Groq
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Records 4
- caveatGroq Cloud
Computefree tieridentity emailno cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-01
- caveatGroq
Inferencefree tieridentity emailno cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-01
- fails: quotagroq files api
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- deadHosted inference APIs (as a compute class)
Computeidentity emailno cardlimit request-rateevidence reportedchecked 2026-10-22
Groq Cloud
Compute- Free allowance
- A free plan per model, printed as RPM / RPD / TPM / TPD: openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b at 30 requests a minute, 1,000 a day, 8,000 tokens a minute and 200,000 tokens a day, which works out to 6.0M tokens a month per model.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-ratethe 8,000 tokens a minute binds before the 200,000 a day: at 8K TPM the day's whole allowance is reachable in 25 minutes of continuous traffic, so the pool is spent by mid-morning and the rest of the day is idle unless the job is paced.
- Evidence
- documented17 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-01checked 2026-10-31 (live); stale on 2026-12-01
| Free tier | A free plan per model, printed as RPM / RPD / TPM / TPD: openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b at 30 requests a minute, 1,000 a day, 8,000 tokens a minute and 200,000 tokens a day, which works out to 6.0M tokens a month per model. Paid Developer rates for the same model are USD 0.15 per 1M input and USD 0.60 per 1M output at 1,000 RPM and 250K TPM. unit tokens; metered on wall-clock; recurring-daily-allowance |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | email one form, Create Account or Login, serves both sign-up and login with Google, GitHub, SSO and email; the served auth config lists only OAuth (Google, GitHub), SSO and email magic links, so the email route is a magic link and there is no password and no SMS method. The sign-up request carries only the session token and an optional referral code, with a Stytch device telemetry ID header: no phone number and no card. A payment method (credit card, US bank account or SEPA debit account) is required only to upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier. Creating an API key requires a Cloudflare Turnstile token. |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | rest inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | the daily pool is small but the latency is the point: 500 tokens a second on this model spends the 200K-token day in about 7 minutes of generation, so Groq is the cheap first pass and Cloudflare or DeepSeek takes the volume. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | Arithmetic, labelled estimate: 200,000 tokens a day is 6.0M a month per model, and about 24M a month across the four free text models if every model is used. At the Developer rate that 6.0M is worth roughly USD 0.90 to USD 3.60 a month depending on the input/output split. GPU-equivalent, labelled estimate: 6.0M output tokens a month at 500 tokens a second is about 3.3 hours of continuous single-stream generation a month. Adds the capacity shape, which that record does not carry. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 17
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | 'openai/gpt-oss-120b | 30 | 1K | 8K | 200K' in the free plan rate limit table, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | console.groq.com/docs/models | Developer plan pricing for gpt-oss-120b at $0.15 input and $0.60 output per 1M tokens with 250K TPM and 1K RPM, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | 'Rate limits apply at the organization level, not individual users. You can hit any limit type depending on which threshold you reach first', quoted |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the served page lists this row under Free Plan Limits, the tab selected by default, and the Developer Plan Limits tab lists 1K RPM, 500K RPD and 250K TPM for the same model |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/models | the models page prices openai/gpt-oss-120b at $0.15 input and $0.60 output per 1M tokens with 250K TPM and 1K RPM on the Developer plan |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs | a payment method is named for the upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/login | one form serves both sign-up and login and offers Google, GitHub, SSO and email; it shows no phone field and no card field |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/login | the served login page loads the script chunk that holds its auth config and its sign-up request |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the login widget's products are OAuth with Google and GitHub, SSO and email magic links; no password product and no SMS product is configured |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the sign-up request body holds only the intermediate session token and an optional referral code, so sign-up sends no phone number and no card |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the sign-up request carries a Stytch device telemetry ID header |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/app/(console)/keys/page | the API key form refuses to submit without a Cloudflare Turnstile token (cfToken) |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/app/(console)/keys/page | the key-creation request sends a name, the Turnstile token, a verification token and an expiry; no phone number and no card |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs | a payment method is asked for only at the upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier |
| 2026-10-30 | groq.com/privacy-policy | a third-party photo-ID or selfie check is named, with no trigger stated |
| 2026-10-30 | sfailabs.com/guides/how-to-get-groq-api-key | a third-party guide reports that sign-up asks for no payment information |
| 2026-10-30 | www.getmaxim.ai/guides/api-keys/how-to-get-a-groq-api-key | a third-party guide reports the same email, Google, GitHub and SSO sign-up methods |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "capacity-shape","free_tier_kind": "recurring-daily-allowance","shape": {"vcpu": null,"ram_gib": null,"gpu_class": "LPU","gpu_count": null}} |
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Unknown values 6
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field
Groq
Inference- Free allowance
- A Free Plan per model, printed as RPM / RPD / TPM / TPD in the page's own units: openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b at 30 / 1K / 8K / 200K, qwen/qwen3.8-27b the same, and openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b at 3 / 1K / 2K / 200K.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rate30 / 1K / 8K / 200K on the Free plan for openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b, in the page's own units: 30 requests a minute, 1K requests a day, 8K tokens a minute and 200K tokens a day; RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD, ASH, ASD, ITPM and...
