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.
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.
ClaudeKit provides tools and resources to work with Claude AI more effectively — including prompt templates, workflows, and extensions.
Referral: 20% off your first purchase via https://claudekit.cc/?ref=BWA910UK (code:
BWA910UK).
Checked Jun 5, 2026.
Monthly subscriptions with request-based (not token-based) quotas, compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and similar tools.
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.
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.
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:
Checked Jun 5, 2026.
Referral: Up to $1,700 in free trial credits via https://www.alibabacloud.com/campaign/benefits?referral_code=A92LU5 (code:
A92LU5).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Unified AI gateway with OpenAI-compatible access to 300+ models.
- Kimi K3 Free Version: Use
moonshotai/kimi-k3-freeat $0 until Aug 12, 2026, running on TokenRouter's own B300 deployment. - API: Use the OpenAI Chat Completions endpoint at
https://api.tokenrouter.com/v1with a TokenRouter API key. - Limit: Free compute capacity is limited, so stability and concurrency are not guaranteed.
Source: TokenRouter models 2
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
Free models (:free suffix): 20 RPM, 50 req/day (free accounts); 1,000 req/day after $10 top-up.
Checked Jun 5, 2026.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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.
$1 starter credits. 50+ models. Function calling, MCP support. OpenAI-compatible.
Checked Jun 5, 2026.
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.
Apache 2.0