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NVIDIA NIM's free tier offers Free inference endpoints on build.nvidia.com: models marked Free Endpoint, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM… We rate it stable. None of the 3 recorded changes narrowed the terms. Best for ai / ml workloads — 26 alternatives available.

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⚠️ Pricing change: NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running, and GLM 5.3 Flash (z-ai/glm-5.3-flash) is not affected. GLM 5.3 (z-ai/glm-5.3) can be called on NVIDIA's free endpoints until October 27, 2026; NVIDIA's model page says it will be deprecated on 10/27/2026 and no longer supported after 10/28/2026. Source ↗ (effective 2026-10-27) View in changelog →
Tier
Free
Category
AI / ML
Pricing Page
https://build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/content/help-center-faq.yaml
Verified
2026-10-16
Last read
2026-10-16
The day we last read the vendor's page, and the day we last confirmed the terms we publish.

Free Tier Details

Free inference endpoints on build.nvidia.com: models marked Free Endpoint, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM 5.3 Flash, gpt-oss-20b, Gemma 4 31B and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra, can be called at no cost. Their model IDs are deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash, z-ai/glm-5.3-flash, openai/gpt-oss-20b, google/gemma-4-31b-it, nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b and nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b. Up to 40 requests per minute; limits may vary by model, and traffic from other users may cause throttling. NVIDIA's API Trial Terms allow free use for testing and evaluation only, not production. NVIDIA posts an end-of-life date on each hosted model's page on build.nvidia.com; after that date, requests for the model return HTTP 410 Gone. GLM 5.3 (z-ai/glm-5.3) can be called until 2026-10-27; NVIDIA's page says it is no longer supported after 2026-10-28. This date does not apply to GLM 5.3 Flash (z-ai/glm-5.3-flash). NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) can be called until 2026-10-19; NVIDIA's page says it is no longer supported after 2026-10-19. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b), an early-access model, is a Free Endpoint. NVIDIA retired Kimi K3 (moonshotai/kimi-k3) on 2026-10-15. Other model IDs NVIDIA retired in 2026 include these. DeepSeek: deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro and deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash on 2026-08-07, deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 on 2026-09-14 and deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on 2026-09-21. Kimi: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct and moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking on 2026-05-12. GLM: z-ai/glm4.7 on 2026-05-14, z-ai/glm-5.1 on 2026-07-02 and z-ai/glm-5.2 on 2026-08-21. Qwen: qwen/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct on 2026-05-12, qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking on 2026-05-21, qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct on 2026-06-11, qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b on 2026-07-20, and qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b and qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct on 2026-07-27. MiniMax: minimaxai/minimax-m2.5 on 2026-05-12, minimaxai/minimax-m2.7 on 2026-07-27 and minimaxai/minimax-m3 on 2026-09-09. gpt-oss: openai/gpt-oss-120b on 2026-09-03. Llama: meta/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct on 2026-07-27, and meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct, meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct, meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct, meta/llama-3.2-1b-instruct and meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct on 2026-08-26. Nemotron: nvidia/llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1, nvidia/llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1.5, nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-8b-v1, nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-vl-8b-v1, nvidia/nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2, nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl and nvidia/nemotron-mini-4b-instruct on 2026-08-26, and nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b on 2026-09-01. Mistral: mistralai/mistral-large-3-675b-instruct-2512 on 2026-07-23, mistralai/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1 on 2026-07-27 and mistralai/mistral-nemotron on 2026-09-28. Gemma: google/gemma-3-27b-it on 2026-05-12, and google/gemma-3n-e4b-it and google/gemma-3n-e2b-it on 2026-07-27. Phi: microsoft/phi-4-mini-instruct and microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct on 2026-07-15. Others: stepfun-ai/step-3.5-flash, bytedance/seed-oss-36b-instruct, sarvamai/sarvam-m and abacusai/dracarys-llama-3.1-70b-instruct on 2026-07-27. Embedding models: nvidia/llama-3.2-nv-embedqa-1b-v2 and nvidia/llama-3.2-nemoretriever-300m-embed-v1 on 2026-05-18, and nvidia/nv-embedqa-e5-v5, nvidia/nv-embed-v1, nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2 and baai/bge-m3 on 2026-08-25; nvidia/nemotron-3-embed-1b is a Free Endpoint embedding model.

