Perchai's free Starter plan grants 20,000 PT per month — roughly $20 in usage — with no credit card required.
The plan rotates frontier models; the current lineup includes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (updated to the 1017 build yesterday), MiniMax M3.1 Flash (limited time), GLM 5.3 Flash, Laguna S 2.1, and Beam 1.0 (until Oct 23). Screenshots and scans work on every model, even text-only ones. Citation verification and Writing Studio are included.
The catch: model availability rotates; usage is capped at the monthly PT allotment, and Perch-funded Starter usage may contribute to de-identified AI training data (opt-out available).
How to claim: 1) Install Node.js 18+ → 2) npm install -g perchai-cli → 3) Open chat.perchai.app and sign in → 4) Choose the free Starter plan → 5) Run "perch" in your project folder.
Deadline: Ongoing.
Link: Perchai Pricing