Gemini pro is free up to 60 queries per minute. Otherwise you can always run your own local model as another reddit or suggested. r/localllama Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com
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reddit.com โ€บ r/chatgptcoding โ€บ free openai api alternatives?
r/ChatGPTCoding on Reddit: Free OpenAI API alternatives?
February 20, 2024 -

So I coded a bot that uses OpenAI API and it runs great, but the 3 months expired and I no longer have a key. The usage was very minimal, in 3 months I used like 2$ worth of queries.

So are there any good free AI APIs out there at the moment? It is on a small raspberry pi so running it locally is out of the question.

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reddit.com โ€บ r/machinelearning โ€บ [d] is there currently anything comparable to the openai api?
r/MachineLearning on Reddit: [D] Is there currently anything comparable to the OpenAI API?
January 12, 2023 -

I am a designer and a small frontend developer. The OpenAI API makes it extremely easy for me to build AI functionality into apps, although I only have a very basic understanding of AI. Though of course I can't make any deep changes, I am even able to fine tune models and adapt them for my intended use.

Now I was wondering if there is anything comparable on the market at the moment. I know of Meta's LLaMA, but you can only use it locally, which makes it harder to easily implement into applications. Also, you are not allowed to use it for commercial purposes.

I haven't found much from Google or other tech companies. Does OpenAI have a monopoly here or are there alternatives worth mentioning that could be used?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/learnprogramming โ€บ any free ai api's?
r/learnprogramming on Reddit: Any free AI API'S?
August 13, 2025 -

Hello all, I am looking to create a site that takes an input URL, validates it's accessibility via Axe API and get a JSON file in return with the issues, sends both the HTML and the JSON to an AI API to hopefully receive a fully accessible (so it shouldn't have anything flagged by Axe API) new HTML. Then the site would render that HTML. Are there any free API's out there for my specific use case? I am building this as a project so it's not really critical if there's a usage rate. Thanks in advance.

TLDR: Are there any free AI API's for relatively lightweight evaluation and coding prompts?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/openai โ€บ tool for cheaper realtime api alternatives
r/OpenAI on Reddit: Tool for cheaper realtime API alternatives
March 17, 2025 - So we created this Voice DevTools UI (https://github.com/outspeed-ai/voice-devtools) based on realtime-api-console that supports realtime API and `miniCPM-o` which is an open source speech-to-speech models. Weโ€™ll be adding more models in the future. You can try it out here and start playing around with realtime speech models. Per minute cost of `miniCPM-o` is 1cent, but it's free to start.
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reddit.com โ€บ r/openai โ€บ i created an open-source alternative to cluely called pluely โ€” now at 750+ github stars, free to use with your openai api key.
r/OpenAI on Reddit: I created an open-source alternative to Cluely called Pluely โ€” now at 750+ GitHub stars, free to use with your OpenAI API key.
September 23, 2025 -

Pluely is Your Invisible AI Assistant: Lightning-fast, privacy-first AI assistant that works seamlessly during meetings, interviews, and conversations without anyone knowing. Completely undetectable in video calls, screen shares, and recordings. All your data is stored locally on your system. Pluely is designed with privacy as a priority, so no external calls are made to our servers. This applies to both free and Pro users.

By far pluely is the best invisible open-source ai assistant, compared to big firms those have funding.

all with: solo contribution, $0 funding, and endless nights.

Menu you need on your desktop:

  • System audio capture

  • Microphone audio capture

  • Input for all your queries

  • Screenshots (auto/manual)

  • Attach images

  • History

  • Settings

On free plan: Pluely supports all major LLM providers just bring your own api key, you can also add your own custom providers with cURL commands, same for speech to text providers as well.

On Pro plan: Pluely now has 80+ premium AI models with instant access including with GPT-5 and many other openai models, One-click model switching, Advanced speech-to-text with highest accuracy

Downloads: https://pluely.com/downloads

Website: https://pluely.com

GitHub: https://github.com/iamsrikanthnani/pluely

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reddit.com โ€บ r/ai_agents โ€บ free openai api alternatives
Free OPENAI API alternatives : r/AI_Agents
January 11, 2025 - Not sure if these are Autogen compatible, but they have OpenAI compatible api endpoints and some sort of free tier access. ... Thanks i decided to go with crewai Framework with groq's api for base model for prototyping More replies ... Check AutoGen's docs for model compatibility - many open-source models work via LiteLLM proxy. This is a common question - try searching r/AI_Agents for: API alternatives
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reddit.com โ€บ r/openai โ€บ is there any free alternative to openai api?
Is there any free alternative to OpenAI API? : r/OpenAI
November 17, 2022 - First, The API isn't$20/month. It is based on usage. Second, ChatGPT website is free to use GPT3.5. The free quota is limited, and it cannot be used when there are many people. Third, open source local model is free, but you need a decent computer to run it. And its performance is not as good as GPT-3.5. ... OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company.
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reddit.com โ€บ r/openai โ€บ is there a good alternative to openai
Is there a good alternative to OpenAI : r/OpenAI
October 1, 2020 - i guess you could try goose.ai, though obviously since the models they have are all open source, they can't get quite as massive/impressive as gpt-3. still, i'm pretty sure you get to use it for free at first iirc so there isn't really a downside. the option's there ...
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reddit.com โ€บ r/chatgpt โ€บ what is the best free or open-source alternative to chatgpt?
r/ChatGPT on Reddit: What is the best free or open-source alternative to chatGPT?
April 28, 2023 -

I enjoy tinkering with their API in my python programs but I don't like paying for a black box. zuckerboy's LLaMA can be downloaded entirely, though I don't know if the current version is released or we just have access to that 'cracked' version still. Might there be a model with something similar to openai's API, a model I can download entirely and call with my program/IDE right from my desktop, or something else entirely?

I do like the idea of having a model on a similar playing field as GPT at my beck and call, and even better if i can 'own' it and pick it apart, but i really just want the ability to incorporate something of a similar magnitude to a few of my coding ideas. Mostly python, but i guess now l can 'code' in anything!

Yeah I could call each response from an API, bouncing back and forth over the internet, but what other method can I use to avoid the middleman but still apply them in my code?

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reddit.com โ€บ r/autogenai โ€บ free openai api alternatives
r/AutoGenAI on Reddit: Free OpenAI API alternatives
September 12, 2024 -

Hi everyone,

Iโ€™m trying to get started with AutoGen Studio for a small project where I want to build AI agents and see how they share knowledge. But the problem is, OpenAIโ€™s API is quite expensive for me.

Are there any free alternatives that work with AutoGen Studio? I would appreciate any suggestions or advice!

Thanks you all.