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Starter trials, recurring allowances, student/research and business applications are listed separately. Cloud credits cover different services and are not withdrawable cash; confirm eligibility in your official account.
Searched a fixed 62-provider list plus OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity; attempted at least two distinct pricing/terms entrypoints per provider and two gap followups. Missing bodies and conflicting terms remain pending. This is finite coverage, not a complete worldwide list or proof of personal eligibility.
Checked:
Alibaba Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Tencent Cloud — Previously listed offer checked
Baidu Qianfan — Previously listed offer checked
Volcengine Ark — Evidence pending · Free-quota and safe-mode pages conflict on eligibility/re-enabling; this candidate remains unpublished.
Zhipu BigModel — New opportunity confirmed
Moonshot Kimi — New opportunity confirmed
DeepSeek — No publishable offer confirmed
SiliconFlow — New opportunity confirmed
ModelScope — New opportunity confirmed
MiniMax — Evidence pending
StepFun — New opportunity confirmed
iFlytek Spark — New opportunity confirmed
SenseTime SenseNova — New opportunity confirmed
Huawei Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Xiaomi MiMo — New opportunity confirmed
360 Zhinao — New opportunity confirmed
Baichuan — New opportunity confirmed
InternLM — Evidence pending
Groq — Previously listed offer checked
Cerebras — New opportunity confirmed
SambaNova — Ended / paid conditions only
Together AI — New opportunity confirmed
Fireworks AI — New opportunity confirmed
Hugging Face — Previously listed offer checked
Mistral AI — Previously listed offer checked
Cohere — Previously listed offer checked
AI21 — No publishable offer confirmed · Multiple entrypoints attempted, one successful body obtained; no in-scope offer confirmed.
NVIDIA — Previously listed offer checked
DeepInfra — Evidence pending
Novita AI — New opportunity confirmed
Nebius — New opportunity confirmed
Baseten — New opportunity confirmed
Replicate — Evidence pending
fal.ai — New opportunity confirmed
RunPod — New opportunity confirmed
Lambda — New opportunity confirmed
Friendli AI — Evidence pending
Chutes — Ended / paid conditions only
Google Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Microsoft Azure — New opportunity confirmed
AWS — New opportunity confirmed
Oracle Cloud — Previously listed offer checked
IBM Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
DigitalOcean — Evidence pending
Cloudflare — New opportunity confirmed
Modal — Previously listed offer checked
Vercel — New opportunity confirmed
Vultr — Evidence pending · Only one successful body across attempts; complete new-user credit conditions remain pending.
Deepgram — New opportunity confirmed
AssemblyAI — New opportunity confirmed
ElevenLabs — New opportunity confirmed
Speechmatics — New opportunity confirmed
Cartesia — New opportunity confirmed
Hume AI — Evidence pending
Jina AI — New opportunity confirmed
Voyage AI — New opportunity confirmed
Tavily — New opportunity confirmed
Exa — New opportunity confirmed
OpenRouter — Previously listed offer checked
Black Forest Labs — No publishable offer confirmed
Stability AI — New opportunity confirmed
BytePlus — Evidence pending
OpenAI — New opportunity confirmed
Anthropic — New opportunity confirmed
Perplexity — Evidence pending · Old credit search leads lack verifiable current terms; no amount is published.
OFFICIAL APIs & CLOUD CREDITS
Official credits & free allowances
A growing catalogue of checked programs, not every offer on the web. Chat-only free plans are excluded.
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New-user trial / credits7 on this page
New-user trial / creditsEligibility unverified
IBM Cloud new PAYG account credit
IBM Cloud · Company-operated
First-time Pay-As-You-Go accounts receive $200 for use in the first 30 days.
Billable services beyond free limits or credits can incur charges; inspect resources and budgets.
Per-account/model free allocations follow pricing rows; no universal pooling; rerank/new models have separate rows.
All Batch API tokens are billed at batch rates and do not use free token balances.
Organization/model API rate limits apply. Tier 1 requires a payment method while free tokens still apply; billed usage can raise limits. Post-exhaustion behavior without a card is not explicit.
Where expiry is unspecified, inspect account or award records; service credits are not withdrawable cash.
Card / payment method：Some models, verification, billing tiers or upgrade steps require a payment method; this is not a universal free-scope requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Valid card for activation/redemption; one year from earlier code receipt or account deposit, or exhaustion.
Promotional terms exclude Marketplace, support and prepaid/reserved-instance fees with specific exceptions, including Bedrock third-party model spend; do not generalize exceptions.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
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Student / research creditsEligibility unverified
Cloudflare US student developer plan
Cloudflare · Official platform
Eligible students receive 12 months of paid developer-plan access; not unlimited Workers AI tokens.
After 12 months the account automatically returns to Free with no renewal-plan charge unless a paid renewal is chosen; program overages can still be billed.
US students aged 18+, with verified .edu email. Sep 22, 2025 distinguishes new/existing account redemption flows; it is not an application deadline, and both flows are documented.
