Everyone's building something that has AI into it.

Could be a chatbot, could be a coding agent, could be something else.

Nonetheless, you still need a way to add AI capabilities to your website without going broke.

Here's my list of 8 awesome **totally free** APIs to help you add AI capabilities to your product!

> Cohere API: Cohere has created multiple LLMs with different capabilities: reasoning, translation, vision, or general use. However, all Cohere models are usable for free through the API with 20 RPM.

> Google AI Studio: For free, you have access to all Gemini Flash (no Pro 🥺) models at 20 RPD, and Imagen 4 models at 25 RPD (not exactly Nano Banana Pro, but close enough)

> Z.ai API: You have 3 available models: GLM-4.6V-Flash, 4.5-Flash, and 4.7-Flash, all of which are completely free to use.

The best part? It's basically unlimited!

(You can't send more than 1 or 2 Requests at a time though 😅)

> OpenRouter: There are multiple free models available on OpenRouter. However, there's a 50 RPD limit shared across all free models (not 50 RPD per model)

> Cerebras API: Create an organisation (it's free), and you get access to GLM-4.7, Qwen 3 235B, and GPT-OSS-120B at very high limits for free.

> Groq API: You get to access Kimi, Qwen, OpenAI, and Meta models for free, with limits ranging from 200K-500K TPD and 1K-14.4K RPD, depending on model.

> Mistral API: You get $150 in credits for free to use on any Mistral model

> SambaNova: You get 20 RPD and 200K TPD per model on your free API for DeepSeek and Meta models

Hope this helps you guys with your next products! 🔥🔥🔥

Mazen ALDamshity

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