{ "dataset": "free-llm-api-hub", "version": "2.6.0", "generated": "2026-07-31", "license": "MIT", "homepage": "https://freellmapihub.com/", "docs": "https://freellmapihub.com/api/", "startups": [ { "name": "AWS Activate", "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/activate/", "what": "Up to $200k AWS credits (marketing max; self-serve tier far smaller); explicitly redeemable on Bedrock LLMs", "funds": "partial", "who": "Any stage; top tiers need a referral from an approved AWS Activate provider" }, { "name": "Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub", "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups", "what": "Up to $150k Azure credits (unlocked across tiers); covers Azure OpenAI", "funds": "partial", "who": "Software startups; no stage/funding threshold; services-only firms excluded" }, { "name": "Google for Startups Cloud", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/startup", "what": "Up to $200k GCP credits over 2 yr (up to $350k for AI-focused startups); covers Vertex AI / Gemini", "funds": "partial", "who": "Equity-funded early-stage, no prior GCP credits; higher tiers via accelerator/VC" }, { "name": "OVHcloud Startup", "url": "https://startup.ovhcloud.com/en/", "what": "€10k (Start) to €100k (Scale) cloud credits over 12 months + engineer time", "funds": "partial", "who": "Early-stage / scale-up, by approval; EU (GPU-focused)" }, { "name": "Anthropic — Claude for Startups", "url": "https://claude.com/programs/startups", "what": "Free Claude API credits + priority rate limits (amount not published)", "funds": "yes", "who": "Equity-backed, founded <4 yr ago, no prior Anthropic credits; first-party API only" }, { "name": "OpenAI Startup Program", "url": "https://openai.com/business/why-openai/startups/", "what": "Free OpenAI API credits + rate-limit upgrades + SE time", "funds": "yes", "who": "Backed by a partner-network VC; needs an investor referral code — not self-serve" }, { "name": "Cohere Startup Program", "url": "https://cohere.com/blog/cohere-launches-startup-program", "what": "Reduced API pricing + support (discount % not on the official page)", "funds": "partial", "who": "Early-stage AI startups; zero-equity; rolling applications" }, { "name": "Together AI Startup Accelerator", "url": "https://www.together.ai/startup-accelerator", "what": "Up to $15k / $30k / $50k platform credits by funding tier (hosted open models + fine-tuning)", "funds": "yes", "who": "AI-native, tiered by raise (<$5M / $5–10M / >$10M)" }, { "name": "Fireworks AI Startup Program", "url": "https://fireworks.ai/startups", "what": "\"Build credits\" + higher rate limits (amount not published)", "funds": "yes", "who": "Early-stage AI startups (apply)" }, { "name": "Baseten AI Startup Program", "url": "https://www.baseten.co/startup-program/", "what": "Up to $27.5k credits ($25k dedicated + $2.5k Model APIs) + eng support", "funds": "yes", "who": "Seed–Series A, <5 yr, AI-central, new customer" }, { "name": "Nebius for Startups", "url": "https://nebius.com/startups", "what": "$5k intro credits (~1,600 H100-hrs) + up to $100k discounts (GPU/compute)", "funds": "partial", "who": "AI-native, <7 yr, VC-backed, ~$5M+ raised; selective" }, { "name": "Modal for Startups", "url": "https://modal.com/startups", "what": "\"Thousands\" of free GPU credits (serverless compute)", "funds": "partial", "who": "Seed–B+, VC-backed or >$1M raised, new customer" }, { "name": "NVIDIA Inception", "url": "https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/", "what": "Preferred hardware pricing, partner cloud credits, training, ecosystem access", "funds": "partial", "who": "Incorporated, <10 yr, ≥1 developer; pre-revenue OK" }, { "name": "Scaleway Startup Program", "url": "https://www.scaleway.com/en/startup-program/", "what": "€1k / €9k / €36k credits by tier; covers Generative APIs", "funds": "partial", "who": "<5 yr, <50 employees, going to market, not yet a client (EU)" }, { "name": "Perplexity for Startups", "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/startups", "what": "$5k Sonar API credits + 6 months Enterprise Pro (up to 50 seats)", "funds": "yes", "who": "<5 yr old, raised <$20M, backed by an approved VC/accelerator partner" }, { "name": "DigitalOcean Hatch", "url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/hatch", "what": "Up to ~$10k/mo credit limit over 12 mo (amount varies); base credits exclude GPU Droplets — select startups invited to apply for separate GPU credits", "funds": "partial", "who": "AI-native startups that raised ≤$10M; business email required" }, { "name": "Pinecone Startup Program", "url": "https://www.pinecone.io/startup-program/", "what": "Free Standard tier + Pro Support + usage credits (amount not published); vector DB / RAG infra, not model inference", "funds": "no", "who": "<100 employees, Series A or earlier; no VC referral required" }, { "name": "Weaviate Startup Deal", "url": "https://weaviate.io/startup-deal", "what": "Discounted Weaviate Cloud access (terms not published); vector DB / RAG infra", "funds": "no", "who": "Early-stage with a partner-program / VC affiliation (e.g. YC, Techstars)" } ], "research": [ { "name": "Azure for Students", "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/", "audience": "Students", "what": "$100 Azure credit / 12 mo, no card; covers Azure OpenAI", "funds": "partial", "who": "Full-time university students, verify with a school email" }, { "name": "GitHub Student Developer Pack", "url": "https://education.github.com/pack", "audience": "Students", "what": "GitHub Copilot access + $100 Azure credit + many dev tools", "funds": "partial", "who": "Verified students (Azure offer 18+)" }, { "name": "Cohere Labs — Catalyst Grants", "url": "https://cohere.com/research", "audience": "Researchers", "what": "Free Cohere LLM API access for eligible projects", "funds": "yes", "who": "Academic / civic / impact-focused AI projects" }, { "name": "Google TPU Research Cloud", "url": "https://sites.research.google/trc/about/", "audience": "Researchers", "what": "Free access to 1,000+ Cloud TPUs to train/run models", "funds": "partial", "who": "ML researchers; apply; must share results publicly" }, { "name": "AWS Cloud Credit for Research", "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/research-and-technical-computing/cloud-credit-for-research/", "audience": "Both", "what": "Up to $5k (students) / uncapped (faculty) AWS credits; covers Bedrock", "funds": "partial", "who": "Faculty, research staff or grad students at accredited institutions" }, { "name": "Google Cloud Research Credits", "url": "https://edu.google.com/programs/credits/research/", "audience": "Researchers", "what": "GCP credits (proposal-based); covers Vertex AI / Gemini; non-commercial", "funds": "partial", "who": "Faculty / PhD / postdoc at accredited institutions" }, { "name": "NVIDIA Academic Grant", "url": "https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/industries/higher-education-research/academic-grant-program/", "audience": "Researchers", "what": "GPU-hours / hardware grants (e.g. up to 30k H100-hrs)", "funds": "partial", "who": "Full-time faculty at PhD-granting institutions" }, { "name": "Lambda Research Grants", "url": "https://lambda.ai/research", "audience": "Researchers", "what": "Up to $5k Lambda GPU cloud credits", "funds": "partial", "who": "Qualifying researchers; competitive" }, { "name": "AWS Educate", "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/", "audience": "Students", "what": "Free training, labs and badges (no spendable credits)", "funds": "no", "who": "Anyone 13+, email only, no card" }, { "name": "Perplexity for Students", "url": "https://www.perplexity.ai/students", "audience": "Students", "what": "Perplexity Pro for students — a free year unlocks when a campus reaches 500 signups; otherwise discounted Education Pro", "funds": "no", "who": "Verified .edu students" } ] }