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Free allowance
Free plan at $0 per month with $0 in monthly credits: access to the models marked FREE in the catalog only, at standard rate limits; a third-party plan table reads 50 RPM / 500K TPM
Verdict
caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost
free tier
Identity
cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
reported6 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-19checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-11-19
Free tierFree plan at $0 per month with $0 in monthly credits: access to the models marked FREE in the catalog only, at standard rate limits; a third-party plan table reads 50 RPM / 500K TPM
unit mixed; metered on request-count; the free model set rotates; the portal catalog page read on 2026-11-04 lists Reflection Beam 1.0 501B A23B, Crouton Alpha, StepFun Step 3.7 Flash and Upstage Solar Mini 4 as free; the true unit is a request and token rate with no volume cap, which no unit term names
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • request-rate 50 RPM / 500K TPM per a third-party plan table; unverified on the vendor page, which prints only 'standard rate limits' and no numbers; unverified: behind a sign-up source
Identitycard a Nous Portal account (email, Discord or wallet login); one first-hand third-party report states the Free plan is activated through a 0-yen payment screen that requires a credit card; another directory records no card requirement, so the card requirement is reported, not documented
Egressnot published
Interfacerest
ToolingOpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1 per a third-party guide; the Hermes Agent CLI logs in through OAuth
Composes withfree models only; paid models and API keys draw on prepaid credits
Reliabilitythe free model list rotates and one report found only 6 of 10 listed free models answering
Evidence notereported plan contents and the card requirement rest on third-party pages; the vendor plan page read shows the plan names and price but not the rate limits or the signup requirement.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 6
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-11-04openclawlaunch.com/guides/nous-portalthird-party plan table: Free plan is $0 with no monthly credits, free models only, 50 RPM / 500K TPM
2026-11-04note.com/hash_13/n/n4fe7799c48af?hl=enfirst-hand third-party report: the Free plan needs a card at a 0-yen checkout
2026-11-04portal.nousresearch.com/modelsthe portal model catalog marks models FREE
2026-11-04freeinferencing.com/provider/nous_portal/a directory says the public page no longer shows the 50 RPM / 500K TPM figures
2026-11-04portal.nousresearch.com/manage-subscriptionAPI keys draw on prepaid credits, not on plan usage
2026-11-04openclawlaunch.com/guides/nous-portalthird-party plan table gives 50 RPM / 500K TPM
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