OrcaRouter Free AI Models & API Credits
- Free token amount
- 50 requests/day
- Duration
- No expiration
- Expiry date
- No fixed end date
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2026
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.
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.
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.