AI Credits & Free Tiers
Guides on how to get free AI credits, free tiers, and discounts from top AI companies
Linear Startup Program: $960 in Issue Tracker Credits
Linear offers up to $960 in startup credits. What the credits cover, how per-seat pricing behaves as you hire, and what they stack with.
AndrewLinkedIn Startup Program: $2,000 in Recruiting Credits
The LinkedIn startup program offers $2,000 in credits toward Talent Solutions. What the seats buy, how recruiting cost scales, and what it stacks with.
AndrewLLM API Pricing 2026: OpenAI vs Claude vs Meta Compared
Verified per-million token prices for every current OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta model in September 2026, plus what each tier costs per month.
AndrewMassdriver Startup Program: $20,000 in DevOps Credits
Massdriver offers up to $20,000 in credits for startups. What the platform actually does, how per-seat DevOps pricing behaves, and what to stack it with.
AndrewMercury Startup Program: $1,000 Credit for Startup Banking
Mercury offers startups $1,000 in credit toward its banking stack. What startup banking covers, how the cost behaves at scale, and what it stacks with.
AndrewMeta Model API Pricing and the Contributor Tier Trade-Off
Meta Model API pricing in full: Muse Spark at $1.25 per million input tokens, and the Contributor tier that cuts that 92% if Meta can train on you.
AndrewMuse Code: What Meta's Coding Agent Costs to Build On
Meta shipped Muse Code on August 5, 2026 for large codebases. What the Meta Model API actually costs per token, and what Meta has still not published.
AndrewMeta Muse for Startups: Muse Spark Pricing and Credits
Muse Spark costs $1.25 per million input tokens on the Meta Model API. What Meta has and has not published on Muse credits for startups.
AndrewMeta Muse Image Pricing: Cost Per Image at Scale 2026
Muse Image costs $0.01 per image on the Meta Model API. What that means at 1,000, 100,000 and 1M images, and what Meta has not published.
AndrewMuse Spark API Pricing: What Meta Charges Developers in 2026
Muse Spark 1.1 costs $1.25 per million input tokens on the Meta Model API. Real pricing, the muse.ai name collision, and where startup credits actually exist.
AndrewMeta Muse, muse.ai and Skiv: Untangling the Name Mix-Up
muse.ai became Skiv in March 2026 and Meta took the domain for its AI agent. Microsoft Muse is unrelated. Which Muse is which, and what each one costs.
AndrewMicrosoft MAI Models Pricing 2026: Costs and Credits
What Microsoft MAI models reportedly cost in 2026: MAI-Image-2.5, MAI-Voice-2, MAI-Transcribe-1.5 and MAI-Thinking-1, and which Azure credits cover the bill.
AndrewMidjourney V8 Pricing 2026: Subscription Only, No Free Tier
Midjourney V8.2 has been the default since July 2026. How access is actually sold, why there is no free tier or public API, and credited alternatives.
AndrewMiniMax Free Credits 2026: What M3 and H3 Reportedly Cost
MiniMax M3 is reported at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 output, with a 512K tier line most coverage missed. What is confirmed, what is not, and where the free credits are.
AndrewMiro Startup Program: $1,500 in Collaboration Credits
Miro offers up to $1,500 in startup credits for its infinite canvas. What the credits cover, how per-seat pricing behaves, and what to stack them with.
AndrewMistral Small 4 Pricing 2026: Real Costs and Free Routes
Mistral Small 4 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output. Apache 2.0 specs, real workload math, and the free ways to run it.
AndrewMixpanel Startup Program: $50,000 in Analytics Credits
Mixpanel offers up to $50,000 in startup credits for product analytics. What the credits cover, how event-based pricing scales, and what to stack them with.
AndrewMongoDB Startup Program: $25,000 in Free Atlas Credits
The MongoDB startup program offers up to $25,000 in Atlas credits. What the document database is for, how cluster pricing scales, and what it stacks with.
AndrewMSG91 Startup Program: $1,500 in SMS and OTP Credits
MSG91 gives startups $1,500 in messaging credits for SMS, OTP, WhatsApp and email. What the credit covers, how per-message pricing scales, what it stacks with.
AndrewMuse Code vs Claude Code 2026: Pricing and Free Credits
Meta shipped Muse Code on 5 August 2026. What Meta actually publishes on pricing, what it has not published, and why there are no Muse startup credits.
AndrewMuse Spark vs GPT vs Claude: Real Costs for Founders
Muse Spark vs GPT vs Claude on real API prices: $1.25 in, $4.25 out per million tokens. Plus Muse AI vs ChatGPT tiers, and why Meta has no credits.
AndrewMyOperator Startup Program: $2,500 in Calling Credits
MyOperator offers up to $2,500 in startup credits for cloud telephony and WhatsApp. What the product class is for, how the bill behaves, what it stacks with.
Andrewn8n Startup Program: $500 in Workflow Automation Credits
The n8n startup program is worth $500 in credits. What n8n automates, why per-execution pricing beats per-task tools, and what the credit skips.
AndrewNano Banana 2 Pricing: What Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Costs
Nano Banana 2 bills $0.50 per million input tokens and $60 per million image output tokens, roughly $0.045 to $0.151 an image. What Batch saves and what is still unpublished.
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