What this offer provides
Groq's official rate limits documentation publishes a 'Free Plan Limits' table with per-model RPM, RPD and TPM caps (for example openai/gpt-oss-120b: 30 RPM, 1K RPD, 8K TPM), alongside a paid Developer plan for higher limits.
Quick facts
Free mechanismFree plan with per-model RPM / RPD / TPM limits (e.g. gpt-oss-120b: 30 RPM · 1K RPD · 8K TPM)
ValidityOngoing free plan; exact limits per model can change
AccessGroq account; rate limits apply at organization level
Last verified2026-09-07
How to use it
Call hosted models on Groq's OpenAI-compatible API under the free plan limits
Prerequisites
- Groq account
- API key from the Groq console
Steps
- Create a Groq account and generate an API key in the console
- Send an OpenAI-compatible chat completion request and stay within the per-model free plan rate limits
curl
curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${GROQ_API_KEY}' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"model":"openai/gpt-oss-20b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Official sources
Official docs: 'Free Plan Limits ... MODEL ID RPM RPD TPM TPD ... openai/gpt-oss-120b 30 1K 8K 200K ... groq/compound 30 250 70K'; 'Need higher rate limits? Upgrade to Developer plan'.