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Scaleway Generative APIs

Free API tier limits · LLM inference (EU)

First 1,000,000 tokens and 60 minutes of audio transcription free; EU-hosted, payment method required.

Card requiredVerified Oct 21, 20263 official sourcesLLM inference (EU)
300requests / minuteRank 2 of 9 that publish it
—requests / day · not published
200Ktokens / minuteRank 2 of 5 that publish it
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Headline figures for most models (payment method validated). Ranks compare providers' published headline figures, not identical models.

Free allowance

First 1,000,000 tokens + 60 min audio transcription; charged from token 1,000,001.

Identity-verified orgs: 600 RPM and 400K–2M TPM depending on model.

Payment method. Base limits apply once a valid payment method is registered.

Models on the free offer

gpt-oss-120bqwen3.6-35b-a3bllama-3.3-70b-instructmistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506gemma-4-26b-a4b-itglm-5.2qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructwhisper-large-v3

Worth knowing

  • Batches API has no rate limit and is billed at -50%.

Questions

Does Scaleway Generative APIs have a free API tier?
Free tier. First 1,000,000 tokens and 60 minutes of audio transcription free; EU-hosted, payment method required.
Does Scaleway Generative APIs require a credit card?
Yes — the official docs require a payment method or prepaid credit before you can use the API. Base limits apply once a valid payment method is registered.
What are Scaleway Generative APIs's free rate limits?
For most models (payment method validated): 300 requests/min, 200K tokens/min. Identity-verified orgs: 600 RPM and 400K–2M TPM depending on model.
When was this Scaleway Generative APIs data last verified?
Oct 21, 2026, against: Generative APIs pricing; Organization quotas; Rate limits.