Kimchi

LLM 5.0/10

New third-party, OpenAI-compatible inference layer for open-source models (Kimi, MiniMax, Nemotron) with reported free credits and no card.

Kimchi scores 5/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Reported free monthly credits (figures vary widely across sources, roughly $50 to $250 — verify current limits on the site). No credit card required.

Category LLM Kind LLM API aggregator (new) Caveats New third-party proxy: it can see your prompts and any API keys you route through it. Promotional credit amounts are unverified, vary across sources, and may change or end at any time. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone, approval required

Free value score

5.0 / 10

Show the math

Value 4.4/10

value = 0.53 $ one-time

weighted score = 0.7 * 4.4/10

Model Quality 8/10

value = 44 artificial_analysis_score

weighted score = 0.2 * 8/10

Volume 3/10

value = 1000000 tok/mo

weighted score = 0.1 * 3/10

Access 6/10

value = 6/10

score = 6/10

Key metrics

minimax-m3 44 Best model

$50 Credit

$50/M Price

Yes Commercial use

Models

7 free · 7 total

Model	Family	AA	Access
minimax-m3	MiniMax	44.4	free
kimi-k2.6	Kimi	42.8	free
kimi-k2.5	Kimi	38.1	free
minimax-m2.7	MiniMax	38.1	free
nemotron-3-ultra-fp4	Nemotron	37.8	free
minimax-m2.5	MiniMax	—	free
nemotron-3-super-fp4	Nemotron	—	free

What you get

OpenAI-compatible API

No card required to start

Models: Kimi, MiniMax, Nemotron

Reported free credits (verify current limits)

Limitations

$250 one-time signup bonus

Early Adopter Program grants a $250 one-time bonus on signup that does not regenerate once consumed.
$250 bonus needs program invite

The $250 one-time bonus is exclusive to Kimchi coding-agent users via the invite/apply-based Early Adopter Program, so the full bonus is approval-gated even though the base $50/mo free tier is open to anyone.

Sources

"$250 one time bonus - exclusive for Kimchi coding agent users$50/mo in free credits each month after"
https://kimchi.dev/earlyadopters
"No credit card required ... Requests rejected when credits run out — wait for next month or upgrade ... Dynamic rate limits (infrastructure protection)"
https://kimchi.dev/pricing
"Kimi K2.6 lands at #4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (54) behind only Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI (all 57)"
https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/kimi-k2-6-the-new-leading-open-weights-model
"kimi-k2.6 reasoning 262k context $4.50/1M output tokens ... minimax-m2.7 execution 197k context $1.20/1M output tokens ... nemotron-3-super-fp4 execution 1M context $0.75/1M output tokens"
https://kimchi.dev/

credits byok no-card third-party

Open service Source ← All LLM