# SiliconFlow free API key: how to get one

> Always free SiliconFlow API key, no card needed. A set of models is free forever, at up to 1,000 requests a minute. Step by step setup, checked October 2026.

- Kind: Always free, no card
- Limits: A set of models is free forever, at up to 1,000 requests a minute.
- Models: Qwen3 8B, GLM-4 9B and other small models
- Get the key: https://cloud.siliconflow.com/account/ak

## Steps

1. Sign up at cloud.siliconflow.com.
2. Open API Keys and create one.
3. Paste it under SiliconFlow and pick a model marked Free.

## SiliconFlow models in MultiScreenAI

The free tier covers Qwen3 8B, GLM-4 9B and other small models; the others need paid usage on the same key.

- DeepSeek R1: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/deepseek-r1
- Qwen3 8B: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/qwen3-8b
- GLM-4 9B: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/glm-4-9b

## 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