Deals

OpenRouter free models: 20 req/min, 50 req/day, 1,000 req/day with $10 of credits.

Model	Where	Until ↑	Then, per M	Limits	Checked
Laguna S 2.1	OpenRouterserved by Poolside	Oct 31in 8 days	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Laguna XS 2.1	OpenRouterserved by Poolside	Oct 31in 8 days	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Dots3-Note Preview	OpenRouterserved by AtlasCloud	Dec 31	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Flint	OpenRouterserved by Recursive	no end date	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Xing4.0 29B A4B	OpenRouterserved by Phala	no end date	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	$0.10 · $0.40at Crusoe	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
LFM2.5-2.6B	OpenRouterserved by Liquid	no end date	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	$0.0469 · $0.13at Io Net	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Inkling Small	OpenRouterserved by Thinking Machines	no end date	$0.45 · $1.20at DeepInfra	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Inkling	OpenRouterserved by Thinking Machines	no end date	$0.95 · $4.05at DeepInfra	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
North Mini Code	OpenRouterserved by Cohere	no end date	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	$0.20 · $0.20at DeepInfra	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3 Ultra	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	$0.50 · $2.20at DeepInfra	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	—	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Gemma 4 26B A4B	OpenRouterserved by Google AI Studio	no end date	$0.06 · $0.20at Reka	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Gemma 4 31B	OpenRouterserved by Google AI Studio	no end date	$0.08 · $0.30at Reka	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Nemotron 3 Super	OpenRouterserved by Nvidia	no end date	$0.085 · $0.40at DeepInfra	OpenRouter rule	Oct 23
Ternary Bonsai 27B	Together AI	no end date	—	$0 input and output	Oct 23
Apodex 1.1 Mini	Novita AI	no end date	—	Free input and output	Oct 23
Dots 3 Note Preview	AtlasCloud	no end date	—	Free input and output	Oct 23
GLM-4.7-Flash	Z.AI	no end date	—	Free input, cache and output; limits not published	Oct 23
GLM-4.5-Flash	Z.AI	no end date	—	Free input, cache and output; limits not published	Oct 23

Text models you can call for free today, read every morning from OpenRouter's API and twice a day from the hosts' own pages · each row with its end date, or « no end date » when the host gives none, in orange when it ends within 14 days · Then: the lowest paid price for the same model today, input · output per million tokens, and its host · limits link to the host's own page · free endpoints can end without notice.

