Free AI models: 80 with an API tier you can test without a card

Free tier

Services found: 80

#	AI model	API $/1M (in / out)	Context window	Price / mo	Output $/1M	Overview
61	GLM 4.6 Z.ai	$0.43 / $1.75	204.8K tokens	API only	1.75	View
62	Qwen3.6 Flash Qwen	$0.1875 / $1.125	1M tokens	API only	1.125	View
63	Qwen3.5-27B Qwen	$0.195 / $1.56	262.1K tokens	API only	1.56	View
64	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Qwen	$0.09 / $1.1	262.1K tokens	API only	1.1	View
65	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Qwen	$0.15 / $0.6	262.1K tokens	API only	0.6	View
66	GLM 5V Turbo Z.ai	$1.2 / $4	202.8K tokens	API only	4	View
67	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) Google	$0.5 / $3	131.1K tokens	API only	3	View
68	Qwen3 Max Qwen	$0.78 / $3.9	262.1K tokens	API only	3.9	View
69	Qwen3 Coder Flash Qwen	$0.195 / $0.975	1M tokens	API only	0.975	View
70	GLM 5 Turbo Z.ai	$1.2 / $4	202.8K tokens	API only	4	View
71	Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) Google	$0.25 / $1.5	65.5K tokens	API only	1.5	View
72	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 Qwen	$0.26 / $1.56	1M tokens	API only	1.56	View
73	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 Qwen	$0.3 / $1.8	1M tokens	API only	1.8	View
74	Qwen3 Coder Plus Qwen	$0.65 / $3.25	1M tokens	API only	3.25	View
75	Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Google	$0.3 / $2.5	32.8K tokens	API only	2.5	View
76	GLM 4.6V Z.ai	$0.3 / $0.9	131.1K tokens	API only	0.9	View
77	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) Google	$2 / $12	131.1K tokens	API only	12	View
78	Qwen3 Max Thinking Qwen	$0.78 / $3.9	262.1K tokens	API only	3.9	View
79	Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI	$0.5 / $1.5	256K tokens	API only	1.5	View
80	Ling 3.0 Flash VL InclusionAI	$0.02 / $0.059	256K tokens	API only	0.059	View

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Free tier available80 models

Open weights88 models

Eighty-six models here offer a real free allowance on the API - enough to build and test without a card on file. Google, Alibaba, DeepSeek, Mistral and Z.ai are the vendors to start with; GLM 5.3, GLM 5.3 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash lead the list.

Free tiers are rate-limited rather than unlimited, usually expressed in requests per minute and tokens per day. Alibaba Model Studio grants roughly a million tokens per model on a 90-day window; Google publishes limits inside AI Studio rather than in its docs. Treat the free tier as a development budget, not a production plan.

Development budgetEnough to build and evaluate, never enough to serve production.

Limits are per minuteRate caps bite before token caps do.

Quality is identicalFree tiers run the same weights, not a weaker variant.

Models with this capability

The 80 models below all support this capability. Prices are input and output per 1M tokens from the vendor official price list; for dirhams multiply by 3.6725. Tap a card to open the model page.

GLM 5.3

Z.ai

in $1.4out $4.41.31M tokens

GLM 5.3 Flash

Z.ai

in $0.075out $0.251.31M tokens

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google DeepMind

in $0.75out $3.751.05M tokens

Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Alibaba (Qwen)

in $2out $61M tokens