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- Free allowance
- Free models (zero input and output price) carry their own limits: 5 requests per 10 minutes per free model for an organization with zero credits, 20 requests per minute per free model once any credits are purchased; the live model list shows 0 Free Models on the day read
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateper organization per free model: 5 requests per 10 minutes with zero credits; 20 requests per minute once any credit has been purchased; credits are not deducted for free models
- Evidence
- documented5 sources; 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 | free models (zero input and output price) carry their own limits: 5 requests per 10 minutes per free model for an organization with zero credits, 20 requests per minute per free model once any credits are purchased; the live model list shows 0 Free Models on the day read unit requests; metered on request-count; the pricing page still says free models are available on the free tier without buying credits; managed cloud is prepaid credits with a $10 minimum top-up and a 5% platform fee |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - request-rate (binding) per organization per free model: 5 requests per 10 minutes with zero credits; 20 requests per minute once any credit has been purchased; credits are not deducted for free models source
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| Binding | request-rate 5 requests per 10 minutes per model is the ceiling if a free model is listed |
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| Identity | email free models need a verified email address, and unverified accounts receive a 403; no card is named for the free models |
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| Egress | not published |
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| Interface | rest |
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| Tooling | any OpenAI-compatible client at https://api.llmgateway.io/v1 |
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| Composes with | paid gateway with a documented free-model lane; only worth a key if free models are listed again |
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| Reliability | the free-model lane is documented but the model directory lists none, so a key may have nothing free to call |
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| Notes | verdict is paid-only because the directory lists no free model; it moves up if free models reappear. |
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| Evidence note | documented limits and the verified-email rule are quoted from the vendor's rate-limit page and the empty free list from the model directory; no call was made. |
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Evidence 5
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