What is actually free.
58 priced free.8 bait — trial, expiring credits, or a promo. From the cards, not a scrape.
Bait
Cerebrasfree trial ($5 credits); self-serve Developer from $10 deposit; Enterprise customMakeFree-plan credits expire monthly; annual paid credits expire after 12 months.Coherefree trial keys (1,000 calls/mo); production API pay-as-you-go (Command from $1/1M input tokens)Copy.aifree trial (2k words/mo); paid plans from $1,000/mo (Growth)GLM APIGLM-5.3 (1M context) approx ¥8/¥28 per 1M and temporarily free as of scan; GLM-5.2 same; GLM-5.1 ¥6–8/¥24–28, GLM-5-Turbo ¥5–7/¥22–26, GLM-4.7-Flash freeKrisp7-day free trial; paid Meeting AI plans; Call Center AI and Developer APIs are custom-pricedWritesonic7-day free trial; paid from $79/mo billed annually (Starter)Azure AI SpeechAzure meter; free trial credits exist on new accounts
Run it
Open source, self-host. You still pay the model and the machine.
Aiderfree, open source; bring your own API keyChrome DevTools MCPApache-2.0; npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest; Node 22+ and a current ChromeCodeGeeXCodeGeeX plugin and model family are free and open source; GLM Coding Plan paid subscription is a separate product from $18/moGitHub MCPMIT; local Docker/Go or remote https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/; PAT or OAuth, no GitHub seat fee for the serverPlaywright MCPApache-2.0; npx @playwright/mcp@latest; you pay the model, not MicrosoftVercel AI SDKfree, open sourceWhisperopen source (MIT), self-host free; hosted: gpt-4o-transcribe $0.006/minAutoGenopen source (MIT)Camel AIopen source (Apache 2.0)ClinchAGPL-3.0 open source; no account, no telemetryCloudflare VibeSDKopen source (MIT); production previews require Cloudflare Workers Paid plan, Workers for Platforms, model API keys, and a custom domain/certsDobermanApache-2.0 open source core; enterprise platform on roadmapFetch MCPMIT reference; uvx mcp-server-fetch or pip mcp-server-fetchFilesystem MCPMIT reference; npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem <allowed-dir>Git MCPMIT reference; uvx mcp-server-git or pip mcp-server-gitGooseCLI/desktop free (Apache); you pay the model provider; no Goose seat feeMemory MCPMIT reference; npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-memoryOpenAI Agents SDKSDK free (pip install openai-agents); model/tool calls billed at OpenAI API rates; tracing uses your OpenAI accountPharosMIT open source CLI; registry is free to usePiCLI/SDK free; you pay the model provider; packages install from npm or gitPydanticAIMIT SDK free; you pay model/provider bills; Pydantic Logfire observability is a separate productSentry MCPincluded with a Sentry account; hosted https://mcp.sentry.dev/mcp; stdio npx @sentry/mcp-server for self-hostedShoehornopen source; bring your own compute and API keysSingularGPL-3.0 open source; bring your own runner (Claude Code, Codex, etc.)Supabase MCPincluded with a Supabase account; hosted https://mcp.supabase.com/mcp; read_only=true and project_ref query params; branching tools need a paid planvLLMApache-licensed engine free; you pay GPUs/cloud; no vLLM seat feeEverything MCPMIT reference; npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-everythingSequential Thinking MCPMIT reference; npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinkingDSPyopen source, self-hostF5-TTSopen source, self-hostGPT-SoVITSopen source, self-hostKokoroopen source, self-hostNotion MCPServer is free; you need a Notion workspace and integration tokenpgvectoropen source, self-hostPostgres MCPopen source, self-hostTabbyApache-2.0 self-host; you pay the hardwareWhisperXopen source, self-host
Hosted free
HeroUIfree and open sourceLinear MCPincluded with a Linear account; hosted https://mcp.linear.app/mcp; readonly https://mcp.linear.app/mcp/readonly; OAuth 2.1 or API keyLucideISC licenseMagic UIMIT open sourceMotionMIT open sourceRadix UIMIT open sourceReact BitsMIT + Commons Clause; source available, free for personal and commercial useshadcn/uiMIT open source404spriced free in the catalogueCOSS UI (formerly Origin UI)free and open sourceDaisyUIMIT open sourceDeepSeek Chatweb/app chat is free; API is a different product (see DeepSeek API) with peak/off-peak token ratesFooterpriced free in the catalogueJulespublic beta is free with usage limits; paid pricing expected after betamodelmappriced free in the catalogueNavbar Gallerypriced free in the catalogueNotion Calendarfree; requires Notion accountpen.devcurrently free; paid plans may be added laterStitchpriced free in the catalogueTongyi LingmaCompletely free for individual developers; enterprise tier custom pricing via Alibaba CloudCloudflare MCPMCP is free; Cloudflare usage is the bill
Ship, with a free tier
159 more freemium cards live in the catalogue.
