Free RAG / docs Q&A stack
Retrieval over your documents: embeddings, a vector store, an LLM with a large context window and a host.
4 slots filled from the catalog, verified rows first; see how we verify. Other templates: Chat app, Image tool, Voice agent, Tool-calling agent, Fine-tune and serve a model.
Your stack
Free RAG / docs Q&A stack: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Free Token Quota, Voyage AI Free Embedding and Reranking Tokens, Qdrant Cloud Free Tier, Cloudflare Workers Free Plan
- Cards required
- None
- Programs to qualify for
- None
- Tightest published LLM bound
- 864,000 requests/day on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Free Token Quota (qwen-plus, by requests per minute, sustained)
- Free GPU time
- Not part of this template
The catches
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Free Token Quota: Quota expires 90 days after activation (or model release/approval, whichever is latest), covers real-time inference only in the Singapore region, and is shared by the account plus its RAM users.
- Voyage AI Free Embedding and Reranking Tokens: Without a payment method you are held to 3 requests and 10K tokens a minute; the published 2,000 RPM limits need a card on file (Usage Tier 1). Older model generations get no free tokens.
- Qdrant Cloud Free Tier: Single node only, no high availability or automatic backups; unused free clusters are suspended after 1 week and deleted after 4 weeks of inactivity.
- Cloudflare Workers Free Plan: 10 ms CPU time per invocation and 100,000 requests a day; over the limit, further requests fail until the daily reset at 00:00 UTC.
- LLM: alibabacloud.com
- Embeddings: mongodb.com
- Vectors: qdrant.tech
- Host: cloudflare.com
Frequently asked questions
- Where do the picks come from?
- From the aifree.dev catalog: LLM, embedding and speech slots use the models each offer serves free with their published rate limits; the image slot uses free image tiers; the GPU slot uses the published free GPU quotas; vector database and hosting slots use a short curated list of free plans and startup programs that the nightly lint checks are still live; a listing that is not public yet is left out.
- Why are some picks startup programs?
- Some infrastructure is free only through a startup program. The vector database and hosting slots list free plans first and startup programs after; a program pick shows its eligibility checklist (incorporated, company age, funding) so you can see at once whether you qualify, and you can replace it with a free plan if you do not.
- How are the totals computed?
- Only from stored data: cards required come from each offer, the tightest LLM bound from published rate limits, GPU hours from the vendor quota file, and the catches are each offer’s own "the catch" line. Nothing is estimated.
- Can I change a pick?
- Yes. Every slot has a "replace this pick" selector with up to eight alternatives; the URL names every pick, so the link you share rebuilds exactly that stack even after the catalog re-ranks.