What are Groq's free rate limits?

For openai/gpt-oss-120b: 30 requests/min, 1K requests/day, 8K tokens/min, 200K tokens/day. Whisper: 20 RPM, 2K RPD, 7.2K audio-sec/hour, 28.8K audio-sec/day

When was this Groq data last verified?

Oct 21, 2026, against: Rate limits (Free Plan tab); Billing FAQs.

Free tier/Report for October 2026

Groq

Free API tier limits · LLM inference

Permanent Free plan with per-model daily caps on open-weight models (gpt-oss, Qwen, Whisper).

Card not requiredVerified Oct 21, 20262 official sourcesLLM inference

30requests / minuteRank 4 of 9 that publish it

1Krequests / dayRank 1 of 3 that publish it

8Ktokens / minuteRank 5 of 5 that publish it

No cardneeded to start

Headline figures for openai/gpt-oss-120b. Ranks compare providers' published headline figures, not identical models.

Free allowance

Per-model daily caps, e.g. gpt-oss-120b: 1K requests/day and 200K tokens/day.

Whisper: 20 RPM, 2K RPD, 7.2K audio-sec/hour, 28.8K audio-sec/day

Payment method. Billing FAQ: a payment method is needed only to upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier.

Credits. Billing FAQ: promotional credits are offered occasionally (hackathons, events). No standing sign-up credit.

Limits by model

Model / tier	RPM	RPD	TPM	TPD / other
openai/gpt-oss-120b	30	1K	8K	200K
openai/gpt-oss-20b	30	1K	8K	200K
qwen/qwen3.8-27b	30	1K	8K	200K
openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b	3	1K	2K	200K
whisper-large-v3 / -turbo	20	2K	—	— (7.2K audio-sec/h, 28.8K/day)
canopylabs/orpheus-v1-english (TTS)	10	100	1.2K	3.6K

Models on the free offer

openai/gpt-oss-120bopenai/gpt-oss-20bqwen/qwen3.8-27bwhisper-large-v3whisper-large-v3-turbocanopylabs/orpheus-v1-englishmeta-llama/llama-prompt-guard-2-86m

Worth knowing

Limits apply per organization, not per user or key.
Cached tokens do not count toward rate limits.
Docs include setup guides for coding agents (OpenCode, Cline, Roo Code, Kilo Code, Factory Droid).

Left blank on purpose: trial credit amount. No official public source as of Oct 21, 2026.

Questions

Does Groq have a free API tier?: Free tier. Permanent Free plan with per-model daily caps on open-weight models (gpt-oss, Qwen, Whisper).
Does Groq require a credit card?: No — based on the official docs, you can start without a payment method. Billing FAQ: a payment method is needed only to upgrade from the Free tier to the Developer tier.
What are Groq's free rate limits?: For openai/gpt-oss-120b: 30 requests/min, 1K requests/day, 8K tokens/min, 200K tokens/day. Whisper: 20 RPM, 2K RPD, 7.2K audio-sec/hour, 28.8K audio-sec/day
When was this Groq data last verified?: Oct 21, 2026, against: Rate limits (Free Plan tab); Billing FAQs.