Aceternity UIfree components; All-Access Pass (annual $169 or lifetime $199) for premium blocks and templatesAdobe Fireflyfree daily generations; paid plans from $9.99/moCartesiafree tier (20K credits/mo); paid plans from $5/moChatGPTfree tier; Go $8/mo, Plus $20/mo, Pro from $100/moClaudefree tier; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly, $200 up front); Max from $100/moContext7Free $0 (1,000 API calls/mo, public repos); Pro $10/seat/mo (5,000/seat); hosted https://mcp.context7.com/mcpCrewAIopen source (MIT); cloud Free Basic (50 exec/mo); Enterprise customCursorHobby free; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo (3× Agent limits); Ultra $200/mo (20×); Teams from $40/user/moDeepgram$200 free credits; Nova-3 STT from $0.0048/min (promo)DifyCloud Sandbox free; self-host Community free under restricted license; cloud Professional/Team paid yearlyElevenLabsfree tier (10k credits/mo, non-commercial); Starter $6/mo, Creator $22/moExafree $10 credits/mo; usage-based PayGO; Enterprise customFirecrawlopen source self-host free; cloud 1,000 credits/mo free, then Hobby/Standard/Growth paidFirecrawl MCPhosted https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp; keyless scrape/search/parse (rate-limited); full tools need a Firecrawl key or OAuth. Firecrawl Free $0 = 1,000 credits/mo; Hobby $16/mo billed yearly (https://www.firecrawl.dev/pricing). npx firecrawl-mcpFLUX (Black Forest Labs)open weights (FLUX.2 Klein, Apache-2.0); API from ~$0.014/imageFramerfree for basic sites; paid from $15/moGitHub CopilotFree $0 (2,000 completions/mo, 50 chat requests, CLI, limited agent mode); Pro $10/mo ($15 credits); Pro+ $39/mo ($70 credits); Max $100/mo ($200 credits)Google AI Studio / Gemini APIfree tier (text models); paid from $0.75/1M input (Gemini 3.7 Flash promo till 2027-01)Granolafree Basic tier; Business $14/user/mo; Enterprise $35/user/moGroqfree tier; from $0.075/1M tokens (small models)Hugging Facefree; PRO $9/mo; inference pay-as-you-goInngestfree Hobby tier; Pro $99/moKimi CodeCLI is free/MIT; hosted coding membership ~$19–$39/mo depending on region; API billed separately at Kimi API rates (K3 $3/$15 per 1M)Kling AIfree daily credits; paid from ~$10/moKreafree 100 units/day; Basic $9/mo, Pro $35/mo, Max $105/mo (yearly ~$5/$21/$63); Business flat up to 50 seats, Enterprise customLangGraphframework free open-source; LangSmith Plus $39/seat/moMobbinfree limited browse; Pro kr100/mo billed yearlyModalfree tier ($30/mo compute); pay-as-you-go beyondn8nself-host free; cloud Starter €24/mo (€20/mo billed yearly)NotebookLMfree; Plus via Google AI Plus $4.99/mo; Pro via Google AI Pro $19.99/moOpenCodefree tier; paid plans from $20/moOpenRouterpay-per-token pass-through plus a small feePerplexityfree tier; Pro $20/mo, Max $200/moQdrantself-host free; managed cloud free tier, paid usage-basedRaycastfree tier (50 AI messages incl.); Pro $10/mo ($8/mo yearly)Reclaim.aifree tier; from $10/user/mo (annual)Runwayfree tier (125 one-off credits); Standard $12/mo, Pro $28/mo (yearly)Sunofree tier (10 songs/day, non-commercial); Pro $10/mo, Premier $30/moTavilyfree tier (1k calls/mo); paid from $30/moTogether AIstarter credits; from $0.10/1M tokens (small open models)Trigger.devself-host free; cloud from $10/mo (Hobby)Veo 3.1free daily credits in Flow; Google AI Pro $19.99/mo (1000 Flow credits/mo); Ultra 5x $99.99/mo (10k Flow credits/mo) / 20x $199.99/mo (25k Flow credits/mo)Weaviateself-host free; cloud free tier, Flex from $45/mo