OrcaRouter Free AI Models & API Credits
Rotating free AI models at $0 per token via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint
- Create an account
- Link a GitHub account with some history, or make a paid purchase of any amount
What you get from OrcaRouter Free AI Models & API Credits for free
Overview
OrcaRouter Offers provides developers with access to a rotating catalog of free AI models at $0 per token with no credit card required to sign up. All models are served through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint, making integration immediate.
Free Tier Quotas & Limits
- Base Rate Limit: 10 requests per minute (RPM).
- Daily Allowance: 50 requests per day at no cost.
- Paid Upgrade Tier: Crossing a lifetime account threshold of $20 in purchases increases the free model quota to 20 RPM and 800 requests per day.
- Duration: No trial expiration. Models remain free for as long as they stay in the rotating active lineup.
Eligibility for Always-Free Models
Always-free ($0) models require an established account: either a workspace owner links a GitHub account with some history, or the workspace makes a paid purchase of any amount.
Key Free Models
deepseek-v4-flash-free: High-speed reasoning and text generation.hy3-free: General conversational and instruction-following model.glm-5.3-flash-free: Lightweight, low-latency multilingual model.orcarouter/free: A unified router alias that automatically dispatches requests to an appropriate curated free model depending on prompt complexity.deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-free,tencent/hy4-preview-freeandorca/orcaverify-text1.0-free: additional always-free models in the current lineup. Some models carry their own limits, for example 5 RPM and 50 requests per day onorca/orcaverify-text1.0-free.
Smart Routing & Fallbacks
- Free Models First: Configure routers to route incoming requests to claimed free model quotas before tapping paid credits.
- Fallback Chains: Chain free primary models to paid base models to gracefully recover from upstream downtime or rate limits without unexpected billing.
Models served free
Limits as the provider publishes them; a dash means none is published.
| Model | Context | RPM | RPD | TPM | Tools | Vision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-freeLimits published only at GET /api/free-package/public | — | 10 | 50 | — | — | — |
| tencent/hy3-freeFree id in the catalog; lineup rotates | — | 10 | 50 | — | — | — |
| orcarouter/freeDifficulty-routed alias covering the free tier | — | 10 | 50 | — | — | — |
History
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Free tier - Free models: DeepSeek-V4-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, MiniCPM5-2B
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30,000,000 tokens/month - 30M tokens/month on the free tier (input + output, incl. reasoning)
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500,000 tokens/month - 0.5M tokens per month, resets monthly