What this offer provides
The official Inference Providers documentation states: 'Get Started for Free: Inference Providers includes a generous free tier, with additional credits for PRO users and Team & Enterprise organizations.'
Quick facts
Free mechanismGenerous free tier included; additional credits for PRO users and organizations
ValidityMonthly included credits; unused quota does not roll over
AccessHugging Face account
Last verified2026-09-07
How to use it
Call open models through the Inference Providers router with the free tier included in every account
Prerequisites
- Hugging Face account
- Hugging Face access token
Steps
- Create a Hugging Face account and generate an access token
- Send an OpenAI-compatible chat completion request to the router endpoint within the free monthly credits
curl
curl https://router.huggingface.co/v1/chat/completions --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${HF_TOKEN}' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"model":"openai/gpt-oss-120b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Official sources
Official docs: 'Get Started for Free: Inference Providers includes a generous free tier, with additional credits for PRO users and Team & Enterprise organizations.'