Free AI from Groq
1 free offer from Groq in the aifree.dev catalog, 1 verified: what is free, the catch, card rules and limits.
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Groq has one free offer in the aifree.dev catalog (free tier). It is verified by aifree.dev. It does not ask for a credit card. Aimed at developers.
Offers
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| Tool | What's free | Key limits | Card required? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tierongoing | Per-organization limits tracked as RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD · openai/gpt-oss-120b and… | No card required | Verified · Oct 12, 2026 |
What's free from Groq
Groq Free Tier · Free tier
Every Groq account starts on the Free plan, which gives rate-limited access to the hosted open models through an OpenAI-compatible API at no cost, with per-model limits such as 30 requests per minute and 8K tokens per minute on the GPT-OSS and Qwen models.
The catch: Rate limits apply at the organization level and are tight (e.g. 30 RPM and 1K RPD on many models); the docs caution limits may change and exceptions exist.
- Per-organization limits tracked as RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD
- openai/gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b: 30 RPM / 1K RPD / 8K TPM / 200K TPD
- qwen/qwen3.8-27b: 30 RPM / 1K RPD / 8K TPM / 200K TPD
- whisper-large-v3 and turbo: 20 RPM / 2K RPD, 7.2K audio sec/hour, 28.8K audio sec/day
- Cached tokens do not count against limits; exceeding limits returns 429
Models and rate limits
Free-tier limits as the provider publishes them; a dash means none is published.
| Model | Context | RPM | RPD | TPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai/gpt-oss-120b | 131k | 30 | 1,000 | 8,000 |
| openai/gpt-oss-20b | 131k | 30 | 1,000 | 8,000 |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b | 131k | 30 | 1,000 | 8,000 |
| whisper-large-v3 | — | 20 | 2,000 | — |
| whisper-large-v3-turbo | — | 20 | 2,000 | — |
Eligibility
- No credit card needed.
- Needs an account sign-up.
Recent changes
All changes- · Verified: Groq Free Tier
- · Listed: Groq Free Tier
Mentioned in
- Comparison: Free LLM APIs
- Comparison: Free Speech-to-Text APIs
- Top chart: Free AI With No Credit Card
- Guide: How to Get a Free Groq API Key
- Guide: Free OpenAI API Access in 2026: What's Actually Free
- Guide: Free Speech-to-Text APIs in 2026
- Guide: Free Hugging Face Inference: Credits, ZeroGPU and Spaces
- Guide: Free AI APIs With No Credit Card in 2026
- Guide: Free Vision APIs: Read Images and Screenshots for Free
- Guide: Free Reasoning Model APIs: Thinking Models for Free
Groq FAQ
- Do I need a credit card for the free Groq offer?
- No. Groq Free Tier does not ask for a credit card.
Every section above is built from the offer data; the sitewide changelog lists all changes.