LLM API free signup credits roundup
As of 2026-10-17, 5 signup credits / free tiers are listed; 5 are active from official sources: Tencent Hunyuan, ByteDance Doubao (Volcengine Ark), Alibaba Qwen (Model Studio), Moonshot AI (Kimi), Google Gemini. Each card links its source and check date. （data · verified）
First activation of Hunyuan text: 1M free tokens (shared across hunyuan-a13b etc.), valid 1 year
- Claim
- ? unverified
- Real-name
- required
- Card
- ? unverified
- Region
- ? unverified
- Quota
- 1M tokens shared across Hunyuan text models
- Expires
- 1 year from activation
- Checked
- cloud.tencent.com · 2026-10-17 12:26 (UTC+8)
Official doc: real-name verification required; granted on first “Use now”. Hunyuan is migrating to TokenHub and the old platform “stops new purchases”, so whether new users can still claim is unverified.
Source · Verified at 2026-10-17
500K free inference tokens per Doubao model
- Real-name
- ? unverified
- Card
- ? unverified
- Region
- ? unverified
- Quota
- 500K tokens per Doubao model
- Expires
- ? unverified
- Checked
- www.volcengine.com · 2026-10-17 12:26 (UTC+8)
Pricing page only says each model gets 500K free tokens; expiry and conditions are not stated.
Source · Verified at 2026-10-17
1M free tokens per model (qwen3.8-max, qwen3.8-flash, qwen3.7-plus…), 90 days, Beijing region only
- Real-name
- not required
- Card
- not required
- Region
- Only models in the cn-beijing region
- Quota
- Per-model signup quota (often 1M tokens; see console)
- Expires
- 90 days from activation or model release (whichever is later)
- Checked
- help.aliyun.com · 2026-10-17 12:27 (UTC+8)
Auto-granted when you first open Bailian; no real-name or purchase needed; unverified accounts stop when the quota runs out. Re-registering under the same identity cannot claim again.
Source · Verified at 2026-10-17
¥15 voucher after identity verification (not usable for Kimi K3)
- Claim
- platform.kimi.com ↗
- Real-name
- required
- Card
- ? unverified
- Region
- ? unverified
- Quota
- ¥15 voucher (not usable for Kimi K3)
- Expires
- ? unverified
- Checked
- platform.kimi.com · 2026-10-17 12:27 (UTC+8)
Granted after personal or company verification; expiry not stated.
Source · Verified at 2026-10-17
Gemini API free tier covers 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, 2.5 family (rate-limited; data may be used to improve Google products; 4 Argon excluded)
- Real-name
- ? unverified
- Card
- ? unverified
- Region
- Not available in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau (Gemini API available regions)
- Quota
- Free tier with rate limits (see official rate-limits); Gemini 4 Argon has no free tier
- Expires
- No end date stated
- Checked
- ai.google.dev · 2026-10-17 12:26 (UTC+8)
Free-tier data is used to improve Google products.
Source · Verified at 2026-10-17