What's free
Free developer API key via Poolside Platform for Poolside's Laguna coding models (current lineup: Laguna S 2.1, Laguna XS 2.1, Laguna M.1); which models and limits apply to the free key is not documented
- Credit card
- not required
- 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
Not published
The catch
Coding-focused models. Docs describe Poolside Platform as "fast, free developer access"; paid access with a larger context window is via OpenRouter. The earlier 'free for a limited time' wording no longer appears in the current docs, and no end date is published. Self-serve key at platform.poolside.ai. No card was required at signup when last confirmed (2026-08); the current pages do not mention it.
Free models: not listed yet.
Quickstart — chat completions
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://inference.poolside.ai/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://inference.poolside.ai/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 (2026-07-31) — generated from the git history of providers.json.
- 2026-10-08 Updated free tier, rate limits, the catch
- 2026-08-14 Updated card requirement
- 2026-08-14 Updated free tier, the catch, free type
- 2026-07-31 Added to the hub