Apiframe
AI APIs & ModelsFree trialVerified
One REST API for AI image, video and music generation, aimed at developers
26 Best AI APIs & Models AI Tools (2026)
This category covers AI APIs and model platforms for developers: language, image, speech and embedding models served through an API or hosted inference.
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AI APIs & Models AI tools in numbers
- Verified tools
- 26
- Median lowest paid plan
- $29 · €10 per month (18 tools with a published paid plan; annual plans at their per-month price)
- With a free plan
- 85%
- With a free trial
- 15%
Verified tools only, prices in the vendor’s currency (not converted). Calculated .
- $39/moTrial: 100 starter credits, one-time unlock after a phone check or a $1 payment
$50/moFree planArize AI
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedObservability, evaluation and experiments for teams building AI agents
$249/moFree planBraintrust
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedTracing, evals and monitoring for teams running AI agents in production
Custom (contact sales)Free planBruno
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedGit-native, local API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket
Custom (contact sales)Free planCheckly
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedMonitoring as code for APIs, sites and user flows, built for developers and AI agents
$250/moFree planChroma
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedOpen-source search database for AI apps, with a usage-based cloud plan
Custom (contact sales)No free trialGroq
AI APIs & ModelsPaidVerifiedHosted AI model inference through an API, priced per token or per hour
Not publishedNo free trialHoppscotch
AI APIs & ModelsOpen sourceVerifiedOpen source API development tool for building, testing and debugging requests
$9/moFree planHugging Face
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedHub for sharing ML models, datasets and apps, with paid compute and team plans
$20/moFree planInstatus
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedStatus pages and uptime monitoring with incident tools for teams
$39/moFree planLangChain
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedOpen source agent frameworks plus LangSmith for tracing, evals and deployment
$29/moFree planLangfuse
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedOpen source observability, prompt management and evals for LLM apps and agents
Custom (contact sales)Free planMeshy AI
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedAI 3D model generator that turns text or images into printable and game-ready models
$12/moFree planPaperspace
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedCloud GPU notebooks, machines and model deployment for ML work, now part of DigitalOcean
$49/moFree planPortkey
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedAI gateway, observability and guardrails for teams running LLM apps in production
Custom (contact sales)Free planPostman
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedAPI platform for building, testing, mocking and monitoring APIs, with agent tooling
$49/moFree planPromptLayer
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedPrompt versioning, evals and tracing for AI teams, with a free plan
Custom (contact sales)Free planQdrant
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedOpen-source vector search engine with a free managed cloud tier
$0.03Free planReplicate
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedPay-per-use cloud API for running, fine-tuning and deploying ML models
Not publishedNo free trialScale AI
AI APIs & ModelsPaidVerifiedData, evaluations and AI systems for AI labs, governments and large enterprises
Not publishedNo free trialShipBob
AI APIs & ModelsPaidVerifiedOutsourced ecommerce order fulfillment with a warehouse network and quote-based pricing
$19/moFree planSupermemory
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedMemory layer for AI agents: profiles, graph and search via API, plugins, MCP
Custom (contact sales)Free planTyk
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedAPI and AI gateway with management, portal and governance, self-hosted or cloud
Custom (contact sales)Free planTypesense
AI APIs & ModelsOpen sourceVerifiedOpen-source search engine with typo tolerance, vector search and a hosted cloud
€10/moFree planUptimeRobot
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedUptime monitoring for websites, APIs, ports and cron jobs, with public status pages
$45/moFree planWeaviate
AI APIs & ModelsFreemiumVerifiedOpen-source vector database with hybrid search, RAG and agents for AI developers
Prices not verifiedFree planAlgolia
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedAPI-first AI search and retrieval for sites and apps, with a free plan
Prices not verifiedFree planAnyscale
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedManaged Ray platform for data-heavy AI training and inference across clouds
Prices not verifiedFree planBaseten
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedInference platform for deploying and scaling open-source and custom AI models
Prices not verifiedNo free trialFireworks AI
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedUsage-based inference, fine-tuning and GPU hosting for open AI models, via API
Prices not verifiedFree planGoogle AI Studio
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedWorkspace for trying Gemini models and building apps with the Gemini API
Prices not verifiedNo free trialLambda Labs
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedRent NVIDIA GPUs by the hour: instances, clusters and Superclusters for AI teams
Prices not verifiedNo free trialOllama
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verified
Prices not verifiedNo free trialSmol
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedTeam drive with a chat in every folder, for sharing project files and context
Prices not verifiedFree planWeights & Biases
AI APIs & ModelsPrices not verifiedExperiment tracking and LLM app tracing for AI teams, with a self-hosted server
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Compare AI APIs & Models tools
