As recorded at collection: OpenRouter opens at least 29 free AI models with no credit card required
As recorded at collection: OpenRouter, a unified AI model relay service, offers at least 29 AI models for free, including DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama 3.3, Qwen3, and Mistral. You can start without registering a credit card and access multiple models through a single address. Free usage is limited to 20 requests per minute and 50 per day, increasing to 1,000 per day when you add at least $10 to your account.
- What you get
- Free access to at least 29 AI models, with no card required
- Price
- Free; adding at least $10 to the account raises the daily limit to 1,000 requests
- Valid until
- To be confirmed
- Requirements
- No credit card is required. Free usage is limited to 20 requests per minute and 50 per day. Accounts topped up with at least $10 can make up to 1,000 requests per day. Free models are sponsor-funded, and the available selection changes frequently.
Details
OpenRouter, a relay service for accessing AI models from multiple companies in one place, offers at least 29 models free. The selection includes DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama 3.3, Qwen3, and Mistral, and you can start without registering a credit card. A single endpoint lets programs built for the OpenAI format connect by changing only the address.
To use it, sign up for OpenRouter, generate an API key, an authentication string needed to use the service, and choose a model from the free model list. Append `:free` to the model name in your request to avoid charges.
Free usage allows up to 20 requests per minute and 50 per day. Adding at least $10 to your account lets you use the same free models up to 1,000 times per day. The models are sponsor-funded and the selection changes periodically, so it is safer not to assume a specific model will remain available. No end date has been announced.
Sources and verification history
- Collection channel
- aicredits
- Collected at
- July 26, 2026, 06:44 KST
- First published
- Updated
- Updates
- July 27, 00:18 · Reclassified after a change in criteria
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