Free & Low-Cost AI Providers
Use MIFY with free AI provider accounts. Sign up, get an API key, add it to MIFY, and start running workflows at zero cost.
What is BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)?
Section titled “What is BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)?”BYOK stands for Bring Your Own Key. Instead of using MIFY’s built-in AI credentials, you sign up directly with AI providers (like Google, Groq, or OpenRouter), get your own API key, and add it to MIFY. This means:
- You control your usage — your key, your quota, your billing
- Free tiers are yours — many providers offer generous free usage with no credit card
- Your key is encrypted — stored securely in MIFY, never shared
How to Add Your Key
Section titled “How to Add Your Key”- Sign up at a provider below (most require no credit card)
- Get your API key from the provider’s dashboard
- Add it to MIFY: go to Settings → Credentials → Add Credential
- Select your provider when running workflows — MIFY uses your key instead of the default
Tier S — Best Free Tiers (Start Here)
Section titled “Tier S — Best Free Tiers (Start Here)”| Provider | Free Tier | Daily Capacity | Best For | Sign Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | Ongoing, no CC required | 100-1,000 requests/day | Volume, multimodal, 1M context | Sign up |
| Groq | Ongoing, no CC required | 1K-14.4K requests/day | Speed (300+ tokens/sec) | Sign up |
| OpenRouter | Ongoing + $5 free credit | 50 requests/day free | 300+ models, auto-fallback | Sign up |
| Hugging Face | Ongoing, no CC required | ~1,000 requests/day | Model diversity, specialized tasks | Sign up |
| Cloudflare Workers AI | Ongoing, no CC required | ~100K+ small requests | Edge AI, already integrated in MIFY | Included with Cloudflare account |
Tier A — Strong Free Tiers
Section titled “Tier A — Strong Free Tiers”| Provider | Free Tier | Best For | Sign Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI | Ongoing, no CC required (~1B tokens/month) | Code, EU compliance, multilingual | Sign up |
| xAI Grok | $25/month credits (beta) | Reasoning, real-time data | Sign up |
| DeepSeek | Credits + very low cost ($0.14/M tokens) | Reasoning, math, code | Sign up |
| Together AI | $5-$25 free credits | Open-source model variety | Sign up |
| SambaNova | $5 credits (30-day) | Ultra-fast inference | Sign up |
| Cohere | Ongoing trial, no CC (1,000/month) | RAG, embeddings, reranking | Sign up |
Tier B — Limited Free Tiers
Section titled “Tier B — Limited Free Tiers”| Provider | Free Tier | Sign Up |
|---|---|---|
| Fireworks AI | $1 free credit | Sign up |
| GitHub Models | Free with GitHub account (prototype use only) | Get token |
Paid Providers (No Free Tier)
Section titled “Paid Providers (No Free Tier)”| Provider | Starting Cost | Sign Up |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Pay-per-use (GPT-4o-mini ~$0.15/M tokens) | Sign up |
| Anthropic (Claude) | Pay-per-use (Haiku ~$0.25/M tokens) | Sign up |
Local (Completely Free)
Section titled “Local (Completely Free)”Run AI models on your own machine with zero API costs:
- Install Ollama
- Pull a model:
ollama pull phi3:mini(small, fast) orollama pull llama3.3(larger, better) - In MIFY, select Ollama as your provider — no API key needed
Recommended Setup
Section titled “Recommended Setup”For maximum free capacity (~20,000+ requests/day combined):
- Primary: Google AI Studio (highest volume, best multimodal)
- Fast: Groq (fastest inference, good for real-time)
- Fallback: OpenRouter (300+ models, auto-selects best available)
- Local backup: Ollama (unlimited, no network needed)
Add all four to MIFY Credentials. Use provider packs to automatically select the best one per workflow:
- Fast tier → Groq
- Balanced tier → Google AI Studio
- Accurate tier → OpenRouter (routes to best available)
Combined Free Capacity
Section titled “Combined Free Capacity”With all Tier S and Tier A providers configured:
- ~20,000-30,000+ requests/day across all providers
- No credit card required for most providers
- Automatic fallback if one provider’s quota is exhausted