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48 free tiers, signup credits, startup programs and plan perks for people building with AI. Each one is checked against the provider's official page. Last checked 2026-10-15.

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OfferAmountCategoryCard?Eligibility
Gemini API Free Tier
Google
Free usage with rate limits on supported models (not Gemini 4 Argon)Free tier noDevelopers in supported regions
Groq Free Plan
Groq
Free per-model limits (e.g. some models 10 RPM / 100 RPD)Free tier noAnyone with a GroqCloud account
Cloudflare Workers AI free allocation
Cloudflare
10,000 Neurons per dayFree tier noAny Cloudflare account (Workers Free plan)
NVIDIA build.nvidia.com free inference
NVIDIA unconfirmed
Free inference endpoints for listed modelsFree tier unknownNVIDIA developer account
Cohere trial (evaluation) API key
Cohere
Free evaluation key with limited usageFree tier noAny Cohere account
OpenAI API Free usage tier
OpenAI
Free tier usage limit listed as $100/monthFree tier unknownUsers in an allowed geography
Voyage AI free embedding tokens
Voyage AI (MongoDB)
First 200M tokens free (voyage-4 family); 50M on some domain modelsFree tier unknownEvery account
AssemblyAI free tier
AssemblyAI
Up to 185 hours of pre-recorded transcription (plus streaming hours)Free tier noNew accounts
ElevenLabs Free plan
ElevenLabs
10k credits per monthFree tier noAnyone
Tavily Researcher plan
Tavily
1,000 API credits per monthFree tier noAnyone
Exa Starter Free
Exa
$10 credits/month plus $10 onboarding bonusFree tier noAnyone
Firecrawl Free Plan
Firecrawl
1,000 credits per month (about 500 searches or 1,000 pages)Free tier noAnyone
Browserbase Free Plan
Browserbase
1 browser hour, 3 agent runs, 1,000 search and fetch calls, $5 in model tokensFree tier unknownAnyone
Qdrant Cloud Free Tier
Qdrant
Free 1GB RAM / 4GB disk clusterFree tier unknownAnyone
Weaviate Free Forever
Weaviate
1 cluster: 100k objects, 1GB memory, embeddings 2,000 req/dayFree tier no1 per user
Neon Free plan
Neon
100 CU-hours per project (free Postgres)Free tier noAnyone
Langfuse Cloud Hobby
Langfuse
50k units includedFree tier noAnyone
LangSmith Developer plan
LangChain
Up to 5k base traces per month, 1 seatFree tier unknownSolo users
GitHub Copilot Free
GitHub
Limited chat and agent usage; CLI and agent mode supportedFree tier noAny GitHub user
Netlify Free plan
Netlify
300 credits per monthFree tier noAnyone
Deepgram free credit
Deepgram
$200 creditSignup credits noNew accounts
Cerebras promotional credit
Cerebras
One-time $5 creditSignup credits yesAdd a valid payment method (not charged)
Google Cloud Free Trial
Google Cloud
$300 free creditSignup credits unknownNew Google Cloud customers
AWS Free Tier credits
AWS
$100 at signup plus up to $100 more for exploring servicesSignup credits unknownNew AWS Free Tier accounts
E2B Hobby credit
E2B
$100 one-time usage creditSignup credits noNew accounts
Pinecone Standard trial
Pinecone
$300 creditsSignup credits unknownNew Standard trial
Azure for Students
Microsoft
$100 Azure credit plus free servicesSignup credits noStudents with an academic email
Claude for Startups
Anthropic unconfirmed
Perks/credits worth up to $45,000; up to $100K API credits via partner VCsStartup program noStartups. Page says Claude credits don't apply on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
Google for Startups Cloud Program (AI)
Google Cloud
Up to $350,000 in Cloud creditsStartup program noAI startups founded in the last 5 years with a Seed–Series A round in the last 12 months
AWS Activate Founders
AWS
$1,000 to start, up to $5,000Startup program unknownSelf-funded startups
AWS Activate Portfolio
AWS
Up to $200,000Startup program unknownStartups backed by an Activate Provider (VC or accelerator)
Cloudflare for Startups
Cloudflare
$10k (bootstrapped tier) up to $350kStartup program unknownTier 3: bootstrapped, raised under $1M
OpenRouter for Startups
OpenRouter
Up to $5,000 inference credits; 0% fees for 1 yearStartup program unknownPre-Series B AI startups
Runware Grant Program
Runware
Up to $30,000 API creditsStartup program unknownStartups shipping with Runware
NVIDIA Inception
NVIDIA
Partner cloud credits, preferred pricing, trainingStartup program noAI startups
Modal for Startups
Modal
Free credits (amount by application)Startup program unknownStartups
ElevenLabs Startup Grants
ElevenLabs
Grant plan plus creditsStartup program unknownStartups (application)
MongoDB for Startups
MongoDB
Atlas credits plus Voyage AI tokens (Inspire tier for bootstrapped)Startup program unknownBootstrapped and funded startups
LangSmith for Startups
LangChain
Up to $10,000 credits plus discountsStartup program unknownVC-backed startups
Neon Startup Program
Neon
Up to $100k in creditsStartup program unknownEarly-stage startups
Tavily startup program
Tavily
100k free API creditsStartup program unknownStartups (apply)
Runpod Startup Program
Runpod
Bonus credits on committed spend (e.g. $25K on a $50K load)Startup program yesStartups committing spend
Hugging Face PRO monthly credits
Hugging Face
$2.00/month Inference Providers creditsPlan perk yesPRO users and Team/Enterprise seats
Modal Starter monthly credits
Modal
$30/month free compute creditsPlan perk unknownStarter plan ($0 + compute)
Supabase paid plan compute credits
Supabase
$10/month compute creditsPlan perk yesPro and above
Vercel Pro included credit
Vercel
$20 included usage creditPlan perk yesVercel Pro ($20/mo)
Claude Max/Team monthly API credits
Anthropic unconfirmed
Monthly API credits included with Max and Team (amount on linked article)Plan perk yesMax and Team subscribers
GitHub Student Developer Pack
GitHub
Copilot Student, $100 Azure credit, $50 MongoDB Atlas, and morePlan perk noVerified students

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