Free AI from OpenRouter
1 free offer from OpenRouter in the aifree.dev catalog, 1 verified: what is free, the catch, card rules and limits.
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Looking for free AI from OpenRouter? The catalog lists one offer: free tier. It is verified by aifree.dev. It does not ask for a credit card. Aimed at creators.
Offers
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| Tool | What's free | Key limits | Card required? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 requests/dayresets daily | 20 requests per minute on all free variants · 50 requests per day for accounts that have… | No card required | Verified · Oct 12, 2026 |
What's free from OpenRouter
OpenRouter Free AI Models · 50 requests/day
Call OpenRouter's rotating :free model variants at $0 per token through its OpenAI-compatible API: text chat models such as Gemma 4, NVIDIA Nemotron and MiniMax M3.1 Flash, plus free embedding, rerank and text-to-speech models.
The catch: Free models allow 20 requests/minute and 50/day until you have bought 10 credits (then 1,000/day). A negative balance blocks them, and the lineup rotates (24 variants listed, 17 of them chat models).
- 20 requests per minute on all free variants
- 50 requests per day for accounts that have never purchased credits; 1,000/day after buying 10+ credits (all time)
- Daily limit resets on UTC days; extra accounts/keys do not raise limits
- 24 free variants currently listed: 17 text chat models (MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Xing4.0 29B A4B, Dots3-Note Preview, LFM2.5-2.6B, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, Super VL and Content Safety, Nemotron 3 Ultra, Super and Nano Omni, Inkling and Inkling Small, Laguna S and XS 2.1, North Mini Code, Gemma 4 26B/31B), 3 embedding models (Nemotron 3 Embed 1B, Llama Nemotron Embed VL 1B V2, LFM2.5-Embedding-350M), 1 reranker, 2 decision models and 1 text-to-speech model
Models and rate limits
Free-tier limits as the provider publishes them; a dash means none is published.
| Model | Context | RPM | RPD | TPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | 1,000k | 20 | 50 | — |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) | 1,000k | 20 | 50 | — |
| XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) | 1,000k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) | 512k | 20 | 50 | — |
| LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) | 66k | 20 | 50 | — |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | 1,000k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) | 1,049k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) | 1,049k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | 256k | 20 | 50 | — |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) | 128k | 20 | 50 | — |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) | 256k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) | 262k | 20 | 50 | — |
Eligibility
- No credit card needed.
- Needs an account sign-up.
Recent changes
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- · Terms updated: OpenRouter Free AI Models (Content updated from https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models (checked 2026-10-21).)
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Mentioned in
- Comparison: Free LLM APIs
- Guide: How to Use an AI Coding Agent for Free
- Guide: Free OpenAI API Access in 2026: What's Actually Free
- Guide: OpenRouter Free Models: Limits, Credits and API Setup
- 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
OpenRouter FAQ
- Do I need a credit card for the free OpenRouter offer?
- No. OpenRouter Free AI Models does not ask for a credit card.
Every section above is built from the offer data; the sitewide changelog lists all changes.