I built a daily-verified radar for free AI APIs and GPU credits

Description and use

An automated radar that daily verifies free AI APIs and GPU credits, preserving evidence and ensuring data freshness.

Problem

Free AI tiers and GPU credits change faster than a bookmark list can keep up.

Outcome

The radar reports 23/23 official sources healthy and 186 resources in the current snapshot, providing a reliable, evidence‑backed view of free AI offerings.

Workflow

• 1. Identify official provider sources and add them to the allow‑list.
• 2. Implement source‑specific parsers to extract quota, reset period, GPU credits, region, card requirement, and pricing.
• 3. Run the radar locally or deploy the public read‑only site.
• 4. The radar fetches each source, verifies the data, and stores the evidence with a timestamp.
• 5. If a parser fails, the radar retains the last trusted observation and marks the source as partial.
• 6. When a change is confirmed repeatedly, the radar retires the obsolete offer and updates the snapshot.
• 7. Publish the updated manifest to the public site or use the local dashboard.

Evidence

Free AI tiers and GPU credits change faster than a bookmark list can keep up.

Source

AI Resource Radar focuses on the decisions developers actually need to make: free AI API quotas and reset periods, GPU compute and developer credits, country availability and signup requirements, whether a payment card is required, normalized token and GPU prices, the official source and last verification time.

Source

If one parser breaks, the radar fails closed: it keeps the last trusted observation and marks the source as partial instead of silently deleting the offer.

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At the time of this launch, the public manifest reports 23/23 official sources healthy and 186 resources in the current snapshot.

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