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Model	Served by	Now, per M	Before	Discount ↓	Intel.	Checked
Ling 3.1 Flash	DeepInfra	$0.075 · $0.23	$0.30 · $0.90	−75%	—	Oct 23
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507	GMICloud	$0.0875 · $0.35	$0.35 · $1.40	−75%	139	Oct 19
GLM-5.3-Flash	SStreamLake	$0.0435 · $0.14	$0.15 · $0.50	−71%	153	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	SStreamLake	$0.13 · $0.40	$0.44 · $1.32	−70%	155	Oct 23
MiMo-V2.5-Pro	DeepInfra	$0.39 · $1.17	$1.00 · $3.00	−61%	—	Sep 29
GLM 5.2	SStreamLake	$0.61 · $1.93	$1.40 · $4.40	−56%	152	Oct 23
Qwen3 30B A3B	SStreamLake	$0.0481 · $0.19	$0.11 · $0.43	−55%	136	Oct 9
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	DeepInfra	$0.22 · $0.65	$0.44 · $1.32	−51%	—	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	SStreamLake	$0.15 · $0.59	$0.30 · $1.20	−51%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017	DeepInfra	$0.098 · $0.29	$0.20 · $0.60	−51%	—	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	SStreamLake	$0.66 · $1.98	$1.32 · $3.96	−50%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	SStreamLake	$0.07 · $0.14	$0.14 · $0.28	−50%	146	Oct 23
GLM 5.2	SiliconFlow	$0.70 · $2.20	$1.40 · $4.40	−50%	152	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	SiliconFlow	$0.70 · $2.20	$1.40 · $4.40	−50%	156	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	GMICloud	$0.70 · $2.20	$1.40 · $4.40	−50%	156	Oct 23
GLM-5.3-Flash	GMICloud	$0.075 · $0.25	$0.15 · $0.50	−50%	153	Oct 23
MiniMax-M3	SStreamLake	$0.30 · $1.20	$0.60 · $2.40	−50%	147	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423	SStreamLake	$0.96 · $1.91	$1.74 · $3.48	−45%	149	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423	GMICloud	$0.96 · $1.91	$1.74 · $3.48	−45%	149	Oct 23
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus	SStreamLake	$0.34 · $1.03	$0.57 · $1.71	−40%	—	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	GMICloud	$0.18 · $0.72	$0.30 · $1.20	−40%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017	GMICloud	$0.18 · $0.72	$0.30 · $1.20	−40%	—	Oct 23
GLM 5	GMICloud	$0.60 · $1.92	$1.00 · $3.20	−40%	146	Oct 23
GLM 5	SStreamLake	$0.60 · $1.92	$1.00 · $3.20	−40%	146	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	Phala	$0.84 · $2.64	$1.40 · $4.40	−40%	156	Oct 23
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507	SStreamLake	$0.21 · $0.84	$0.35 · $1.40	−40%	139	Oct 9
Qwen3 Coder Next	SStreamLake	$0.18 · $0.90	$0.30 · $1.50	−40%	—	Oct 9
Kimi K2.6	SStreamLake	$0.60 · $2.52	$0.95 · $4.00	−37%	151	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	GMICloud	$0.29 · $0.86	$0.44 · $1.32	−35%	155	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	GMICloud	$0.091 · $0.18	$0.14 · $0.28	−35%	146	Oct 23
GLM 5.2	AtlasCloud	$0.94 · $2.95	$1.40 · $4.40	−33%	152	Oct 23
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning	Io Net	$0.0469 · $0.13	$0.07 · $0.20	−33%	—	Oct 23
GLM 5.1	SStreamLake	$0.97 · $3.04	$1.40 · $4.40	−31%	150	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	Venice	$0.0966 · $0.19	$0.14 · $0.28	−30%	146	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	Reka	$0.14 · $4.20	$0.20 · $6.00	−30%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423	Reka	$1.05 · $2.10	$1.50 · $3.00	−30%	149	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	DeepInfra	$0.14 · $0.42	$0.20 · $0.60	−30%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Reka	$0.10 · $0.84	$0.15 · $1.20	−30%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Phala	$0.21 · $0.84	$0.30 · $1.20	−30%	156	Oct 23
MiMo-V2.5-Pro	GMICloud	$0.30 · $0.61	$0.43 · $0.87	−30%	—	Oct 23
MiniMax M2.7	GMICloud	$0.21 · $0.84	$0.30 · $1.20	−30%	146	Oct 23
Mistral Nemo	Io Net	$0.0166 · $0.0216	$0.0231 · $0.03	−28%	119	Oct 23
DeepSeek V3.2	GMICloud	$0.21 · $0.31	$0.29 · $0.43	−28%	146	Oct 23
GLM 4.7	Venice	$0.40 · $1.93	$0.55 · $2.65	−27%	144	Oct 23
Qwen3.8 27B	DeepInfra	$0.15 · $1.88	$0.20 · $2.50	−25%	152	Oct 23
GLM 5.2	DeepInfra	$0.56 · $1.80	$0.75 · $2.40	−25%	152	Oct 23
GLM-5.3-Flash	Io Net	$0.11 · $0.38	$0.15 · $0.50	−25%	153	Oct 4
Kimi K2.7 Code	SStreamLake	$0.71 · $3.00	$0.95 · $4.00	−25%	150	Oct 23
Llama 3.3 70B	SambaNova	$0.45 · $0.90	$0.60 · $1.20	−25%	127	Oct 23
DeepSeek V3.2	SStreamLake	$0.21 · $0.32	$0.29 · $0.43	−25%	146	Sep 24
GLM-5.3	SStreamLake	$1.08 · $3.41	$1.40 · $4.40	−23%	156	Sep 11
Qwen3.8 27B	Io Net	$0.24 · $2.21	$0.30 · $2.80	−21%	152	Sep 22
MiniMax-M3	GMICloud	$0.24 · $0.96	$0.30 · $1.20	−20%	147	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	GMICloud	$1.06 · $3.17	$1.32 · $3.96	−20%	156	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	Venice	$1.40 · $4.40	$1.75 · $5.50	−20%	156	Oct 23
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B	Venice	$2.00 · $6.00	$2.50 · $7.50	−20%	—	Oct 23
DeepSeek V3.2	Venice	$0.27 · $0.39	$0.33 · $0.48	−19%	146	Oct 23
MiMo-V2.6-Flash	GMICloud	$0.12 · $0.24	$0.14 · $0.28	−15%	—	Oct 23
Gemma 4 26B A4B	NextBit	$0.0765 · $0.26	$0.09 · $0.30	−15%	142	Oct 23
GLM-5.3-Flash	Phala	$0.13 · $0.42	$0.15 · $0.50	−15%	153	Oct 23
MiniMax M2	Minimax	$0.26 · $1.02	$0.30 · $1.20	−15%	—	Oct 23
Kimi K3	Phala	$2.55 · $12.75	$3.00 · $15.00	−15%	158	Oct 23
GLM-5.3	Friendli	$1.26 · $3.96	$1.40 · $4.40	−10%	156	Oct 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Io Net	$0.099 · $0.37	$0.11 · $0.41	−10%	156	Oct 2
MiMo-V2.6-Pro	DeepInfra	$0.39 · $0.78	$0.43 · $0.87	−10%	—	Oct 23
DeepSeek Chat	SStreamLake	$0.26 · $1.03	$0.29 · $1.14	−10%	146	Oct 23
DeepSeek V3	SStreamLake	$0.26 · $1.03	$0.29 · $1.14	−10%	132	Oct 23
Kimi K2.6	GMICloud	$0.85 · $3.60	$0.95 · $4.00	−10%	151	Oct 23
MiniMax M2.5	SStreamLake	$0.27 · $1.08	$0.30 · $1.20	−10%	147	Oct 23
GLM 5.1	Venice	$1.40 · $4.40	$1.54 · $4.84	−9%	150	Oct 23
Kimi K2.5	Venice	$0.53 · $3.33	$0.56 · $3.50	−5%	148	Oct 23
MiMo-V2.5	DeepInfra	$0.13 · $0.27	$0.14 · $0.28	−5%	—	Sep 29
MiMo-V2.6-Flash	DeepInfra	$0.13 · $0.27	$0.14 · $0.28	−5%	—	Oct 23
Gemma 4 31B	Io Net	$0.36 · $1.09	$0.38 · $1.15	−5%	143	Oct 23

