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Limited-time free offers & credits
Promotions with an end date and new-user credits – check the expiry before you build on them.
ⓘ Free terms change often. Always confirm limits, data-use policy and regional availability on the official page before relying on a free tier.
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Dots Studio · OpenRouter
Limited-time free TextVision 🛠 Tool calling 500K
Free “:free” variant on OpenRouter – rate-limited, no charge.
Free until 2026-12-31 Verified: Details →
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poolside · OpenRouter
Limited-time free Text 🛠 Tool calling 256K
Free “:free” variant on OpenRouter – rate-limited, no charge.
Free until 2026-10-31 Verified: Details →
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poolside · OpenRouter
Limited-time free Text 🛠 Tool calling 256K
Free “:free” variant on OpenRouter – rate-limited, no charge.
Free until 2026-10-31 Verified: Details →
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Xiaomi MiMo · OpenCode Zen
Limited-time free Text
A free model in OpenCode Zen’s current model list (ID ends in -free) – a promotion that can end at any time.
Verified: Details →
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Alibaba Qwen · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Bailian)
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Granted on first activation: a separate quota per model (usually 1M tokens each), valid 90 days; dated snapshots count as separate models.
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OpenAI · Cerebras
New-user credit Text 64K
New accounts get a one-time $5 credit after adding a verified payment method, valid 30 days; there is no permanent free tier.
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Alibaba Qwen · Cerebras
New-user credit TextVision 64K
New accounts get a one-time $5 credit after adding a verified payment method, valid 30 days; there is no permanent free tier.
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Moonshot AI (Kimi) · Kimi Open Platform
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After registering with a mainland phone number and real-name verification, you get a ¥15 voucher valid 3 months; not usable for Kimi K3.
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Baidu ERNIE · Baidu Qianfan
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Granted on first activation: 1M tokens each for 17 models (ERNIE-4.5-Turbo, ERNIE-X1-Turbo, DeepSeek-R1/V3/V3.1, Kimi-K2-Instruct, Qwen3 models…), valid 3 months.
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Tencent Hunyuan · Tencent Cloud TokenHub
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Once per main account: 1M tokens for every language and multimodal-understanding model, valid 1 year; auto-claimed on first call.
Free until 2026-12-31 Verified: Details →
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ByteDance Seed · Volcengine Ark
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Registering a Volcengine account grants free inference quota, counted per model and shared across the main account.
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DeepSeek · AtomGit AtomCode
Limited-time free Unverified Text
A user article on Tencent Cloud’s developer community says AtomGit’s AtomCode CodingPlan gives free DeepSeek-V4-Flash calls (5-hour rolling quota, 30-day validity, renewable, AtomCode client only).
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DeepSeek · CodeBuddy / WorkBuddy (Tencent)
Limited-time free Expired Text 1M
Per third-party promo trackers, CodeBuddy/WorkBuddy (international) offered DeepSeek V4.1 Flash free until 2026-09-25.
Free until 2026-09-25 Verified: Details →
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DeepSeek · OpenCode Zen
Limited-time free Expired Text 1M
OpenCode Zen once offered DeepSeek V4 Flash free for a limited time; the promotion has ended and the ID is gone from the list.
Free until 2026-08-21 Verified: Details →