud models need added credits.
OpenRouter#080
Chat and API access to 25+ free models from 4 free providers
Catch: No budgets, spend controls or prompt caching on Free.