Abu Huzefa on Instagram: "3 Free Websites to Get AI API Keys Without Paying a Single Penny
Still paying hundreds of dollars for API keys? These three websites give you free access to top AI models for text, images, video, and coding.
Bytez gives you 100,000+ open-source AI models for text, image, video, and audio, all through one API key.
NVIDIA NIM offers free access to about 80 top models like DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen, and MiniMax, with a 40 requests per minute limit.
OpenRouter gives you free API access to models like Qwen, Kimi, Llama, and MiniMax, with a 20 requests per minute limit.
Build your side project or app without spending a single penny.
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Verdict: Mostly misleading: two services have free tiers, but the video overstates what’s free and how many models are included.
The clip points to real AI API services, but it exaggerates the “free” access and model counts, especially for Bytez and NVIDIA NIM.
Claim-by-claim breakdown
Misleading (88% confidence): Bytez offers more than 100,000 open-source AI models through a single API key. Bytez’s API page says “222k open + closed models” and “Pay$0 / month” with “Credits you get $1 free,” indicating a limited free tier rather than fully free access to 100,000+ open-source models.
Accurate (74% confidence): NVIDIA NIM offers free access to about 80 top AI models with a 40 requests per minute limit. NVIDIA’s developer pages say members get free access to NIM API endpoints for prototyping. Separate NVIDIA forum posts describe a default limit of about 40 requests per minute. The specific “about 80 top models” figure is not clearly…
Accurate (92% confidence): OpenRouter gives free API access to models like Qwen, Kimi, Llama, and MiniMax with a 20 requests per minute limit. OpenRouter’s pricing and docs say free models are capped at 20 requests per minute and 50 per day for accounts without purchased credits. That supports the rate-limit claim, but the video omits the daily limit and broader free-tier…
Misleading (83% confidence): You can build a side project or app using these services without spending any money. The services have different free-tier conditions: Bytez shows limited free credits and pay-as-you-go pricing, NVIDIA offers free prototyping access, and OpenRouter’s free models are rate-limited and capped daily. So “without spending a…