> FriendliAI
FriendliAI is a high-performance AI inference platform specializing in serving frontier open-weight models like GLM, DeepSeek, and Llama with industry-leading speed. It offers serverless Model APIs, dedicated GPU endpoints, and on-premise containers.
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: Free tier for serverless inference — no credit card required
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | free | — | — | — | Free tier (source-reported) |
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | Free | Free | Cheapest tracked model rate (OpenRouter-normalized). |
| GLM-5.3 | payg | — | $1.26 | $3.96 | 10% off launch price; cached input $0.234/1M. |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 | payg | — | $0.500 | $1.50 | — |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct | Free | Free | 131k |
| Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Free | Free | 131k |
| Mistral Nemo | Free | Free | 131k |
| Gemma 4 31B | Free | Free | 262k |
$ Does FriendliAI have a free tier?
Yes — FriendliAI offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on FriendliAI's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does FriendliAI cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at FriendliAI is Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from FriendliAI's published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is FriendliAI safe to use?
Uprouter rates FriendliAI as low risk. Rated low risk. an official provider with a free tier with pricing, authentication and terms documented on its own site. The model coverage is consistent with a real upstream, so data and reliability risk are modest. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
Uprouter runs its own probes; best-effort, not a guarantee. Probe results depend on our network location and cadence — for production, always use the provider’s own status page.
risk_&_confidence
Rated low risk. an official provider with a free tier with pricing, authentication and terms documented on its own site. The model coverage is consistent with a real upstream, so data and reliability risk are modest.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# FriendliAI's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://friendli.ai/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "meta-llama-3-1-70b-instruct",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.