We read that on 2026-10-16 from https://build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/content/help-center-faq.yaml, and our check recorded: the page names NVIDIA NIM as "nim" and states "40 requests per minute".

When You'll Outgrow NVIDIA NIM's Free Tier

Pricing Change History (3 recorded)

deprecated effective 2026-10-27 low impact
NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running, and GLM 5.3 Flash (z-ai/glm-5.3-flash) is not affected. GLM 5.3 (z-ai/glm-5.3) can be called on NVIDIA's free endpoints until October 27, 2026; NVIDIA's model page says it will be deprecated on 10/27/2026 and no longer supported after 10/28/2026. Source ↗
Before: GLM 5.3 (z-ai/glm-5.3) could be called at no cost on NVIDIA's free inference endpoints, with no end date.
After: NVIDIA's model page says the GLM 5.3 API will be deprecated on 10/27/2026 and will no longer be supported after 10/28/2026.
deprecated effective 2026-10-19 low impact
NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) can be called on NVIDIA's free endpoints until October 19, 2026; NVIDIA's model page says it will no longer be supported after 10/19/2026. Source ↗
Before: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) could be called at no cost on NVIDIA's free inference endpoints, with no end date.
After: NVIDIA's model page says the Nemotron 3 Super API will be deprecated on 10/19/2026 and will no longer be supported after 10/19/2026.
deprecated effective 2026-10-15 low impact
NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running. NVIDIA retired Kimi K3 (moonshotai/kimi-k3) from its free endpoints on build.nvidia.com on October 15, 2026; its model page says it is no longer supported after 10/15/2026. Source ↗
Before: Kimi K3 (moonshotai/kimi-k3) could be called at no cost on NVIDIA's free inference endpoints.
After: NVIDIA's model page says Kimi K3 was deprecated on 10/14/2026 and is no longer supported after 10/15/2026; NVIDIA's API answers calls to it with HTTP 410.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is NVIDIA NIM free?
Yes, NVIDIA NIM offers a free tier: Free. Free inference endpoints on build.nvidia.com: models marked Free Endpoint, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM 5.3 Flash, gpt-oss-20b, Gemma 4 31B and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra, can be called a...
What is NVIDIA NIM's free tier?
NVIDIA NIM's free tier is called "Free". Free inference endpoints on build.nvidia.com: models marked Free Endpoint, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM 5.3 Flash, gpt-oss-20b, Gemma 4 31B and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and Ultra, can be called at no cost. Their model IDs are deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash, z-ai/glm-5.3-flash, openai/gpt-oss-20b, google/gemma-4-31b-it, nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b and nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b. Up to 40 requests per minute; limits may vary by model, and traffic from other users may cause throttling. NVIDIA's API Trial Terms allow free use for testing and evaluation only, not production. NVIDIA posts an end-of-life date on each hosted model's page on build.nvidia.com; after that date, requests for the model return HTTP 410 Gone. GLM 5.3 (z-ai/glm-5.3) can be called until 2026-10-27; NVIDIA's page says it is no longer supported after 2026-10-28. This date does not apply to GLM 5.3 Flash (z-ai/glm-5.3-flash). NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) can be called until 2026-10-19; NVIDIA's page says it is no longer supported after 2026-10-19. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b), an early-access model, is a Free Endpoint. NVIDIA retired Kimi K3 (moonshotai/kimi-k3) on 2026-10-15. Other model IDs NVIDIA retired in 2026 include these. DeepSeek: deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro and deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash on 2026-08-07, deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 on 2026-09-14 and deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 on 2026-09-21. Kimi: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct and moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking on 2026-05-12. GLM: z-ai/glm4.7 on 2026-05-14, z-ai/glm-5.1 on 2026-07-02 and z-ai/glm-5.2 on 2026-08-21. Qwen: qwen/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct on 2026-05-12, qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking on 