Free-tier head-to-head comparison.
Pick Groq when latency-sensitive apps (sub-second response). chatbots, autocomplete, agents needing fast tool-use.
Pick GitHub Models when trying gpt-4o without an openai account. prototyping enterprise demos that will later move to azure.
| Feature | Groq | GitHub Models |
|---|---|---|
| Top model | llama-3.3-70b-versatile | gpt-4o |
| Free RPM | 30 | 15 |
| Free RPD | 14,400 | 150 |
| Free credit | — | — |
| Card required | No | No |
| OpenAI-compatible | Yes | Yes |
| API base | https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 | https://models.inference.ai.azure.com |
| Best for | Latency-sensitive apps (sub-second response). Chatbots, autocomplete, agents needing fast tool-use. | Trying GPT-4o without an OpenAI account. Prototyping enterprise demos that will later move to Azure. |
| Not for | Vision, image generation, embeddings (Groq is text-only LLM inference). | Production. Free tier rate limits are intentionally low to push paid Azure migration. |