Free AI from Hugging Face
2 free offers from Hugging Face in the aifree.dev catalog, 2 verified: what is free, the catch, card rules and limits.
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Looking for free AI from Hugging Face? The catalog lists two offers: student program and free tier. Two are verified by aifree.dev. None of them asks for a credit card. Aimed at students and startups.
Offers
Verified first
| Tool | What's free | Key limits | Card required? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student program | Free classroom organization on the Hub, created by an educator · Host datasets, models… | No card required | Verified · Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 5 minutes/dayresets daily | Free account: 5 minutes/day GPU quota, medium queue priority; resets 24h after first GPU… | No card required | Verified · Oct 12, 2026 |
What's free from Hugging Face
Hugging Face Classrooms · Student program
Hugging Face Classrooms gives educators a free collaborative workspace on the Hub where students can upload, version and host datasets, models and ML demos at no cost, with no institutional verification or paid plan required.
The catch: A Hub workspace, not compute. HF docs now say Gradio and Docker Spaces need a paid plan (Team or Enterprise for organizations); Static Spaces stay free. No classroom exception is listed.
- Free classroom organization on the Hub, created by an educator
- Host datasets, models and Static Spaces at no cost; Gradio/Docker Spaces need a paid plan per HF docs
- Git-based version control for all classroom content
- Admin, read, and write access controls per student
- Private or public visibility chosen by the instructor
Hugging Face ZeroGPU Free GPU Access on Spaces · 5 minutes/day
ZeroGPU dynamically allocates NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPUs (48GB or 96GB slices) to Gradio Spaces on demand. Running existing ZeroGPU Spaces is free for all users (even unauthenticated), and free accounts in good standing can host up to 2 ZeroGPU Spaces.
The catch: Hosting needs a verified email and a 30+ day account; free users get 5 GPU minutes a day, Gradio only. Outside ZeroGPU, new Gradio or Docker Spaces need PRO.
- Free account: 5 minutes/day GPU quota, medium queue priority; resets 24h after first GPU usage
- Unauthenticated visitors: 2 minutes/day, low priority
- PRO 40 min/day; Team member 40 min/day; Enterprise 60 min/day
- Hosting: max 2 ZeroGPU Spaces on free accounts (verified email, account 30+ days old)
- Gradio or Docker Spaces on CPU (not ZeroGPU) need PRO to create or duplicate; Static Spaces are free
- Gradio SDK only; default 60s function runtime (@spaces.GPU(duration=...) to extend)
- xlarge (96GB) GPU size consumes 2x quota
- No torch.compile; PyTorch 2.8+ ahead-of-time compilation supported
Eligibility
Hugging Face Classrooms
- No credit card needed.
- Needs an account sign-up.
Hugging Face ZeroGPU Free GPU Access on Spaces
- No credit card needed.
- No sign-up needed.
- Anyone can run ZeroGPU Spaces; hosting requires a free account in good standing.
- Available worldwide.
- Verified email and account older than 30 days to host ZeroGPU Spaces.
Recent changes
All changes- · Terms updated: Hugging Face Classrooms (Content updated from https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-overview (checked 2026-10-21).)
- · Terms updated: Hugging Face ZeroGPU Free GPU Access on Spaces (Content updated from https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/spaces-overview (checked 2026-10-21).)
- · Verified: Hugging Face Classrooms
- · Verified: Hugging Face ZeroGPU Free GPU Access on Spaces
- · Listed: Hugging Face Classrooms
Mentioned in
- Comparison: Free GPU Cloud
- Top chart: Free AI With No Credit Card
- Guide: How to Get a Free GPU for AI
- Guide: Free Hugging Face Inference: Credits, ZeroGPU and Spaces
Hugging Face FAQ
- Do I need a credit card for free Hugging Face offers?
- No. None of the 2 offers listed here asks for a credit card.
- Is there a free Hugging Face offer for students?
- Yes. Hugging Face Classrooms is aimed at students (Hugging Face Classrooms: student program, eligibility rules apply).
Every section above is built from the offer data; the sitewide changelog lists all changes.