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I run 15 side projects with zero AI bills

I build and maintain roughly 15 side projects, mostly for fun, and while hosting for apps and databases are pretty easy to get for free (or very cheap), AI API costs were adding up really quickly. So I went on a hunt for some free AI API tokens, and was thinking I'd share it here: xAI Groq API - Get $150/month of free API usage by enabling data sharing. Official docs . OpenAI ChatGPT API - By enabling data-sharing, you'll be eligible for: Up to 1 million free tokens per day

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付费意愿
25
需求真实度
55
个人可落地
85
竞争空间
45
新鲜度
60

AI 分析

痛点:独立开发者同时维护多个 side project 时,AI API 调用费用累积很快,又没有统一的地方查询各家免费额度与最新政策。

目标用户:同时跑多个小项目的独立开发者 / indie hacker / 小型 AI 应用团队

证据:AI API costs were adding up really quickly. / These are definitely enough for my side projects, reducing my AI bill to $0. / Did I miss any good perks? Please share the ones you're using.

变现:免费额度聚合站 + 邮件/Telegram 额度变动提醒(免费引流);变现靠 newsletter 赞助、API 供应商联盟返佣、以及面向小团队的付费「成本优化/供应商对比」报告或监控面板。

MVP:两周做一个静态站:抓取 OpenAI/Gemini/Groq/xAI 等官方定价页,结构化展示各模型的免费额度、限速、数据共享要求,加上按调用量估算月费的简单计算器,并支持订阅额度变动邮件提醒。

竞品:GitHub 上的 free-llm-api-resources 类仓库、OpenRouter / Helicone / Langfuse 等 LLM 成本与用量面板、各大厂官方 pricing & rate limits 文档页

摘要:作者同时维护约 15 个 side project,因 AI API 费用增长过快,转而挖掘免费额度:xAI Groq 开数据共享可得 150 美元/月,OpenAI 开数据共享每日最高 100 万(智能模型)或 1000 万 token(轻量模型),Gemini 有按模型的免费配额,最终把 AI 账单降到 0。帖子还提醒敏感数据不宜开启共享,并向社区征集遗漏的福利,说明该需求有讨论度但用户本身追求免费、直接付费意愿弱,更适合做流量型聚合工具而非订阅制产品。