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LLM 5.6/10 Jun 16, 2026

Novita AI hosts 100+ open models behind an OpenAI-compatible API and grants new users a small free credit plus separate time-boxed sandbox credits, no card required.

Tokens / day
1T
Free credit
$1
Credit window
90 days

Novita AI scores 5.6/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: $1 free credit on signup with no credit card (reported), plus $100 in 'Sandbox' credits valid 90 days for evaluation. Finite/time-limited.

Note: DEAD/EXPIRED: Two separate time-limited elements. (1) The $100 Sandbox credit is valid 90 days
Category LLM Kind Hosted open-model LLM + GPU API Caveats Free credits are finite and the $100 sandbox is time-boxed to 90 days; production use is pay-as-you-go. Third-party aggregator of open models. Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

5.6 / 10
Show the math
Value 5/10
value = 1 $ one-time
weighted score = 0.7 * 5/10
Model Quality 9.2/10
value = 51 artificial_analysis_score
weighted score = 0.2 * 9.2/10
Volume 2.4/10
value = 519481 tok/mo
weighted score = 0.1 * 2.4/10
Access 10/10
value = 10/10
score = 10/10

Key metrics

GLM 5.2 51 Best model
1000B T/day Tokens/day
$1 Credit
Yes Commercial use paid/PAYG

Models

1 free · 171+ total

Limits may be stale — last re-verified outside this section's freshness window.

Model Family AA Access
Nex-N2-Pro Other — free
GLM 5.2 GLM 51.1 paid
Qwen3.7-Max Qwen 46 paid
MiniMax M3 MiniMax 44.4 paid
Deepseek V4 Pro DeepSeek 44.3 paid
Kimi K2.6 Kimi 42.8 paid
XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-V2.5-Pro MiMo 42.2 paid
Kimi K2.7 Code Kimi 42 paid
Deepseek V4 Flash DeepSeek 40.3 paid
GLM-5.1 GLM 40.2 paid
GLM-5 GLM 39.5 paid
Kimi K2.5 Kimi 38.1 paid
MiniMax M2.7 MiniMax 38.1 paid
GLM 4.7 GLM 33.8 paid
Gemma 4 31B Gemma 29.4 paid
Deepseek V3.2 DeepSeek 24.7 paid
Qwen3 Max Qwen 24 paid
OpenAI GPT OSS 120B GPT 23.8 paid
GLM 4.6 GLM 23 paid
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus DeepSeek 21.1 paid
DeepSeek R1 0528 DeepSeek 20.1 paid
Kimi K2 0905 Kimi 19.4 paid
Kimi K2 Instruct Kimi 19.4 paid
Kimi K2 Thinking Kimi 19.4 paid
Llama 4 Maverick Instruct Llama 14.3 paid
DeepSeek V3 0324 DeepSeek 10.4 paid
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B Nemotron 7.4 paid
GLM 4.6V GLM — paid
GLM-4.5 GLM — paid
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Llama — paid
MiniMax M1 MiniMax — paid
MiniMax-M2 MiniMax — paid
Mistral Nemo Mistral — paid
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B GPT — paid
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 Qwen — paid
Qwen3 235B A22b Thinking 2507 Qwen — paid
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Qwen — paid
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct Qwen — paid
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct Qwen — paid

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What you get

$1 free credit at signup, no credit card

$100 Sandbox credits valid for 90 days for evaluation

100+ open models behind an OpenAI-compatible API

Also offers GPU instances for self-hosting

Gotchas

  • $1 signup credit (one-time)

    New accounts receive $1 in API credits at signup with no credit card required; once spent, it does not regenerate.

  • $100 Sandbox credit pool (one-time)

    The Sandbox credit pool is a finite one-time grant totalling $100; it does not renew after it is exhausted or expired.

Sources

novita open-weight finite-credit sandbox openai-compatible
Open service Source ← All LLM

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