Pollinations
FreemiumLiveLast verified 27 Sept 2026
One OpenAI-compatible gateway for image, text, video, audio and embedding models, billed in prepaid Pollen.
Example request
curl -s 'https://gen.pollinations.ai/image/models'
Free tier, in plain English
You can earn free Pollen credit by completing quests, with no card needed, but no fixed allowance is promised. Beyond that you prepay for Pollen and spend it per request.
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