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LLM APIs with permanent free tiers for text inference.
\n\nAll endpoints are OpenAI SDK-compatible unless noted. Each link points to the provider's API key page.
\n\n## Contents\n\n- [Provider APIs](#provider-apis)\n- [Inference providers](#inference-providers)\n- [Glossary](#glossary)\n\n## Provider APIs\n\nAPIs run by the companies that train or fine-tune the models themselves.\n\n### [Aion Labs](https://www.aionlabs.ai) 🇮🇱\n\nPermanent free tier, no credit card required. 15 RPM, 20K tokens/day. Specialized for roleplay and storytelling.\n\nBase URL: `https://api.aionlabs.ai/v1`\n\n| Model Name | Context | Max Output | Modality | Rate Limit |\n| ---------------- | ------- | ---------- | --------------- | --------------- |\n| Aion 2.5 | 128K | 32K | Text (roleplay) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |\n| Aion 2.0 | 128K | 32K | Text (roleplay) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |\n| Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) | 32K | ~8K | Text (roleplay) | 15 RPM, 20K TPD |\n\n### [Cohere](https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keys) 🇨🇦\n\nFree \"Trial\" API key, no credit card. 1,000 API calls/month. Non-commercial use only.\n\nBase URL: `https://api.cohere.com/v2`\n\n| Model Name | Context | Max Output | Modality | Rate Limit |\n| ----------------- | ------- | ---------- | -------- | ---------- |\n| Command A+ (218B) | 128K | 4K | Text | 20 RPM |\n| Command A (111B) | 256K | 4K | Text | 20 RPM |\n| Command R+ | 128K | 4K | Text | 20 RPM |\n| Command R | 128K | 4K | Text | 20 RPM |\n| Command R7B | 128K | 4K | Text | 20 RPM |\n\n### [Google Gemini](https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey) 🇺🇸\n\nFree tier unavailable in EU/UK/Switzerland. Free-tier prompts may be used by Google to improve products. [^1]\n\nBase URL: `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta`\n\n| Model Name | Context | Max Output | Modality | Rate Limit |\n| --------------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------- |\n| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1M | 64K | Text + Image + Audio + Video | 15 RPM, 1,500 RPD |\n| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | 1M | 65K | Text + Image + Audio + Video | 30 RPM, 1,500 RPD |\n| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1M | 65K | Text + Image + Audio + Video | 15 RPM, 1,500 RPD |\n| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 2M | 65K | Text + Image + Audio + Video | 5 RPM, 50 RPD |\n\n### [Mistral AI](https://console.mistral.ai/api-keys) 🇫🇷\n\nFree \"Experiment\" plan, no credit card. ~1B tokens/month. 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