Does Anthropic have a free API tier?

No. As of 2026-09-27, Anthropic has no free API tier (verified 2026-09-16); 2 other offers from Anthropic are listed below.

Every offer from Anthropic in our catalog, each with the date it was last verified against the provider's own page. "No" and "ended" are answers too, so they stay listed.

Other offers from Anthropic

Discounts, subscriptions, applications, and offers that ended or do not exist. They are not a free API tier, and they are listed so nothing is hidden.

OfferProviderStatusWhat it offersExpiryVerifiedSourceCaveats
Anthropic APIAnthropicno free tierNo free API path — paid credits only. (Consumer chat plans are not an API path.) Re-checked 2026-08-23: anthropic.com/pricing now 301s to claude.com/pricing, which still shows no free developer-API t…no stated expiry2026-09-16source—
Anthropic Claude for Open SourceAnthropicavailableSix months of Claude Max 20x, free, for open-source maintainers — verbatim: "6 months of free Claude Max 20x".no stated expiry2026-09-16sourceA SUBSCRIPTION, NOT API ACCESS — agent_usable is false. Individual-only and does not auto-renew. Eligibility is published as several tracks: maintainers of packages with 500+ dependent repos, 100+ dependent packages, or…

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