Biggest Free AI Credits
The largest free AI and cloud credits you can claim at signup, no application needed - ranked by dollar value, with card rules and catches.
Free credits are the fastest way to try paid AI infrastructure - inference APIs, speech-to-text, GPU clouds - without a bill. This chart ranks every verified signup credit and free trial that states a dollar value, largest first. Programs you have to apply for are ranked separately in biggest AI startup credits; permanent free tiers live in the Free Tier Index.
| # | Offer | Free credit | Card | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UpCloud Free Trial Up to $500 in Credits | $5001 month | card | Credit card verification required (0/1 temporary authorization); the standard trial is 7 days — the 30-day/$500 offer is a promotion that can change. |
| 2 | Google Cloud Free Program | $300one-time | card | A credit card or other valid payment method is required for the 90-day trial; after 90 days or once $300 is spent, the billing account closes and resources stop unless you upgrade. |
| 3 | Oracle Cloud Free Tier | $3001 month | card | A credit or debit card is required for identity verification (not charged unless you upgrade); the $300 credit expires after 30 days. |
| 4 | Vultr Free Trial Credits | $300one-time | card | Promo codes are for new customers only, cannot be combined, and VULTRMATCH requires a first deposit to match. |
| 5 | Civo $250 Free Trial Credit | $250one-time | card | A payment card must be added to receive the credit; the credit expires at the end of the month following issuance and is non-transferable with no cash alternative. |
| 6 | Amazon Polly Free Tier | $200one-time | no card | Neural, Long-Form and Generative allowances last only 12 months; since July 2025 new AWS accounts pick a free plan (6 months) or paid plan, with up to $200 in Free Tier credits. |
| 7 | Daytona Free Compute Credits | $200one-time | no card | Compute past the $200 in free credits and storage beyond the first 5 GiB are billed per second at the listed rates. |
| 8 | Deepgram Free $200 Credit | $200one-time | no card | Credit is tied to the Pay As You Go plan; billing switches to pay-as-you-go once the $200 credit is spent. |
| 9 | IBM Cloud free tier | $200one-time | card | The $200 credit expires after 30 days and the account is Pay-As-You-Go - usage beyond free tiers bills automatically if no card limit is set. |
| 10 | IONOS Cloud Free Trial Credit | $2001 month | card | Payment details are required to activate the full version, and the $200 credit is time-boxed to 30 days. |
| 11 | OVHcloud AI Endpoints Free Tier | $200one-time | card | Needs a saved payment method (the US site also requires a $0.99 purchase); billing starts automatically once the credit is used up; anonymous API use is capped at 2 requests per minute. |
| 12 | Akamai Cloud $100 Free Credit | $100one-time | card | Promotional credit is available only to new customers who have not yet signed up for a free trial; the credit expires after 60 days. |
| 13 | AkashML $100 Free AI Token Credits | $100one-time | no card | One-time grant for new accounts only, with no renewal; credits are usable only on AkashML's supported open-source models and no expiry is published. |
| 14 | Anyscale $100 Free Signup Credit | $100one-time | no card | The pricing page does not state card requirements or credit expiry; credits offset usage-based compute billed hourly (CPU $0.0135/hr up to A100 $4.9591/hr). |
| 15 | E2B Free Hobby Tier & $100 Usage Credits | $100one-time | no card | The $100 is a one-time grant consumed by per-second sandbox billing; the Hobby tier caps concurrency and session length. |
How this chart is ranked
Verified offers of type free credits or free trial whose headline value is in US dollars, sorted by that value, largest first; ties sorted by name. Startup and student programs are excluded because they need an application.
Rows come from the same catalog as the offer pages, re-checked monthly. Values are what each provider states; aifree.dev never converts credits or tokens into dollars. See how we verify.
Frequently asked questions
- Which AI platform gives the most free credit?
- The first row of the chart is the largest verified signup credit right now. The biggest ones tend to come from general cloud providers and are often time-boxed to the first month, so check the allotment line under each value before you plan around it.
- Do free AI credits need a credit card?
- Some do. Several of the larger cloud trials validate a card at signup even though you are not charged. The Card column shows the requirement for every row.
- Why are startup programs not on this chart?
- Startup programs need an application and approval, so their headline numbers are not something anyone can claim today. They are ranked on their own chart, biggest AI startup credits.