- Evidence
- documented18 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-01checked 2026-10-31 (live); stale on 2026-12-01
| Free tier | a Free Plan per model, printed as RPM / RPD / TPM / TPD in the page's own units: openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b at 30 / 1K / 8K / 200K, qwen/qwen3.8-27b the same, and openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b at 3 / 1K / 2K / 200K. The page writes requests-per-day and tokens-per-day in thousands, so 1K is 1,000 and 200K is 200,000 unit tokens; metered on request-count; the Free Plan Limits tab lists 10 model rows, each printed per model id as RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD, ASH and ASD; K means thousands, so 1K is 1,000 and 200K is 200,000. The Developer Plan Limits tab is a separate table |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Binding | request-rate The 30 rpm and 8,000 tpm figures are both workable for an interactive session |
| Identity | email one form, Create Account or Login, serves both sign-up and login with Google, GitHub, SSO and email; the served auth config lists only OAuth (Google, GitHub), SSO and email magic links, so the email route is a magic link and there is no password and no SMS method. The sign-up request carries only the session token and an optional referral code, with a Stytch device telemetry ID header: no phone number and no card. A payment method (credit card, US bank account or SEPA debit account) is required only to upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier. Creating an API key requires a Cloudflare Turnstile token. |
| Egress | not published |
| Interface | rest |
| Tooling | any OpenAI-compatible client; curl against POST {base}/chat/completions |
| Composes with | pairs with a free-standing agent as the email-gated fallback when a keyless endpoint's ceiling binds; the 200,000-token daily cap is the scarce link, not the request rate |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded; no key was available |
| Notes | A pipeline sized on RPM alone meets TPD first: 200,000 tokens a day is 6.0M a month against a 52.5M-token target. |
| Evidence note | documented the dimensions, the organisation scope and the seven-row free-plan table are all quoted from the served page read. No key was available, so the enforcement of any of the numbers is not measured. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 18
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | limits are RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD, ITPM and OTPM, applied at organisation level, evaluated against every dimension with the first reached binding; cached tokens do not count; the Free Plan Limits tab carries seven model rows, of which openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b are 30 rpm, 1K rpd, 8K tpm and 200K tpd The Free Plan Limits tab prints the cells as 30 / 1K / 8K / 200K, and the page's K suffix means thousands |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the Free Plan Limits table gives openai/gpt-oss-120b and openai/gpt-oss-20b 30 RPM, 1K RPD, 8K TPM and 200K TPD |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the Free Plan Limits table gives openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b 3 / 1K / 2K / 200K and qwen/qwen3.8-27b 30 / 1K / 8K / 200K |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the page lists RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD, ASH, ASD, ITPM and OTPM, applies limits at organization level, binds on the first threshold reached, and excludes cached tokens |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the Free Plan Limits table lists whisper, orpheus and llama-prompt-guard rows with these RPM, RPD, TPM, TPD, ASH and ASD cells |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits | the Free Plan Limits tab table prints the cells with a K suffix and one row per model id |
| 2026-10-28 | console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs | a payment method is asked for only at the upgrade from the Free tier, so the Free tier itself needs none |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/login | one form serves both sign-up and login and offers Google, GitHub, SSO and email; it shows no phone field and no card field |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/login | the served login page loads the script chunk that holds its auth config and its sign-up request |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the login widget's products are OAuth with Google and GitHub, SSO and email magic links; no password product and no SMS product is configured |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the sign-up request body holds only the intermediate session token and an optional referral code, so sign-up sends no phone number and no card |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/3747-f8960cfaa0d0067b.j | the sign-up request carries a Stytch device telemetry ID header |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/app/(console)/keys/page | the API key form refuses to submit without a Cloudflare Turnstile token (cfToken) |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/_next/static/chunks/app/(console)/keys/page | the key-creation request sends a name, the Turnstile token, a verification token and an expiry; no phone number and no card |
| 2026-10-30 | console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs | a payment method is asked for only at the upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier |
| 2026-10-30 | groq.com/privacy-policy | a third-party photo-ID or selfie check is named, with no trigger stated |
| 2026-10-30 | sfailabs.com/guides/how-to-get-groq-api-key | a third-party guide reports that sign-up asks for no payment information |
| 2026-10-30 | www.getmaxim.ai/guides/api-keys/how-to-get-a-groq-api-key | a third-party guide reports the same email, Google, GitHub and SSO sign-up methods |
Unknown values 3
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
groq files api
Storage- Free allowance
- Batch-only purpose, .jsonl only, 100 MB max file.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Batch-only purpose, .jsonl only, 100 MB max file. No general-purpose storage class. unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | console.groq.com/docs/api-reference | the text of Free tier, above |
| 2026-10-21 | raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/groq/refs/heads/mai | cited as the basis of the rejection: Batch-only purpose, .jsonl only, 100 MB max file. No general-purpose storage class. |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Batch-only purpose, .jsonl only, 100 MB max file. No general-purpose storage class.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 7
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field
- Free allowance
- Grouped row: an inference API answers tokens and is not a machine you can leave running
- Verdict
- deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateper-key and per-minute token limits set by each provider, as the earlier read recorded; this page does not restate them
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- checked 2026-10-22checked 2026-10-22 (live)
| Free tier | grouped row: an inference API answers tokens and is not a machine you can leave running unit tokens; metered on request-count |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | email an API key from an account |
| Egress | not applicable |
| Retention | no machine and no disk |
| Interface | ssh an HTTP completion API |
| Tooling | any OpenAI-compatible client |
| Composes with | belongs to the inference topic; it cannot run a shell or serve a file |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Evidence note | reported the site was read on 2026-10-22 and the extracted body is the marketing page rather than the pricing table, so this grouped record's rate limit statement cannot be re-confirmed here. The record is a grouping row and says so |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | groq.com/pricing/ | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | groq.com/pricing/ | the Groq site was read on 2026-10-22 and carries its funding announcement and a console signup; the pricing table the record's URL names is not in the extracted body |
More fields 3
| billing model | per-request |
|---|---|
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "an inference API answers tokens and holds no machine, which is why the record is a grouping row"} |
| free tier kind | none |
Unknown values 2
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed