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AI inference deals

Hosted model APIs, recurring free capacity, and inference credits. These stay first because limits and model availability change quickly.

Free Tier

Hetzner

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Free experimental OpenAI-compatible inference

Hetzner customers can create an API token for a no-cost experimental OpenAI-compatible endpoint serving Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 with text and image input. Hetzner explicitly says the service is experimental, availability is not guaranteed, and it should not be used for production.

Value
No-cost hosted inference; 3M input/60K output tokens per 60 seconds and 500M input/5M output tokens per 24 hours; 262,144-token context
Who qualifies
Hetzner customers with access to the Experiments platform; create a token from the Inference experiment page
Expiry
not stated; experimental availability may change or stop during high demand
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingMultimodalOpenai Compatible
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Free Tier

Nous Portal

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Five currently free hosted models

Nous Portal currently exposes five zero-priced hosted-inference models: poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free, poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free, stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free, tencent/hy3:free, upstage/solar-pro4:free. The catalog is checked live and can rotate.

Value
5 models at $0 prompt and completion token pricing at collection time
Who qualifies
Nous Portal free-tier and other account holders with model-catalog access
Expiry
not stated; availability can rotate
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingCodingModel Testing
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Free Tier

OpenRouter

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Free-model router and zero-cost model variants

OpenRouter offers a free router plus :free model variants through one API. It is useful for experiments and low-volume apps, but availability, latency, and the selected model can change.

Value
Free requests across a rotating model pool
Who qualifies
OpenRouter account holders; limits depend on whether the account has purchased credits.
Expiry
Ongoing; model availability rotates
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingModel TestingOpenai Compatible
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Free Tier

Cloudflare Workers AI

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10,000 Workers AI Neurons free each day

Workers AI includes a daily free allocation on both Free and Paid Workers plans. It covers text, image, speech, embedding, and other open-model tasks, with consumption measured in Neurons.

Value
10,000 Neurons per day
Who qualifies
Cloudflare account holders using Workers AI on the Free or Paid Workers plan.
Expiry
Ongoing daily allocation
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingEdge AiMultimodal
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Free Tier

NVIDIA

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Free hosted NIM APIs for prototyping

NVIDIA Build provides free serverless model APIs for development and prototyping across its hosted catalog. The official source-pack result says all models on build.nvidia.com are free to prototype with, but production use requires deployment after rate limits are reached.

Value
Free hosted serverless inference for prototyping; exact per-account quota not stated
Who qualifies
Developers who sign in to NVIDIA Build and obtain an API key
Expiry
not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingModel TestingOpenai Compatible
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Free Tier

Google Gemini API

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Gemini API free tier for selected models

New Gemini API projects start on a free tier with selected models available at no token charge up to model-specific limits. Not every model or modality has a free tier.

Value
Free input and output on selected models
Who qualifies
Developers with an active Google AI Studio project; regional model availability applies.
Expiry
Ongoing for selected models
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingMultimodalModel Testing
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Free Tier

GroqCloud

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Free GroqCloud API tier

GroqCloud offers free API access with model-specific request and token limits. It is fast for prototypes, evaluations, and small demos, but the free limits are not a production guarantee.

Value
Free API key with model-specific daily limits
Who qualifies
Developers who create a GroqCloud account and API key.
Expiry
Ongoing free account tier
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Aug 11, 2026
PrototypingLow LatencyOpenai Compatible
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GPU credits, startup programs, developer infrastructure, databases, and other Deal Hunter findings that passed the public evidence gate.

Startup Grant

Cloudflare

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Cloudflare confirms $10K startup tier for bootstrapped builders

Cloudflare's startup program now clearly documents a $10,000 tier for bootstrapped or self-funded startups with no minimum funding requirement. This materially improves the eligibility detail for the existing up-to-$350,000 master deal and makes its individual-builder-accessible path explicit.

Value
$10,000 in credits for the no-minimum-funding tier; higher tiers offer up to $350,000
Who qualifies
Bootstrapped or self-funded startups with under $1 million raised; other program-wide criteria also apply
Expiry
Credits last one year; application deadline not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
HostingCompute
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Startup Grant

LangChain

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LangSmith startup program offers up to $10K credits

LangChain's official pricing page advertises discounted rates and up to $10,000 in LangSmith credits for qualifying startups. This is distinct from the already-known $0 solo Developer observability tier.

Value
Up to $10,000 in LangSmith credits plus discounted rates
Who qualifies
VC-backed startups accepted into LangSmith for Startups
Expiry
not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
Agents
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Credits

AMD

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AMD AI Developer Program offers claimable cloud GPU credits

AMD's 2026 developer article says members of the AMD AI Developer Program can request free cloud GPU credits for AMD Instinct GPUs or managed LLM inference. This is a broader current claim path than the expired AMD hackathon credit entry in the master file.

Value
Free AMD cloud GPU credits; amount not stated on the official article excerpt
Who qualifies
Developers accepted into the AMD AI Developer Program who receive a confirmation email and request credits
Expiry
not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
GpuInferenceTraining
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Free Tier

Firecrawl

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Firecrawl Free Plan adds five daily Agent preview runs

Firecrawl's official pricing still includes 1,000 monthly scraping credits and now also states that its Agent preview gets five free runs each day. This is a useful AI-agent quota update to the existing Firecrawl free-plan deal.

Value
1,000 credits/month plus 5 free Agent preview runs daily
Who qualifies
Anyone using Firecrawl's Free Plan; no card required
Expiry
not stated; Agent is marked Preview
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Aug 11, 2026
ScrapingWeb Extraction
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Free Tier

Exa

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Exa adds $20 signup and $10 monthly search credits

Exa's official pricing now gives new accounts $20 in signup credits and then $10 in recurring monthly credits for web search, page content, and agent workflows. This is a concrete value update to the master entry that only recorded up to 1,000 free requests per month.

Value
$20 credits on signup plus $10 credits per month
Who qualifies
Anyone who signs up for Exa's self-serve Free Tier
Expiry
not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
SearchAgentsWeb Extraction
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Free Tier

Weaviate

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Weaviate Engram replaces trial with always-free managed vector DB

Weaviate now offers Engram as an always-free managed AI database instead of the 14-day trial recorded in the master file. The plan includes a persistent cluster, storage, embeddings, and Query Agent quotas without a credit card.

Value
Free forever: 1 cluster, 100,000 objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk, 2,000 embedding requests/day, and 1,000 Query Agent requests/month
Who qualifies
Individual users; one free cluster per user with no credit card required
Expiry
not stated
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Aug 11, 2026
Vector DbRagAgents
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Coupons

Checkout codes and partner discounts are kept separate from free tiers and credit programs.

Coupon

Pictory.AI

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20% off Pictory with code TDWIZ20

A verified Smartoolbox partner coupon for an eligible Pictory purchase.

Value
20% off
Who qualifies
Eligible Pictory purchases; confirm the discount at checkout.
Expiry
No published expiry; verify at checkout
Checked
Aug 11, 2026
Video Creation
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