It's very easy to sign up for an API account and pay per-call, or even nothing. Free offerings out there are great (Gemini, OpenRouter...) and a few are even suitable for agentic development.
It's very easy to sign up for an API account and pay per-call, or even nothing. Free offerings out there are great (Gemini, OpenRouter...) and a few are even suitable for agentic development.
And how long until they raise the prices?
API prices have moving in a downward direction, not upward.
At this point they are entirely backed by debt. Once the stream of free money drains though…