# NVIDIA NIM free API key: how to get one

> Always free NVIDIA NIM API key, no card needed. About 40 requests a minute for the whole account. For trying things out, not for production. Step by step setup, checked October 2026.

- Kind: Always free, no card
- Limits: About 40 requests a minute for the whole account. For trying things out, not for production.
- Models: Nemotron 3, Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen and 100+ open models
- Get the key: https://build.nvidia.com/settings/api-keys

## Steps

1. Join the free NVIDIA Developer Program at build.nvidia.com.
2. Click Get API Key on any model page.
3. Paste the nvapi- key under NVIDIA.

## NVIDIA NIM models in MultiScreenAI

The free tier covers Nemotron 3, Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen and 100+ open models; the others need paid usage on the same key.

- Nemotron 3 Ultra: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nemotron-3-ultra
- Nemotron 3 Super: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nemotron-3-super
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Llama Nemotron Ultra: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/llama-nemotron-ultra

## Use it with every other AI at once

Paste the key into MultiScreenAI (https://www.multiscreenai.com) and ask every model at once, side by side, with a blind test mode. Agents can do the same over MCP: https://www.multiscreenai.com/mcp