Announced by the hosts

Offer	Host	Until	Conditions	Checked
GPT-5.6 Sol at a promotional price	OpenAI	Nov 21	OpenAI does not state the size of the discount; the promotional price runs at least through November 21, 2026.	Oct 23
Gemini 4 Argon at half price: $2 / $10 per 1M tokens	Google	Nov 30	Paid Standard tier. $4.00 / $20.00 per 1M tokens from December 1, 2026.	Oct 23
Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.6 Flash at half price: $0.75 / $3.75 per 1M tokens	Google	Dec 31	Paid Standard tier. $1.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens from January 1, 2027.	Oct 23
50% launch discount on input & outputGLM-5.3-Flash	Novita AI	no end date	—	Oct 23
20% off Qwen3.7 Plus, 60% off at night	Alibaba	no end date	Limited time, no end date given. 60% off from 22:00 to 08:00 (UTC+8), 20% off in the daytime, on the Global deployment.	Oct 23
Tev1 4B Experimental: free output tokens at Together AI	Together AI	no end date	Free output tokens; input $0.04 per 1M tokens	Oct 23

Now: the price paid today, input · output per million tokens · Before: the same host's list price, what you pay when the discount ends · hosts rarely publish an end date for these; when one does, it shows under the discount · Checked: the day the price was read, linked to its source, in orange when older than a week · announced offers are read on the hosts' own pricing pages, each linked · Intel.: Epoch Capabilities Index by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), « most intelligence per discounted $ » divides it by the price paid today.

