Free Tier / nvidia-nim
NVIDIA NIM Free Tier
The NVIDIA Developer Program provides free tools and learning resources for developers; the API Catalog explicitly offers Free serverless APIs for development; fixed API credits/allowance are not published
API / Service
API Catalog model inference plus NIM self-hosting
Unit
Development/testing API access; self-hosted software and tool benefits
Reset Period
Unknown
Rate Limits
Per account, model and service policy; fixed values Unknown
Credit Card
Account eligibility for obtaining an API Key is subject to the official page
Sign-up
NVIDIA Developer account plus Get API Key
Expiration
Subject to the account, promotions and official policy
Verification
2026-08-29 · partial · medium confidence
Restrictions
- · The Developer Program page labels NIM for research, development and testing, which is not a production capacity commitment
- · The model scope, allowance and rates of the Free serverless APIs must be confirmed on the account page
- · NIM self-hosting runs on your own GPU/infrastructure, and licence and commercial/production terms must be checked separately
Official sources
Source type: Official NVIDIA Developer Program + API Catalog + API Docs + NIM Docs. This site does not treat blog posts or old articles as proof of a current allowance.