quietmoneyFreellmapi
An open-source, self-hosted OpenAI-compatible gateway that routes requests to the free LLM quotas of 60+ providers, and maintains a continuously updated catalog of free models.
A side open-souOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- An open-source, self-hosted OpenAI-compatible gateway that routes requests to the free LLM quotas of 60+ providers, and maintains a continuously updated catalog of free models.
- Users
- Individual developers who want to call LLM APIs at zero cost, mainly in India, China and the US
- Positioning
- The router is open source and free; paid subscriptions keep the free model catalog updated in real time
- Pricing
- Router free; Premium $19/year; Premium Lifetime $49 one-time Billing: mixed Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- $19/yr Premium Annual; $49 one-time Premium Lifetime
- Sharing mechanics
- open source 'FreeLLMAPI: open source, self-hosted, single-user.' with GitHub repository link
- Rough new MRR
- $5,444 – $130,444 Checkout visits last month × 20–30% conversion × listed price. New revenue only; renewals skip checkout, so real MRR is usually higher.
“'FreeLLMAPI: open source, self-hosted, single-user.' with GitHub repository link”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Direct 63.3%, referrals 27.6%, search 5.5%, brand keywords 66.6%; non-brand terms include free llm api, ollama api free key and free deepseek all models; the spread mechanism is open source (GitHub). The input classification is "Other". After self-hosting, returning users come back to check the catalog and renew.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 2% |
| Other | 98% |
Direct + brand search 67%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| India | 40.27% |
| China | 18.1% |
| United States | 15.39% |
| Indonesia | 8.14% |
| Germany | 3.69% |
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Facebook
Keywords
42 keywords · brand ~67% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| freellmapi |
| freellmapi.co |
| free llm api |
| ollama api free key |
| free deepseek all models |
Non-brand queries: ollama api free key, free deepseek all models
Referring sites
4 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| promodescuentos.com | 0.27% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 93.93% |
| Coupons and Rebates | 0.27% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 130.8K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +69.64%
- Country rank
- India #30128
- Category rank
- Computer Security #86
- Bounce rate
- 36.12%
- Pages / visit
- 4.08
- Visit duration
- 00:03:02
- Industry
- Computer Security
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Referrals › Organic Search (top channel 63.26%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Launch platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Other
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Freellmapi get per month?
About 17,192 last month (Similarweb estimate), #169 of 606; the month before was 9,217. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Freellmapi's new users come from?
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Mostly referrals, email or paid, or mostly direct with no clear source Direct 63.3%, referrals 27.6%, search 5.5%, brand keywords 66.6%; non-brand terms include free llm api, ollama api free key and free deepseek all models; the spread mechanism is open source (GitHub). The input classification is "Other". After self-hosting, returning users come back to check the catalog and renew.
How much does Freellmapi cost?
Router free; Premium $19/year; Premium Lifetime $49 one-time
Dossier confidence: high. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.