Kaggle free tier includes Google's data science platform with free notebooks, datasets and competitions… Verified November 2026. Compare with 3 alternatives in AI / ML.

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Kaggle Free Tier 2026

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Limits, pricing history, and 3 alternatives. Verified November 2026. Last updated 2026-11-06.

Kaggle's free tier offers Google's data science platform with free notebooks, datasets and competitions… It's stable — zero pricing changes recorded. Best for ai / ml workloads.

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Tier
Free
Category
AI / ML
Pricing Page
https://www.kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage
Verified
2026-11-06
Last read
2026-11-06
The day we last read the vendor's page, and the day we last confirmed the terms we publish.

Free Tier Details

Google's data science platform with free notebooks, datasets and competitions. Notebooks get a weekly GPU quota of 30 hours, sometimes more depending on demand (one NVIDIA Tesla P100 or two Tesla T4s), and a TPU v3-8 for up to 20 hours per week. Sessions run up to 12 hours on CPU or GPU and 9 hours on TPU, with 20 GB of auto-saved disk in /kaggle/working. A CPU session has 4 CPU cores and 30 GB of RAM. A GPU session, with one P100 or two T4s, has 4 CPU cores and 29 GB of RAM. A TPU v3-8 session has 96 CPU cores and 330 GB of RAM. Free GPUs and TPUs may queue at busy times. Datasets are capped at 200 GB each and 200 GB of private datasets in total. Kaggle's one paid service is hosting a competition. The tools of Kaggle's MCP server include save_notebook (run with GPU or TPU), get_notebook_session_status, download_notebook_output and get_accelerator_quota (read weekly GPU and TPU usage). The Kaggle API also pushes a notebook version without the web editor. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage, read 2026-10-23.)

Kaggle runs its own MCP server. "Some resources, or endpoints require authorization. To unlock full access you can authorize using OAuth 2.0" (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/mcp.md, read 2026-10-20.) The endpoint is https://www.kaggle.com/mcp, the transport is HTTP, and authentication uses OAuth 2.0, or a Kaggle API token (it begins "KGAT") in the header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN".

We read that on 2026-11-06 from https://www.kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage, and our check recorded: the page names Kaggle as "kaggle" and states "30 hours".

From kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage, read 2026-11-06:
Kaggle provides free access to NVIDIA TESLA P100 GPUs. These GPUs are useful for training deep learning models, though they do not accelerate most other workflows (i.e. libraries like pandas and scikit-learn do not benefit from access to GPUs). You can use up to a quota limit per week of GPU. The quota resets weekly and is 30 hours or sometimes higher depending on demand and resources

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Kaggle free?
Yes, Kaggle offers a free tier: Free. Google's data science platform with free notebooks, datasets and competitions. Notebooks get a weekly GPU quota of 30 hours, sometimes more depending on demand (one NVIDIA Tesla P100 or two Tesla T4s)... Kaggle runs its own MCP server. "Some resources, or endpoints require authorization. To unlock full access you can authorize using OAuth 2.0" (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/mcp.md, read 2026-10-20.) The endpoint is https://www.kaggle.com/mcp, the transport is HTTP, and authentication uses OAuth 2.0, or a Kaggle API token (it begins "KGAT") in the header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN".
What is Kaggle's free tier?
Kaggle's free tier is called "Free". Google's data science platform with free notebooks, datasets and competitions. Notebooks get a weekly GPU quota of 30 hours, sometimes more depending on demand (one NVIDIA Tesla P100 or two Tesla T4s), and a TPU v3-8 for up to 20 hours per week. Sessions run up to 12 hours on CPU or GPU and 9 hours on TPU, with 20 GB of auto-saved disk in /kaggle/working. A CPU session has 4 CPU cores and 30 GB of RAM. A GPU session, with one P100 or two T4s, has 4 CPU cores and 29 GB of RAM. A TPU v3-8 session has 96 CPU cores and 330 GB of RAM. Free GPUs and TPUs may queue at busy times. Datasets are capped at 200 GB each and 200 GB of private datasets in total. Kaggle's one paid service is hosting a competition. The tools of Kaggle's MCP server include save_notebook (run with GPU or TPU), get_notebook_session_status, download_notebook_output and get_accelerator_quota (read weekly GPU and TPU usage). The Kaggle API also pushes a notebook version without the web editor. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage, read 2026-10-23.). Kaggle's terms limit use of its services to your own internal, personal, non-commercial use, not on behalf of or for the benefit of any third party. (From https://www.kaggle.com/terms, read 2026-10-04.) Kaggle requires phone verification for parts of its platform, including notebooks, datasets, discussion topics and competitions. (From https://www.kaggle.com/discussions/product-announcements/558078, read 2026-10-04.) Linking an active Colab Pro or Pro+ subscription to a Kaggle account adds 15 or 30 GPU hours a week, respectively, as a limited-time promotion that Kaggle can end at any time. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/notebooks, read 2026-10-08.) Once Kaggle's weekly GPU quota is used, no more GPU time is available until the quota resets. The quota resets weekly. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/efficient-gpu-usage, read 2026-10-29.) Kaggle suggests Google Cloud AI Notebooks for users needing more compute. These notebooks run under your Google Cloud project and can be configured with your choice of virtual machine and accelerators, without Kaggle's limits. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/notebooks, read 2026-10-29.) Kaggle's interactive notebook sessions end after 20 minutes of idle time. Save & Run All runs the entire notebook in a separate session. That session must complete within 12 hours, or 9 hours for TPU notebooks. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/notebooks, read 2026-11-03.) New Kaggle notebooks have the Internet setting on by default. Pip installs are possible. Kaggle saves up to 20 GB of output in /kaggle/working. This data is reusable in later notebooks. Other disk space is scratch and not saved after the session. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/notebooks, read 2026-11-03.) New Kaggle notebooks are private by default. Datasets are Private by default. They are visible only to the owner, collaborators, and Kaggle for purposes consistent with its Privacy Policy. Public datasets are visible to everyone. (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/datasets, read 2026-11-03.) Kaggle runs its own MCP server. "Some resources, or endpoints require authorization. To unlock full access you can authorize using OAuth 2.0" (From https://www.kaggle.com/docs/mcp.md, read 2026-10-20.) The endpoint is https://www.kaggle.com/mcp, the transport is HTTP, and authentication uses OAuth 2.0, or a Kaggle API token (it begins "KGAT") in the header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN".
Is Kaggle's free tier reliable?
Kaggle's free tier is considered stable.
Is Kaggle's free tier good for production?
Kaggle's free tier is not for commercial use, by Kaggle's own terms: "You will only use the Services for your own internal, personal, non-commercial use, and not on behalf of or for the benefit of any third party" (From kaggle.com/terms, read 2026-10-04.) Personal, non-commercial use of the free tier is still allowed. We rate Kaggle's pricing stable. This rating is about how its terms have changed, not what they allow. For commercial use, consider free alternatives in AI / ML.
What changed in Kaggle's pricing?
No, Kaggle has had no recorded pricing changes. This is a positive stability signal.
What are the best free alternatives to Kaggle?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 3 free alternatives to Kaggle in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 3 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Kaggle's free tier?
Once Kaggle's weekly GPU quota is used, no more GPU time is available until the quota resets. The 3 alternatives in AI / ML are each listed above with the free tier they offer.
What category is Kaggle in?
Kaggle is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 3 other AI / ML services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.