Where to use whisper-large-v3-turbo for free
1 free way to use whisper-large-v3-turbo (OpenAI): rate limits per source, context window, tool calling and vision support, and how to self-host it.
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| Offer | Served as | RPM | RPD | TPM | Context | Card | Resets | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Groq Free Tier | whisper-large-v3-turbo | 20 | 2,000 | — | — | no card | — | Verified · Oct 12, 2026 |
whisper-large-v3-turbo has open weights: you can download the file and run it under its license. Why some models download and others do not (5 min)
Run whisper-large-v3-turbo yourself
Free forever by self-hosting
Ollama (MIT) runs on your own machine with no quota.
Runs the same open-weight models (gpt-oss, Qwen) locally, slower than Groq's hardware.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where can I use whisper-large-v3-turbo for free?
- One listed offer serves whisper-large-v3-turbo free: Groq Free Tier. The tightest published daily cap among them is 2,000 requests per day.
- Can I self-host whisper-large-v3-turbo?
- Yes. whisper-large-v3-turbo ships open weights, and one listed source maps to an open-source project that run it on your own hardware with no quota.
Limits are what each provider publishes; a dash means the provider publishes none, and no number here is guessed. Rows are re-checked monthly (how we verify).