Card required and .edu billing email; redeem by selecting Workers Paid.
Higher Workers/storage allotments; standard overage charges apply; Workers AI free allocation remains separate.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned terms pause/close access or revert to Free at expiry/exhaustion; paid upgrade/renewal requires a choice. Other overages remain separate.
Contact support with official student email or student ID; redeem coupon during Billing upgrade.
For research/coursework/hackathons; general 18/local-adulthood requirement still applies.
Four months, not a year; inspect card and post-coupon renewal settings at upgrade.
General subscription terms renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal. Coupon-specific terms may override this; verify final renewal/cancellation settings at upgrade.
Card / payment method：Some models, verification, billing tiers or upgrade steps require a payment method; this is not a universal free-scope requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
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Student / research creditsEligibility unverified
AI for Science research credits (up to US$50,000)
Anthropic · Company-operated
High-impact science projects may apply for up to US$50,000 in credits; not guaranteed, and free scientist subscriptions are a separate benefit from API credits.
Approval-based service credits, not cash; usage beyond the awarded offering or balance is not treated as free.
The August 2026 expansion invites researchers to apply; selection depends on scientific contribution, impact and review. The original program provides API credits.
Individuals must be at least 18 or local majority age; affiliated applicants need institutional consent and rights to their original submission.
China and other listed territories and legally restricted applicants are excluded; consult the full official rules.
Scientific and biosecurity review applies; respond to selection within five business days; requested declarations/publicity releases may be due within 14 days.
Biology and chemistry retain model restrictions; all models are not guaranteed. Amount, covered offering and expiry depend on the award.
Participants join research surveys/interviews; transcripts may be retained/analyzed and anonymized aggregate findings published. Publicity and tax terms apply.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Founded within 10 years, through Series B, technology product, live website/business email/social presence, first approval; funding/partner criteria vary by tier.
R2 credit cap $10K; AI Gateway, domain registration and selected enterprise/premium networking services excluded.
Valid payment method required; one year or exhaustion, no extensions or transfers.
Name/logo marketing permission; excludes existing enterprise customers, education, personal blogs, agencies, MSPs and resellers.
The public criteria also list funding within the last 12 months; bootstrapped and funded-tier paths differ and require program review.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
Business/monetization plan, valid business email, fewer than 25 staff; excludes consulting/agencies, one-off projects and projects for children aged 18 or under.
One application per company, existing enterprise customers excluded; approval required, no resale/cash exchange.
Includes API voice capabilities, but characters are not unlimited allocation for every product.
Card, regional and additional identity requirements not explicit in these sources remain unspecified; no worldwide or card-free promise.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned terms pause/close access or revert to Free at expiry/exhaustion; paid upgrade/renewal requires a choice. Other overages remain separate.
Startups at any stage may apply; student/one-off projects case-by-case; approval/coupon required.
Logo/name marketing permission and requested social posts are conditions.
Model-credit rollover capped at 2x monthly allowance; Agents separate, not cash.
Card, regional and additional identity requirements not explicit in these sources remain unspecified; no worldwide or card-free promise.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
Joining the community does not grant credits: credit eligibility requires institutional equity funding, a company under four years old, and no previous Anthropic startup credits.
Provide a Claude Console account, company email, website and use case; partner VC/accelerator affiliation may unlock extras, subject to approval.
First-party Claude API only; excluded on AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI and other third-party platforms.
Rules exclude China, Russia and other listed regions and legally restricted applicants; consult the full official territory list.
Amount and expiry depend on the award; verification, publicity permissions and tax information may be required; the program may change or end.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
Friend registers through the unique link and makes a first valid holiday bundle purchase; payment must be at least 24 hours old and pass automatic checks.
Each milestone applies once; up to 10 referrals and 25 entries total; bundles earn no commission.
Use earned entries by 2026-10-11 23:59:59 Beijing time.
Purchasing ends on October 7 Beijing time; no exact time was stated. October 8 00:00 is only the latest possible end bound.
Captured public statement only; eligibility/redemption is unverified. Source credits are not converted to API tokens or cash.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Actual top-up/purchase is required, possibly by the referred party; not a no-spend signup reward.
Invitation / referral：A valid referral is required; any separate payment conditions also apply.
Application / review：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Reviewed facts and source evidence
This card summarizes reviewed facts without republishing full provider statements. Evidence identifiers support verification.
Event bonus stacks with membership rebates 10/8/6%; nameplate bonuses are separate.
Membership upgrade requires a single payment of 200 credits, or 300 from member position 301; the upgrading payment uses the prior status and the next payment uses the new status.
After reaching 1000 cumulative credits, accumulation restarts; splitting payments does not earn duplicate make-up rewards.
Captured public statement only; eligibility/redemption is unverified. Source credits are not converted to API tokens or cash.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Actual top-up/purchase is required, possibly by the referred party; not a no-spend signup reward.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Reviewed facts and source evidence
This card summarizes reviewed facts without republishing full provider statements. Evidence identifiers support verification.