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Exact steps for all 33 providers — 10 of them don't even ask for a credit card.

OpenRouter

Renewable Credits No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
20 requests/minute
Get Your OpenRouter Key

Google AI Studio

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
5-30 RPM (varies by model)
Get Your Google AI Studio Key

Together.AI

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Subject to availability
Get Your Together.AI Key

Mistral (La Plateforme)

Permanent Free Tier Phone verification
  1. 1 Create a free account
  2. 2 Verify your phone number by SMS code
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
1 request/second
Get Your Mistral (La Plateforme) Key

Hugging Face Inference

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
300 Requests / hour
Get Your Hugging Face Inference Key

Cohere

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
20 requests/minute
Get Your Cohere Key

Replicate

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Varies by model
Get Your Replicate Key

Fireworks AI

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
10 RPM (no payment method) / up to 6,000 RPM (with card + credits)
Get Your Fireworks AI Key

NVIDIA NIM

Permanent Free Tier Phone verification
  1. 1 Create a free account
  2. 2 Verify your phone number by SMS code
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
40 requests/minute
Get Your NVIDIA NIM Key

Venice.ai

Renewable Credits Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
10 RPM (free tier)
Get Your Venice.ai Key

SambaNova Cloud

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Varies by model
Get Your SambaNova Cloud Key

Hyperbolic

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Hyperbolic Key

Nebius (Token Factory)

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Nebius (Token Factory) Key

Cerebras

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
30 RPM
Get Your Cerebras Key

Novita AI

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Novita AI Key

Groq

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
30 RPM, 14.4k RPD
Get Your Groq Key

Scaleway Generative APIs

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Scaleway Generative APIs Key

Qwen (Alibaba)

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Qwen (Alibaba) Key

AI21 Labs

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
100 RPM
Get Your AI21 Labs Key

Upstage

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Upstage Key

DeepSeek

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your DeepSeek Key

Coze

Permanent Free Tier Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Varies by model
Get Your Coze Key

Z.AI (GLM)

Permanent Free Tier Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
~1 request/second (Flash models)
Get Your Z.AI (GLM) Key

Cloudflare Workers AI

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Varies by model
Get Your Cloudflare Workers AI Key

Requesty

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Requesty Key

OVH AI Endpoints

Permanent Free Tier Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
2 RPM (Anonymous) / 400 RPM (Auth)
Get Your OVH AI Endpoints Key

Cerebrium

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Pay-per-second compute
Get Your Cerebrium Key

DeepInfra

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM (varies by model)
Get Your DeepInfra Key

Friendli AI

One-Time Trial Credit Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
60 RPM
Get Your Friendli AI Key

Ollama Cloud

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Light usage tier, 1 concurrent model
Get Your Ollama Cloud Key

Nous Portal

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Not fully published — verify on portal.nousresearch.com
Get Your Nous Portal Key

Inference.net

Permanent Free Tier No credit card
  1. 1 Create a free account with just an email address
  2. 2 Verify your email if asked
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
30 RPM (fair use)
Get Your Inference.net Key

Grok (xAI)

Renewable Credits Registration required
  1. 1 Create a free account with your email
  2. 2 Complete any onboarding step the provider asks for
  3. 3 Open the dashboard and generate an API key
Varies (low for free tier)
Get Your Grok (xAI) Key

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