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41 Free AI Tools to Use LLM & AI Model APIS

The best free AI tools to use LLM & AI model APIs, ranked by our checks. Last checked 18 Oct 2026.

Ranked AI tools you can use to use LLM & AI model APIs. Each listing shows verified free-tier details from the vendor pricing page; picks require at least one month of free access (free plan, monthly credits, or a trial of 30+ days).

41 free tools

Each with its last-checked date
  1. Helicone

    Open-source LLM observability and gateway.

    Free forever, Monthly requests

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  2. Speechmatics

    Accurate speech-to-text API in 50+ languages.

    Free forever, Monthly hours of transcription

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  3. Tavily

    Search API built for AI agents.

    Free forever, 1,000 API credits per month

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  4. Requesty

    LLM router and gateway with cost tracking.

    Free forever, Free $0 plan: full platform on free models

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  5. Agenta

    Open-source LLMOps platform for prompts and evals.

    Free forever

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  6. Confident AI

    LLM evaluation platform built on DeepEval.

    Free forever

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  7. Dify

    Open LLM app platform for agents, RAG workflows, and observability.

    Free forever, Sandbox (free): 200 message credits, 5 apps, 1 member

    AI Agents & Automation

    AI Agents & Automation
    Try
  8. Hugging Face

    Model hub, Inference API free credits, and Spaces hosting.

    Free forever, Free CPU Basic Spaces and ZeroGPU access; PRO adds $2/month inference credits

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  9. GroqCloud

    Ultra-fast inference API for open models like Llama and Mixtral.

    Free forever, Free Plan with per-model rate limits

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  10. Retool

    Build internal tools and AI apps on any database or API.

    Free forever, Up to 5 users with AI app generation

    Vibe Coding

    Vibe Coding
  11. LangSmith

    Observability, evals and deployment for LLM agents.

    Free forever, Free Developer plan: 5k traces per month

    AI Agents & Automation

    AI Agents & Automation
    Try
  12. Koyeb

    Serverless platform for apps and GPU inference.

    Free forever, Free instance for one web service

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  13. Resend

    Email API for developers.

    Free forever, 3,000 emails per month

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  14. Supermemory

    Memory API for AI apps.

    Free forever

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  15. SerpApi

    Search engine results API.

    Free forever, Searches per month

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  16. PromptLayer

    Prompt management and LLM observability.

    Free forever

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  17. Unreal Speech

    Low-cost text-to-speech API.

    Free forever

    AI Audio & Voice

    AI Audio & Voice
  18. Bolt.diy

    Open-source version of Bolt that works with any LLM.

    Free forever, Open-source, self-hosted, bring your own model keys

    Vibe Coding

    Vibe Coding
  19. Gemini API

    Google's Gemini API with a free tier for prototyping.

    Free forever, Rate-limited Gemini API access via Google AI Studio

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  20. OpenRouter

    Unified API for hundreds of LLMs including free model variants.

    Free forever, Free models with daily request limits

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  21. NVIDIA NIM API

    Try and prototype with NVIDIA-hosted open models via API.

    Free forever, Hosted inference endpoints for leading open models (rate-limited)

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  22. Novita AI

    Model APIs and GPU cloud for AI developers.

    Free forever, Some models free to use (e.g. Apodex 1.1 Mini at $0 input/output)

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  23. Weights & Biases (CoreWeave Forge)

    ML experiment tracking and LLM evaluation, now part of CoreWeave Forge (wandb.ai redirects there).

    Free forever, Free $0/mo plan for personal development: evaluations, tracing, experiment tracking, registry

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  24. Postman

    API platform with AI agent builder and Postbot.

    Free forever, Free plan for individuals and small teams

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  25. TypingMind

    Better chat UI for AI models with your own API keys.

    Free forever, Free web version with your own API key

    Chatbots & LLMs

    Chatbots & LLMs
  26. LiteLLM

    Open-source LLM gateway to call 100+ models with one OpenAI-compatible API.

    Free forever, Open-source proxy

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  27. Inference.net

    Low-cost LLM inference API for open models.

    Free forever, Free plan with monthly credits

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  28. Crawl4AI

    Open-source LLM-friendly web crawler.

    Free forever, Open source

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  29. Opik

    Open-source LLM evaluation and tracing.

    Free forever

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  30. LocalAI

    Open-source OpenAI-compatible local inference server.

    Free forever, Open source

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  31. vLLM

    Open-source high-throughput LLM serving engine.

    Free forever, Open source

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
  32. Shell GPT

    Command-line productivity tool powered by LLMs.

    Free forever, Open source

    AI Coding Assistants

    AI Coding Assistants
  33. Cherry Studio

    Open-source desktop AI client for multiple LLM providers.

    Free forever, Open source

    Chatbots & LLMs

    Chatbots & LLMs
  34. PocketPal AI

    Free open-source app to run small LLMs on your phone.

    Free forever, Open source

    Chatbots & LLMs

    Chatbots & LLMs
  35. SillyTavern

    Open-source front end for chatting with LLMs and characters.

    Free forever, Open source

    Chatbots & LLMs

    Chatbots & LLMs
  36. OpenAlex

    Free open catalog of scholarly works with API.

    Free forever

    AI Research

    AI Research
  37. ElevenLabs

    Realistic TTS, voice clone, dubbing, and sound effects API.

    Free forever, 10k credits/month

    AI Audio & Voice

    AI Audio & Voice
    Try
  38. Cohere

    Enterprise LLMs, embeddings and rerank with a free trial key.

    Free forever, Free rate-limited API key (Cohere calls it a trial key); not for production or commercial use

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  39. Cartesia

    Low-latency realistic voice API.

    Free forever, Monthly credits

    AI Audio & Voice

    AI Audio & Voice
  40. Cerebras Inference

    Ultra-fast LLM inference API on Cerebras hardware.

    Free credits, One-time $5 promotional credit, expires 30 days after activation; free tier is for development/evaluation, not production

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs
    Try
  41. Voyage AI

    Embedding and reranking models for retrieval.

    Free plan, Free tokens per account for embeddings and rerankers

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

    Dev Infrastructure & AI APIs

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