# What Trial Credit Amounts Do Hyperbolic, SambaNova, and Scaleway Offer to New Users?

> Discover trial credit amounts from Hyperbolic, SambaNova, and Scaleway for new users. Learn how much free credit you can get to explore LLM APIs.

- Repository: [Jun Siang Cheah/free-llm-api-resources](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources)
- Tags: getting-started
- Published: 2026-05-07

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**Hyperbolic offers $1, SambaNova Cloud provides $5 for 3 months, and Scaleway Generative APIs grants 1,000,000 free tokens to new users upon sign-up.**

The `cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources` repository maintains a comprehensive, automatically updated catalog of free-tier and trial-credit offers for large language model providers. Understanding the exact trial credit amounts available for **Hyperbolic**, **SambaNova**, and **Scaleway** ensures you can maximize your initial testing budget without upfront investment while evaluating inference APIs for your projects.

## Hyperbolic, SambaNova, and Scaleway Trial Credit Breakdown

### Hyperbolic: $1 Sign-Up Credit

According to the repository's [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) at line 80, **Hyperbolic** provides **$1** in credit for new sign-ups. This credit is applied automatically upon account creation, allowing immediate access to the platform's inference APIs for testing and development.

### SambaNova Cloud: $5 for 3 Months

As documented in [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) at line 92, **SambaNova Cloud** offers **$5** in trial credits valid for a **3-month period**. This extended window provides ample time for thorough evaluation of SambaNova's high-performance models before committing to a paid plan.

### Scaleway Generative APIs: 1,000,000 Free Tokens

Line 106 of the [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) specifies that **Scaleway Generative APIs** grants **1,000,000 free tokens** to new users. Rather than a dollar-based credit, this provider offers a generous usage quota that converts to significant compute time depending on the model selected.

## How Trial Credit Data is Maintained

The repository ensures accuracy through automated synchronization. The [`src/pull_available_models.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/pull_available_models.py) script scrapes current provider offerings and regenerates [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) whenever provider terms change. This automation guarantees that the trial credit amounts for Hyperbolic, SambaNova, and Scaleway remain current without manual intervention.

## Programmatically Accessing Trial Credit Information

You can extract these credit amounts programmatically using the repository's Python data structures defined in [`src/data.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/data.py).

### Loading Provider Data

```python

# src/data.py exposes the parsed provider dictionary

from src import data

# Providers are loaded as a dictionary keyed by service name

providers = data.providers

```

### Retrieving Specific Trial Credits

```python
def get_trial_credit(provider_name: str) -> str:
    """Return the trial credit description for the given provider."""
    info = providers.get(provider_name, {})
    # Credit information is stored under the "credits" key

    return info.get("credits", "No trial credit information available")

# Query the three providers

print(f"Hyperbolic: {get_trial_credit('Hyperbolic')}")
print(f"SambaNova Cloud: {get_trial_credit('SambaNova Cloud')}")
print(f"Scaleway Generative APIs: {get_trial_credit('Scaleway Generative APIs')}")

```

**Output:**

```

Hyperbolic: $1
SambaNova Cloud: $5 for 3 months
Scaleway Generative APIs: 1,000,000 free tokens

```

### Filtering All Trial Credit Offers

To surface every provider currently offering trial credits:

```python
trial_providers = {
    name: info["credits"]
    for name, info in providers.items()
    if info.get("credits")
}

for name, credit in trial_providers.items():
    print(f"{name}: {credit}")

```

This approach enables automated monitoring of free-tier availability across the LLM landscape.

## Summary

- **Hyperbolic** provides **$1** in immediate sign-up credit for new accounts.
- **SambaNova Cloud** allocates **$5** valid for **3 months**, offering an extended evaluation period.
- **Scaleway Generative APIs** delivers **1,000,000 free tokens** rather than monetary credit.
- All values are sourced from [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) lines 80, 92, and 106, maintained via [`src/pull_available_models.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/pull_available_models.py).
- The [`src/data.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/data.py) module exposes a Python API for programmatic access to this information.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can I use these trial credits for production workloads?

Trial credits are intended for evaluation and testing purposes. While you can deploy production-scale requests during the trial period, the limited amounts—**$1 for Hyperbolic**, **$5 for SambaNova**, and **1,000,000 tokens for Scaleway**—are typically exhausted quickly under production load. Plan to upgrade to a paid tier before launching customer-facing applications.

### Do these trial credits expire?

Expiration policies vary by provider. According to the repository data, **SambaNova Cloud** explicitly limits its **$5 credit** to a **3-month period**. Hyperbolic's **$1 credit** and Scaleway's **1,000,000 tokens** do not specify expiration dates in the current dataset, but you should verify current terms directly with each provider as these conditions may change when [`src/pull_available_models.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/pull_available_models.py) next updates the catalog.

### How often is the trial credit information updated?

The [`README.md`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/README.md) file regenerates automatically whenever [`src/pull_available_models.py`](https://github.com/cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources/blob/main/src/pull_available_models.py) detects changes in provider offerings. This ensures the documented trial credit amounts for Hyperbolic, SambaNova, and Scaleway reflect the current state of each platform's signup incentives without manual maintenance delays.

### Is programming knowledge required to claim these credits?

No programming knowledge is necessary to claim the credits themselves. Simply create accounts on Hyperbolic, SambaNova Cloud, and Scaleway to receive the **$1**, **$5**, and **1,000,000 token** allocations automatically. The Python code examples provided utilize the `cheahjs/free-llm-api-resources` repository structures for developers building automated comparison tools.