{# OpenRouter — free tier available, 25+ free models #}
<p><strong>Free tier available</strong> · 25+ free models · no credit card required</p>
<ul>
  <li>Free: 50 req/day (no card) · 1,000 req/day with $10 credit added</li>
  <li>Free model examples: <code>google/gemma-4-27b-it:free</code>, <code>meta-llama/llama-4-70b-instruct:free</code></li>
  <li>Paid models: provider pricing pass-through (no OpenRouter markup)</li>
  <li>Image only (no audio / embedding support)</li>
</ul>
<p class="disclaimer">
  <em>As of 2026-05. See <a href="https://openrouter.ai/pricing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">official pricing page</a> for current rates.</em>
</p>