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Penny-Pincher Provider

Penny-Pincher Provider, list of awesome cheap (or almost free) LLM provider that suitable for people who unwilling to pay for AI.

If you know or think other providers, welcome to create a pull request or create new issue by click here, I will check and add to this list if I have time. Thank you!

If you find this helpful, you can support me by donate or just register with my referral link. Thank you very much!

Providers support coding plans

These provider provide a coding plan subscription, you can pre-pay a fee each month, then use their LLM api with a limit

Z.ai

Offer 3 plans:

  1. Lite: 3x usage of the Claude Pro plan
  2. Pro: 5x Lite plan usage
  3. Max: 4x Pro plan usage

Prices may change vary so I don't include here

Source: https://z.ai/subscribe 1

Homepage: https://docs.z.ai/devpack/overview

My referral:

🚀 You've been invited to join the GLM Coding Plan! Enjoy full support for Claude Code, Cline, and 20+ top coding tools — starting at just $10/month. Subscribe now and grab the limited-time deal! Link https://z.ai/subscribe?ic=PLKIAYEIPW

Free providers

OpenRouter

Free usage limits: If youre using a free model variant (with an ID ending in :free), you can make up to 20 requests per minute. The following per-day limits apply:

  • If you have purchased less than 10 credits, youre limited to 50 :free model requests per day.
  • If you purchase at least 10 credits, your daily limit is increased to 1000 :free model requests per day.

Source: https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/reference/limits 2

Homepage: https://openrouter.ai


  1. Check at Mar 25 2026 ↩︎

  2. Check at Mar 25 2026 ↩︎