Lambda Labs
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Cloud GPU inference + compute. $10 free credits.
LLMest. 2012 · San Francisco, CA
89
/ 100 APIVault Score
// At a glance
Free Tier
$10 credits · no card
Category
LLM
Credit Card
Not required
Last Verified
1m ago
// Free tier details
Available Models
Llama 3.3 70BLlama 3.1 8BHermes 3
Monthly Requests
$10 free inference credits
No credit card needed
No phone verification
// Quick start
300">"text-purple-400">from openai 300">"text-purple-400">import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=300">"YOUR_LAMBDA_KEY",
base_url=300">"https://api.lambdalabs.com/v1",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model=300">"llama3.3-70b-instruct-fp8",
messages=[{300">"role": 300">"user", 300">"content": 300">"Hello."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)// Overview
Lambda's Inference API provides access to Llama 3.1 models at very competitive prices. New accounts get $10 free credits for inference or GPU compute.
// Pros
- GPU compute + inference in one platform
- OpenAI-compatible
- $10 free
// Cons
- Primary focus is GPU rental
- Limited managed models
// Score breakdown
Reliability (35%) (from 1m ago health check)100/100
Free Tier Generosity (30%) (computed from quota, no-CC, no-phone fields)85/100
Documentation (20%) (human rating)84/100
Popularity (15%) (GitHub stars (log-normalised), or manual baseline)76/100
Methodology: apivault.directory/methodology
// Best for
Cost-effective inferenceGPU computeResearch