What's free
Free plan ($0): text LLMs for testing, max 5 requests every 2 days per model, 12K context, 1 request at a time, delayed responses; no image generation
- Credit card
- not confirmed
- Phone verification
- not confirmed
- Commercial use
- not confirmed
Free limits
Numeric limits are not recorded in structured form for this provider.
In the provider's words
5 requests every 2 days per model; 1 request at a time; max 12K context tokens
The catch
Free tier is for testing only — very restrictive. Provider advertises zero-log / no data retention. Card requirement for the free tier is not stated on the pricing page.
Free models: not listed yet.
Quickstart — chat completions
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.arliai.com/v1", api_key="<YOUR_FREE_API_KEY>")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="<a-free-model>",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)…or with curl:
curl https://api.arliai.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"<a-free-model>","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'Appears in
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Change history
How this free tier has changed since we started tracking it (2026-07-30) — generated from the git history of providers.json.
- 2026-10-08 Updated free tier, rate limits
- 2026-07-30 Added to the hub