| Tool | What it does | Price from | Free trial / plan | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ApiframeFree trial | One REST API for AI image, video and music generation, aimed at developers | $39/mo | 100 starter credits, one-time unlock after a phone check or a $1 payment | Visit site of Apiframe (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| Arize AIFreemium | Observability, evaluation and experiments for teams building AI agents | $50/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Arize AI (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| BraintrustFreemium | Tracing, evals and monitoring for teams running AI agents in production | $249/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Braintrust (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| BrunoFreemium | Git-native, local API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket | Custom (contact sales) | 14-day free trial of Bruno Ultimate, no credit card required + free plan | Visit site of Bruno (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| ChecklyFreemium | Monitoring as code for APIs, sites and user flows, built for developers and AI agents | Custom (contact sales) | Free plan | Visit site of Checkly (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| ChromaFreemium | Open-source search database for AI apps, with a usage-based cloud plan | $250/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Chroma (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| GroqPaid | Hosted AI model inference through an API, priced per token or per hour | Custom (contact sales) | No | Visit site of Groq (official site, opens in a new tab) |
| HoppscotchOpen source | Open source API development tool for building, testing and debugging requests | Not published | No | Visit site of Hoppscotch (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| Hugging FaceFreemium | Hub for sharing ML models, datasets and apps, with paid compute and team plans | $9/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Hugging Face (official site, opens in a new tab) |
| InstatusFreemium | Status pages and uptime monitoring with incident tools for teams | $20/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Instatus (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| LangChainFreemium | Open source agent frameworks plus LangSmith for tracing, evals and deployment | $39/mo | Free plan | Visit site of LangChain (official site, opens in a new tab) |
| LangfuseFreemium | Open source observability, prompt management and evals for LLM apps and agents | $29/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Langfuse (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| Meshy AIFreemium | AI 3D model generator that turns text or images into printable and game-ready models | Custom (contact sales) | Free plan | Visit site of Meshy AI (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| PaperspaceFreemium | Cloud GPU notebooks, machines and model deployment for ML work, now part of DigitalOcean | $12/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Paperspace (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| PortkeyFreemium | AI gateway, observability and guardrails for teams running LLM apps in production | $49/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Portkey (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| PostmanFreemium | API platform for building, testing, mocking and monitoring APIs, with agent tooling | Custom (contact sales) | Enterprise features can be trialed; trial length not stated + free plan | Visit site of Postman (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| PromptLayerFreemium | Prompt versioning, evals and tracing for AI teams, with a free plan | $49/mo | Free plan | Visit site of PromptLayer (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| QdrantFreemium | Open-source vector search engine with a free managed cloud tier | Custom (contact sales) | Free plan | Visit site of Qdrant (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| ReplicateFreemium | Pay-per-use cloud API for running, fine-tuning and deploying ML models | $0.03 | Free plan | Visit site of Replicate (official site, opens in a new tab) |
| Scale AIPaid | Data, evaluations and AI systems for AI labs, governments and large enterprises | Not published | No | Visit site of Scale AI (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| ShipBobPaid | Outsourced ecommerce order fulfillment with a warehouse network and quote-based pricing | Not published | No | Visit site of ShipBob (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| SupermemoryFreemium | Memory layer for AI agents: profiles, graph and search via API, plugins, MCP | $19/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Supermemory (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| TykFreemium | API and AI gateway with management, portal and governance, self-hosted or cloud | Custom (contact sales) | 48-hour free trial of Tyk Cloud (no credit card); 14-day free trial of Tyk Self- + free plan | Visit site of Tyk (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| TypesenseOpen source | Open-source search engine with typo tolerance, vector search and a hosted cloud | Custom (contact sales) | Free plan | Visit site of Typesense (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| UptimeRobotFreemium | Uptime monitoring for websites, APIs, ports and cron jobs, with public status pages | €10/mo | Free plan | Visit site of UptimeRobot (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| WeaviateFreemium | Open-source vector database with hybrid search, RAG and agents for AI developers | $45/mo | Free plan | Visit site of Weaviate (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| AlgoliaPrices not verified | API-first AI search and retrieval for sites and apps, with a free plan | Prices not verified | Free trial available (length not stated) + free plan | Visit site of Algolia (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| AnyscalePrices not verified | Managed Ray platform for data-heavy AI training and inference across clouds | Prices not verified | $100 credit to get started + free plan | Visit site of Anyscale (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| BasetenPrices not verified | Inference platform for deploying and scaling open-source and custom AI models | Prices not verified | New accounts come with free credits (amount not stated) + free plan | Visit site of Baseten (partner link, opens in a new tab) |
| Fireworks AIPrices not verified | Usage-based inference, fine-tuning and GPU hosting for open AI models, via API | Prices not verified | No | Visit site of Fireworks AI (official site, opens in a new tab) |
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