Service: NVIDIA NIM (build.nvidia.com)
NVIDIA's hosted inference platform with a permanent free tier — found during 2026-04-27 daily scan. Not currently in categories/ai-ml.md.
Free tier (verified 2026-04)
| Field |
Value |
| Plan |
Free, permanent (NVIDIA Developer Program) |
| Models |
50+ hosted: NVIDIA, Meta (Llama 3/4), Mistral, Microsoft, DeepSeek, Qwen, etc. |
| Rate limit |
~40 RPM per model (varies slightly by model/load) |
| Credit card |
Not required |
| Auth |
Free NVIDIA Developer Program signup → API key (nvapi-...) |
| Notes |
Credit-based system phased out in early 2025; current free tier is rate-limit-only with no per-token billing |
Proposed entry (Permanent Free Tiers table in categories/ai-ml.md)
```
| NVIDIA NIM | Free, permanent (Developer Program) | 50+ hosted models (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Microsoft, NVIDIA) | ~40 RPM per model | No | 2026-04 | Pricing |
```
Sources
Suggested branch / PR
- Branch: `add/nvidia-nim`
- Title: `add: NVIDIA NIM to ai-ml`
- Also bump entry counts in README.md (22 → 23 in ai-ml row, 323 → 324 total) and the Entries badge.
Filed by daily maintenance run 2026-04-27.
Service: NVIDIA NIM (build.nvidia.com)
NVIDIA's hosted inference platform with a permanent free tier — found during 2026-04-27 daily scan. Not currently in
categories/ai-ml.md.Free tier (verified 2026-04)
nvapi-...)Proposed entry (Permanent Free Tiers table in
categories/ai-ml.md)```
| NVIDIA NIM | Free, permanent (Developer Program) | 50+ hosted models (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Microsoft, NVIDIA) | ~40 RPM per model | No | 2026-04 | Pricing |
```
Sources
Suggested branch / PR
Filed by daily maintenance run 2026-04-27.