Ollama Cloudfree api tier
Kimi K2.6
Free coding model via Ollama Cloud (tier S+, SWE-bench ~76.8%).
- Free access
- Free tier
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
47 catalog votes
Free Model Directory
Free AI Models
Explore free API tiers, open-weight models, and no-signup tools. Filter by provider, modality, and access to find the right starting point.
ManasFlow catalog snapshot · October 2026 · Verify provider terms before use
Z.aiopen weight
GLM 4.6
Strong MIT-licensed open model, good at agentic + coding tasks. Self-host or cheap hosts.
- Free access
- Self-host free
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Permitted
How to use
Strong MIT-licensed open model, good at agentic + coding tasks. Self-host or cheap hosts.
vllm serve THUDM/glm-4.6
# -> http://localhost:8000/v1 (OpenAI-compatible)23 catalog votes
Google Geminifree api tier
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Free tier unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland. Free-tier prompts may be used by Google to improve products.
- Free access
- 15 RPM, 1,500 RPD
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
How to use
Free tier unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland. Free-tier prompts may be used by Google to improve products.
curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
-d '{"model":"gemini-3.5-flash","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'16 catalog votes
DeepSeekopen weight
DeepSeek V3-0324
Frontier-level open-weight model. Run it locally with Ollama or vLLM, or via cheap hosts.
- Free access
- Self-host free
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Permitted
How to use
Frontier-level open-weight model. Run it locally with Ollama or vLLM, or via cheap hosts.
ollama run deepseek-v3
# or serve with vLLM for an OpenAI-compatible endpoint12 catalog votes
Google AI Studiofree api tier
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Google’s most generous free tier - multimodal (text, vision, audio in), long context, no credit card.
- Free access
- Generous · no card
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Permitted
How to use
Google’s most generous free tier - multimodal (text, vision, audio in), long context, no credit card.
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent?key=$KEY" \
-d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"hi"}]}]}'10 catalog votes
Qwenfree api tier
Qwen3.7 Max
Free coding model via Qwen (tier S+, SWE-bench ~80%).
- Free access
- Free tier
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
8 catalog votes
Google Geminifree api tier
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Free tier unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland. Free-tier prompts may be used by Google to improve products.
- Free access
- 5 RPM, 50 RPD
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
How to use
Free tier unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland. Free-tier prompts may be used by Google to improve products.
curl https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
-d '{"model":"gemini-2.5-pro","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'7 catalog votes
GitHub Modelsfree api tier
gpt-4o
Free prototyping for all GitHub users. 45+ models. Per-request limits (8K in / 4K out).
- Free access
- 10 RPM, 50 RPD
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
How to use
Free prototyping for all GitHub users. 45+ models. Per-request limits (8K in / 4K out).
curl https://models.github.ai/inference/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
-d '{"model":"openai/gpt-4o","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'5 catalog votes
NVIDIA NIMfree api tier
+ 90 more models
Free with NVIDIA Developer Program membership. 100+ models. Rate-limited (no daily token cap).
- Free access
- ~40 RPM
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
How to use
Free with NVIDIA Developer Program membership. 100+ models. Rate-limited (no daily token cap).
View setup details4 catalog votes
Cloudflare Workers AIfree api tier
@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b
10,000 Neurons/day free. 50+ models available on free tier.
- Free access
- 10K neurons/day (shared)
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
How to use
10,000 Neurons/day free. 50+ models available on free tier.
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
-d '{"model":"@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'4 catalog votes
Google AI Studiofree api tier
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Free coding model via Google AI Studio (tier S+, SWE-bench ~78%).
- Free access
- Free tier
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
4 catalog votes
Mistralfree api tier
Mistral Medium 3.5
Free coding model via Mistral (tier S+, SWE-bench ~77.6%).
- Free access
- Free tier
- Credit card
- Not required
- Commercial use
- Check license
4 catalog votes
Free model questions
Are free AI models really free?
Three kinds of free exist: open-weight models you self-host (free forever, you pay only infrastructure), permanent free API tiers (free within rate limits), and no-signup tools. The catch is usually rate limits, non-commercial clauses, or your data being used for training. Every listing here shows its catch.
What is the best free AI model right now?
It depends on the job: the community votes on this page rank what practitioners actually rate highest, and you can filter by text, code, image, video, audio, or embeddings. For raw quality per dollar, open-weight frontier models you self-host are hard to beat.
Can I use free AI models commercially?
Often yes for permissive open-weight licenses (Apache-2.0, MIT), but many free API tiers prohibit commercial use and some community licenses add revenue caps. Check the commercial column on each listing and verify the current license before shipping.
Do free AI API keys without signup exist?
Yes, a small set of services work with no key at all, and they are labeled No-signup here. Never use shared API keys posted online: they run on someone else's billing, violate provider terms, and get revoked.
How do I use a free model in my own project?
Most free API tiers are OpenAI-compatible, so you point your SDK at the provider base URL with your free key. Every listing has a How drawer with setup steps, a quickstart snippet, and a copy-paste prompt that walks Claude Code through the setup for you.