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- Free allowance
- None: the vendor's free-tier FAQ reads 'The Free Tier is currently paused'
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- card?placeholder, not evidence; card required, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- write-gatedno free tier is issued while it is paused
- Evidence
- documented1 source; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-29checked 2026-10-29 (live); stale on 2026-11-29
| Free tier | none: the vendor's free-tier FAQ reads 'The Free Tier is currently paused' unit none; metered on none; the pricing page is a per-model price list with no free allowance |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - write-gated (binding) no free tier is issued while it is paused source
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| Binding | write-gated no free allowance is issued; usage needs a funded account |
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| Identity | card (placeholder) unverified: the sign-up requirements for the paid tier were not captured; with the free tier paused the first request needs a funded balance, which is assumed to need a payment method |
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| Egress | not published |
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| Interface | rest |
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| Tooling | any OpenAI-compatible client against the AI/ML API base URL |
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| Composes with | paid aggregator of many models; useful only once a balance exists |
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| Reliability | the free tier is paused and the page states no resumption date |
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| Notes | check the FAQ page again for a resumption date. |
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| Evidence note | documented the pause is quoted from the vendor's FAQ; sign-up and payment requirements were not captured. |
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Evidence 1
Unknown values 3
$.egress.metered egress metering was not published$.per_object_cap.stated the field does not apply to this kind of offer$.retention.stated the field does not apply to this kind of offer