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Free Council

Zero cost models for volume processing, testing, and budget-constrained deployments. No credit card required for these providers.
💰 Use case: Volume processing, testing, budget constraints
50+
Models
4
Providers
$0
Cost
340
Max tok/s
✅
Every model in this council is completely free. Groq offers unlimited usage with no rate limits. OpenRouter provides 33 free-tier models. ORBIT gives 2B tokens/month free. ZenMux offers 700 requests/day.

📊 Council Providers & Models

ProviderModelsMax SpeedLimitHighlights
Groq 16 models 212+ t/s Unlimited llama-3.3-70b, qwen2.5-coder-32b, llama-4-scout-17b, whisper-large-v3, mixtral-8x7b, deepseek-r1-distill-70b, and more
OpenRouter 33 :free models 46 t/s Rate-limited gemini-2.5-pro:free, gpt-4o-mini:free, claude-haiku-4:free, llama-4-maverick, codestral, and more
ORBIT 5+ models 29 t/s 2B tok/mo claude-opus-4-6, claude-sonnet-4, gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, claude-3.5-sonnet
ZenMux 6+ models 37 t/s 700 req/day gemini-2.5-pro, deepseek-r1, claude-sonnet-4, gpt-4.1, llama-4-maverick, qwen3-235b

⚖️ Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Zero cost — ideal for testing, prototyping, and budget-conscious projects
  • Groq is completely unlimited with no rate limits
  • ORBIT offers Claude Opus 4 for free (2B tokens/mo)
  • OpenRouter provides the widest model selection (33 free models)
  • ZenMux includes Gemini 2.5 Pro free (700 req/day)

⚠️ Cons

  • OpenRouter free models have rate limits
  • ORBIT has a 2B token/month cap
  • ZenMux limited to 700 requests/day
  • Free tiers may have slower response times during peak usage
  • Some models may have reduced context windows on free tiers

🚀 Try This Council

Start for free with Groq — no credit card needed.

# Free Council: Groq (completely free, unlimited)
curl -X POST https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GROQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement simply."}],
    "max_tokens": 500
  }'

# Free Council: OpenRouter (33 free models)
curl -X POST https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "google/gemini-2.5-pro:free",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum entanglement simply."}],
    "max_tokens": 500
  }'
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