Model	Served by	Input	Output	Rate shown	Source
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	DeepSeek	$0.66	$1.98	off-peak hourspeak: $1.32 · $3.96	api-docs.deepseek.com
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017	DeepSeek	$0.15	$0.60	off-peak hourspeak: $0.30 · $1.20	api-docs.deepseek.com
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Alibaba	$0.33	$1.32	peak hours, off-peak costs less	openrouter.ai
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017	Alibaba	$0.33	$1.32	peak hours, off-peak costs less	openrouter.ai

Hosts that bill by the hour of the day: the rate shown is the one we store, from the host's own price list.

Provider	Offer	Type	Value	Until	Checked
Fireworks AI	$1 starter creditFor new accounts. Once used up, the account is suspended until you add a payment method.	Free credits	$1	no end date	Oct 23
Cerebras	$5 promotional creditA payment method is required; the credit expires 30 days after activation.	Free credits	$5	no end date	Oct 23
Amazon Bedrock	Up to $200 in AWS credits, usable on Bedrock$100 at sign-up and up to $100 more for trying AWS services, over 6 months. The credits apply across AWS, not only Bedrock. No payment method needed for most new customers.	Free credits	$200	no end date	Oct 23
Azure OpenAI	$200 Azure credit for 30 days, usable on Azure OpenAINew Azure customers, one account each; the credit expires after 30 days and applies across Azure.	Free credits	$200	no end date	Oct 23
SiliconFlow	$1 in free credits to get startedValidity and conditions are not stated.	Free credits	$1	no end date	Oct 23
Crusoe	$5 in free credits for serverless inferenceWho qualifies and how long the credits last are not stated.	Free credits	$5	no end date	Oct 23
Moonshot AI	$5 voucher after your first $5 of top-upsGranted once your cumulative top-ups reach $5; vouchers do not count toward top-ups.	Free credits	$5	no end date	Oct 23
Nebius	$1 trial credit for 30 daysA billing account with a card is required to finish sign-up.	Free credits	$1	no end date	Oct 23
Xiaomi	$0.72 welcome bonus on your first top-upUsers outside China, once per account, after a first top-up of any amount; valid 40 days.	Free credits	$0.72	no end date	Oct 23
Google	Gemini API free tier on Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.6 FlashFree input and output tokens on selected models. Rate limits are shown in Google AI Studio, not published.	Free tier	—	no end date	Oct 23
Cohere	Trial key: 1,000 API calls a month, no payment methodNot for production or commercial use. Chat: 20 requests per minute per model.	Free tier	—	no end date	Oct 23
Mistral AI	Free API access, no credit cardUsage and rate limits apply; their values are shown in the console, not published.	No credit card	—	no end date	Oct 23
Cloudflare	10,000 Neurons a day free on Workers AIWorkers Free plan; the allocation resets every day at 00:00 UTC.	Free tier	—	no end date	Oct 23
NVIDIA	1,000+ free inference credits on 100+ models	Free credits	—	no end date	Oct 23
Groq	Free tier, no credit card	No credit card	—	no end date	Oct 23
Anthropic	$5 of trial credits at sign-up	Free credits	$5	no end date	Oct 8
DeepSeek	Start without a credit card · $5 of trial credits at sign-up	Free credits	$5	no end date	Oct 8
Novita AI	Start without a credit card	No credit card	—	no end date	Oct 8
OpenRouter	Start without a credit card	No credit card	—	no end date	Oct 8

From each provider's own sign-up pages · 180 models can be called without a card: no credit card required · free tiers carry rate limits and can change.