2026-05-21, qwen/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct on 2026-06-11, qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b on 2026-07-20, and qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b and qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct on 2026-07-27. MiniMax: minimaxai/minimax-m2.5 on 2026-05-12, minimaxai/minimax-m2.7 on 2026-07-27 and minimaxai/minimax-m3 on 2026-09-09. gpt-oss: openai/gpt-oss-120b on 2026-09-03. Llama: meta/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct on 2026-07-27, and meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct, meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct, meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct, meta/llama-3.2-1b-instruct and meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct on 2026-08-26. Nemotron: nvidia/llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1, nvidia/llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1.5, nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-8b-v1, nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-vl-8b-v1, nvidia/nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2, nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl and nvidia/nemotron-mini-4b-instruct on 2026-08-26, and nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b on 2026-09-01. Mistral: mistralai/mistral-large-3-675b-instruct-2512 on 2026-07-23, mistralai/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1 on 2026-07-27 and mistralai/mistral-nemotron on 2026-09-28. Gemma: google/gemma-3-27b-it on 2026-05-12, and google/gemma-3n-e4b-it and google/gemma-3n-e2b-it on 2026-07-27. Phi: microsoft/phi-4-mini-instruct and microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct on 2026-07-15. Others: stepfun-ai/step-3.5-flash, bytedance/seed-oss-36b-instruct, sarvamai/sarvam-m and abacusai/dracarys-llama-3.1-70b-instruct on 2026-07-27. Embedding models: nvidia/llama-3.2-nv-embedqa-1b-v2 and nvidia/llama-3.2-nemoretriever-300m-embed-v1 on 2026-05-18, and nvidia/nv-embedqa-e5-v5, nvidia/nv-embed-v1, nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2 and baai/bge-m3 on 2026-08-25; nvidia/nemotron-3-embed-1b is a Free Endpoint embedding model. NVIDIA records prompts and outputs from free API use to improve its products and services, including AI models. Do not send confidential information or personal data unless expressly permitted. (From https://assets.ngc.nvidia.com/products/api-catalog/legal/NVIDIA%20API%20Trial%20Terms%20of%20Service.pdf, read 2026-10-10.) Using the API in production, or after the trial credits are used up, needs a separate subscription from NVIDIA or a third-party provider. (From https://assets.ngc.nvidia.com/products/api-catalog/legal/NVIDIA%20API%20Trial%20Terms%20of%20Service.pdf, read 2026-10-06.)
Is NVIDIA NIM's free tier reliable?
NVIDIA NIM's free tier is considered stable. None of the 3 recorded changes narrowed the terms. See the pricing history below.
Is NVIDIA NIM's free tier good for production?
No. NVIDIA NIM's free tier is not for production use, by NVIDIA NIM's own terms: "to use the API Service in production or to use the API Service after you have used your available Credits" (From assets.ngc.nvidia.com/products/api-catalog/legal/NVIDIA%20API%20Trial%20Terms%20of%20Service.pdf, read 2026-10-06.) We rate NVIDIA NIM's pricing stable. This rating is about how its terms have changed, not what they allow. None of the 3 recorded changes narrowed the terms. Consider free alternatives in AI / ML.
What changed in NVIDIA NIM's pricing?
NVIDIA NIM has had 3 recorded pricing changes. Most recently: NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running. NVIDIA retired Kimi K3 (moonshotai/kimi-k3) from its free endpoints on build.nvidia.com on October 15, 2026; its model page says it is no longer supported after 10/15/2026. Source: https://build.nvidia.com/moonshotai/kimi-k3 (2026-10-15).
What are the best free alternatives to NVIDIA NIM?
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 26 free alternatives to NVIDIA NIM in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 14 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 5 are demoted with the reason named, 7 are listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow NVIDIA NIM's free tier?
At 40 requests/min, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is NVIDIA NIM in?
NVIDIA NIM is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 26 other AI / ML services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.