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Jina AI

Free API tier limits · Embeddings + web reader

Reader works without a key (20 RPM); a free API key raises Reader to 500 RPM and unlocks Embeddings/Rerank at 100 RPM.

Card unverifiedVerified Oct 21, 20261 official sourceEmbeddings + web reader
100requests / minuteRank 3 of 9 that publish it
—requests / day · not published
100Ktokens / minuteRank 3 of 5 that publish it
Unknowncard requirement unverified

Headline figures for Embeddings (free key). Ranks compare providers' published headline figures, not identical models.

Free allowance

Not published — we could not verify a free quota from an official page.

Reader: 20 RPM w/o key, 500 RPM with free key.

Credits. Free-key token allowance is not shown on the public rate-limit page.

Limits by model

Model / tierRPMRPDTPMTPD / other
Reader r.jina.ai (no key)20———
Reader r.jina.ai (free key)500———
Embeddings (free key)100—100K—
Reranker (free key)100—100K—

Models on the free offer

r.jina.ai Readers.jina.ai SearchEmbeddings APIReranker API

Worth knowing

  • Limits are tracked per API key (or per IP without a key).
Left blank on purpose: the free quota, whether a card is required. No official public source as of Oct 21, 2026.

Questions

Does Jina AI have a free API tier?
Free tier. Reader works without a key (20 RPM); a free API key raises Reader to 500 RPM and unlocks Embeddings/Rerank at 100 RPM.
Does Jina AI require a credit card?
We could not verify this from an official page, so we leave it blank rather than guess.
What are Jina AI's free rate limits?
For Embeddings (free key): 100 requests/min, 100K tokens/min. Reader: 20 RPM w/o key, 500 RPM with free key.
When was this Jina AI data last verified?
Oct 21, 2026, against: Rate limit table.