Plans and published limits
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OpenRouter
Below higher-tier purchased-credit threshold — Free-model requests
50 per day
Official documentation specifies 50 or 1,000 free-model requests per UTC day, with a nominal 10-credit purchase threshold. The higher daily ceiling starts at 9 purchased credits to absorb fees and rounding. Check the actual daily counter and ceiling with GET /api/v1/key; credit balance, per-key caps and provider limits are separate. These caps apply to model IDs ending in :free when the platform free-model limits apply to the account or endpoint. BYOK requests and exempt accounts or endpoints are not gated by the daily counter. Failed attempts count toward the daily cap; other $0 models can have different funding requirements and per-model limits.
Last verified: 2026-10-19. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-19. Free routes 20 RPM; 50/1000 RPD, nominal10 purchased credits with9 rounding threshold; current UTC day counter.
Unverified since 2026-10-26.
Reset rule: daily. Reset type: daily-utc.
When reached: 429 with X-RateLimit headers.
Higher-tier purchased-credit threshold met — Free-model requests
1,000 per day
Official documentation specifies 50 or 1,000 free-model requests per UTC day, with a nominal 10-credit purchase threshold. The higher daily ceiling starts at 9 purchased credits to absorb fees and rounding. Check the actual daily counter and ceiling with GET /api/v1/key; credit balance, per-key caps and provider limits are separate. These caps apply to model IDs ending in :free when the platform free-model limits apply to the account or endpoint. BYOK requests and exempt accounts or endpoints are not gated by the daily counter. Failed attempts count toward the daily cap; other $0 models can have different funding requirements and per-model limits.
Last verified: 2026-10-19. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-19. Free routes 20 RPM; 50/1000 RPD, nominal10 purchased credits with9 rounding threshold; current UTC day counter.
Unverified since 2026-10-26.
Reset rule: daily. Reset type: daily-utc.
When reached: 429 with X-RateLimit headers.
All accounts — Free-model requests
20 per minute
Official documentation specifies 20 free-model requests per minute. This platform free-variant cap is separate from paid-provider limits, credit balance and DDoS protection.
Last verified: 2026-10-19. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-10-19. Free routes 20 RPM; 50/1000 RPD, nominal10 purchased credits with9 rounding threshold; current UTC day counter.
Unverified since 2026-10-26.
Reset rule: per minute. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429 with X-RateLimit headers.
All accounts — Daily reset boundary
00:00 UTC
The official GET /api/v1/key schema documents free_model_daily_requests used, limit and remaining for the current UTC day. This establishes the daily counter boundary; per-key spending-limit resets are separate.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T11:00:53.120214+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T11:00:53.120214+00:00. The API schema establishes a UTC-calendar-day free-model counter, hence a 00:00 UTC boundary. This concerns counter timing, not universal quota enforcement or per-key spending resets.
Reset rule: UTC calendar day. Reset type: daily-utc.
When reached: n/a.
Sources and method
This catalog renders the existing dated source records. Limits vary by product, model, account and workload. Unknown values remain unknown. Capture dates describe retained documents, not fresh account tests. The interactive workspace provides filters, comparisons, the quiz and separately labelled Kingy observations and reader reports.
Catalog release: 2026-10-19.reviewed-plans-and-limits-v1. Download the original source catalog.