Free model routesHigh confidence
OrcaRouter
Operated by Continuum AI Corp.
4 model routes currently listed at zero price.
Free accessFree model routes
Payment cardNo
AccountRequired
Sources5 first-party links
API endpoint
https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1Catalog snapshot
4Models mentioned
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-freedeepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-freeqwen/qwen3.8-27b-freetencent/hy3-freeLimits and terms
- Published General Numeric Limits
- No
- Exhausted Behavior
- HTTP 429 or free-quota-exhausted; the wallet is not charged by the free router.
- Recent Announcement Snapshot
- Requests Per Minute
- 10
- Requests Per Day
- 50
- After 20 USD Cumulative Workspace Payments
- Requests Per Minute
- 20
- Requests Per Day
- 1,000
- Caveat
- The launch announcement, localized offer page, and live catalog differed during the 2026-08-21 audit; prefer the signed-in offer/account state.
Eligibility
- Account Required
- Yes
- Payment Method Required
- No
- Free Models May Require Claim
- Yes
Free Router
- Model Id
- orcarouter/free
- Documented Routes
- Model
- deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
- Advertised Free Calls
- 50
- Model
- deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
- Advertised Free Calls
- 10
- Reset Period
- unpublished
Important Distinction
The $0 Hacker gateway plan does not make paid upstream inference free; only the aliases and router above are zero-cost.Receipts
5Primary sources
Official ProductOrcaRouter offershttps://www.orcarouter.ai/offersOfficial ProductFree routerhttps://www.orcarouter.ai/models/orcarouter/freeLive CatalogModels endpointhttps://api.orcarouter.ai/v1/modelsOfficial PricingPricinghttps://www.orcarouter.ai/pricingCompany Press Release · 2026-05Hosted OrcaRouter launchhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/orcarouter-launches-the-open-llm-api-router--zero-markup-mit-licensed-100-models-302766356.html