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100M free input tokens (worth $5) for the first 10,000 signups
SubQ Snap gives the first 10,000 signups 100M free input tokens, worth $5 in API credit
Subquadratic just released its SubQ Snap decision model in public preview, and the first 10,000 people to sign up get 100 million free input tokens, worth $5 in API credit. Snap only bills input at $0.05 per million tokens, output is free, and a single request can take up to 384K tokens of text and images.
X Subscription 50% Off First Month for Grok and Cursor
Grok, Cursor, and X Premium are now one plan called The X Subscription. Premium, Super, and Ultra are 50% off for the first month: $15 for Premium, $50 for Super, and $100 for Ultra, then regular price from month two. Paid tiers share one usage pool across Cursor, Grok Build, and Grok.
Free for 6 months (normally $200/month)
Claude Max 20x free for 6 months through Anthropic's Claude for Open Source program
Anthropic's Claude for Open Source program gives approved open-source maintainers and active contributors 6 months of Claude Max 20x for free. The plan normally costs $200 a month and includes Claude Code. Meet any one of five thresholds and apply with your GitHub account; the program has up to 10,000 spots.
Free Oct 12–25
WorkBuddy makes StepFun Step 5 Preview free until October 25 in both its China and international apps
Tencent's WorkBuddy has added StepFun's flagship Step 5 Preview to its model list with an exclusive free window from October 12 to October 25. The model normally uses credits at a 0.43x rate; during the promotion the rate drops to 0, and the context window can be raised to 1M tokens.
Free
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio decision-model-preview is free for a limited time
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio's new decision model, decision-model-preview, is free to call for a limited time in both the Singapore and China (Beijing) regions. One request runs classification, yes/no checks, and scoring in parallel and returns probabilities with confidence scores.
$150 Meta Model API credits per participant
Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon gives every participant $150 in Meta Model API credits, $1M prize pool
Meta Superintelligence Labs is running a free, worldwide, 10-day virtual hackathon. Every accepted participant gets $150 in Meta Model API credits, and there's a $1M cash prize pool. Applications haven't opened yet, so you can sign up on the event page to get notified.
Free for a limited time (no end date announced)
Nous Portal's mystery coding model MissingNo is free for a limited time in Hermes Agent
Nous Research added a stealth coding model called MissingNo to Nous Portal, free for a limited time with $0 input and output pricing. It targets coding and agentic reasoning with a 262K context window; pick stealth/missingno in Hermes Agent to use it. No end date has been announced yet.
Free Cursor Pro
Free Cursor Pro for MLH Global Hack Week: Hacktoberfest signups, codes emailed through Oct 15
Cursor and MLH are giving free Cursor Pro accounts to developers who register for Global Hack Week: Hacktoberfest. Registration is free and open worldwide, with no student email needed. MLH emails the promo code to your registration address, and the hack week runs from October 9 to October 15.
Go: $8 first month, up to $120/month in credits
OpenDesign Go is $8 for the first month with up to $120 a month in DeepSeek V4.1 Flash credits
OpenDesign doubled DeepSeek V4.1 Flash credits on every paid plan. Go is $8 for your first month on a new monthly subscription, then $10 a month, and includes up to $120 a month of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash usage plus an API key you can use in OpenCode and other tools.
$25 signup credit (valid 3 months)
Nace.AI gives new signups $25 in API credit for three months, usable on Drex and document tools
New Nace.AI accounts get $25 in API credit at signup, valid for three months and shared between the Drex decision model and the Document Intelligence tools. After that you get $5 every month, plus $5 for each friend you refer once they make a paid call.
$10/month Google Cloud credit
Google AI Pro includes $10 in Google Cloud credit every month, up to $100 on Ultra
Google AI Pro subscribers get $10 in Google Cloud credit each month, and Google AI Ultra subscribers get $40 or $100 depending on the plan. You claim it on the Google Developer Program benefits page by picking a billing account, then spend it on Gemini API calls and image generation in AI Studio or Vertex AI.
Free plan $0 forever
Freestyle free plan gives AI agents 200 vCPU-hours of cloud VMs every month
Freestyle offers cloud Linux VMs built for AI agents. The Free plan stays at $0 forever and you can start without a card. Each month includes 200 vCPU-hours, 400 GiB memory-hours, 60,000 GiB storage-hours, and 50 GB of data transfer, with up to 10 concurrent VMs and a per-VM max of 4 vCPU / 8 GiB / 32 GB disk.