Free Tier · verified Sep 5, 2026
Hetzner: Free experimental OpenAI-compatible inference
Hetzner's hosted inference experiment remains free while in experimental status. Live docs (last change 2026-07-24) expose OpenAI-compatible endpoints with Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 and Qwen3.8-27B at $0.
PrototypingMultimodalOpenai Compatible
What you actually get
- Eligibility
- Anyone with an experiments.hetzner.com account; experimental status only — not for production.
- Rate and usage limits
- Per API key: 3M input and 60K output tokens per 60 seconds; 500M input and 5M output tokens per 24 hours.
- Models
- Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8
- Card requirement
- unknown
- Regions
- Global
- After the free allowance
- Requests are rate-limited. Hetzner does not promise continued availability.
- Data and privacy catch
- Check Hetzner's current experiment terms before sending sensitive data.
Do not treat this as guaranteed capacity
The provider describes this access as experimental, rotating, or subject to change. Build a fallback before using it in anything important.