Overview

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API

API Endpoint


                                                        https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1

Free Tier Highlights

3M input / 60K output tokens per 60s

Why Choose Hetzner Inference API?

Hetzner Inference API stands out for its unique features and capabilities. With a developer-friendly API and comprehensive documentation, you can integrate AI capabilities into your applications within minutes.

Quick Start Guide

Create a Hetzner account

Visit https://experiments.hetzner.com/inference

Generate an API token

Configure client with base_url https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1

Available Models

Model Name	ID	Context	Capabilities
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Free	`Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8`	262 000	Vision Reasoning

Integration Examples

Ready-to-use code snippets for your applications.

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main.py

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN",
    base_url="https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

index.js

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN',
  baseURL: 'https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1'
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }]
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

terminal

curl https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
  }'

example.php

<?php
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
$url = "https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1/models/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8:generateContent?key=$apiKey";

$data = [
    "contents" => [
        ["parts" => [["text" => "Explain quantum mechanics"]]]
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/google/generative-ai-go/genai"
    "google.golang.org/api/option"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    client, err := genai.NewClient(ctx, option.WithAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    defer client.Close()

    model := client.GenerativeModel("Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8")
    resp, err := model.GenerateContent(ctx, genai.Text("Explain quantum mechanics"))
    if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
    
    // ...
}

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

Rate Limit

Requests per minute

3 000 000 input / 60 000 output tokens per 60s

Daily Quota

Requests per day

500 000 000 input / 5 000 000 output tokens per 24h

Token Limit

Tokens per minute

See rate limit

Monthly Quota

Per month limit

Free during experimental phaseno billing system yet

Use Cases

EU data compliance testing

High-volume experimentation while it lasts

Secondary/backup free API

Limitations & Considerations

Experimental — no SLA, could be discontinued or paywalled at any time

Only one model currently offered

No official uptime/support guarantees

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Overview

Provider Type

API Endpoint

Free Tier Highlights

Why Choose Hetzner Inference API?

Quick Start Guide

Create a Hetzner account

Visit https://experiments.hetzner.com/inference

Generate an API token

Configure client with base_url https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1

Available Models

Integration Examples

Select Model

Free Tier Pricing & Limits

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Token Limit

Monthly Quota

Use Cases

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Hetzner Inference API

Overview

Provider Type

API Endpoint

Free Tier Highlights

Why Choose Hetzner Inference API?

Quick Start Guide

Create a Hetzner account

Visit https://experiments.hetzner.com/inference

Generate an API token

Configure client with base_url https://inference.hetzner.com/api/v1

Available Models

Integration Examples

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