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 "id": "catalog2-merge-gateway",
 "provider": "merge-gateway",
 "provider_label": "Merge Gateway",
 "offer_type": "free_model",
 "model": "Merge Gateway free Nemotron route",
 "model_key": "catalog2-merge-gateway",
 "family": "Merge Gateway",
 "detail": "Merge's provider-owned catalog lists `nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b` as available hosted text inference with one NVIDIA host and `Free / Free` input/output pricing. The Free plan covers all free LLMs with no credit card (the $10 first-month credit line was dropped from the Free tier by 2026-09-04); Pro adds $10 in expiring monthly credits and charges model cost plus 5%. Merge warns that `usage.cost` is provider cost rather than necessarily the final invoice.",
 "free_terms": "Merge's provider-owned catalog lists nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b as available hosted text inference with one NVIDIA host and Free / Free input and output pricing, as recorded on 2026-09-30. Merge's Free plan (pricing page, 2026-09-04) includes access to all free LLMs, automatic routing with built-in fallback, and starts without a credit card; the earlier $10 first-month credit was removed from the Free tier, while Pro adds $10 in expiring monthly credits and ordinarily charges model cost plus 5%. Merge's Gateway get started page adds that the Free plan covers its list of free models up to a daily request cap, and that adding a card moves the account to Pro and the full catalog. Merge does not publish the size of that daily cap on any of these pages. Merge also warns that its response usage.cost is provider cost rather than necessarily the final invoice, but the exact Nemotron route is explicitly cataloged as free rather than merely lacking pricing metadata.",
 "models_detail": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b through one NVIDIA host at Free / Free input-output pricing.",
 "signup": "Merge account and gateway key required. The model-level free route is separate from Merge plan credits; no paid model usage is required for this route.",
 "card": "not required; the Free plan says 'Start without a credit card'",
 "region": "not_stated",
 "data_treatment": "Merge's catalog marks the NVIDIA host for this route 'Zero data retention: No'; neither the catalog nor the gateway pages state whether prompts are used for training, so check both Merge and host policies before sensitive use.",
 "clock": "No published end date for the exact free route; catalog and host availability can change.",
 "url": "https://llmpriceindex.smelterlabs.ai/free-access/catalog2-merge-gateway/",
 "evidence_urls": [
  "https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/models/details/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b",
  "https://www.merge.dev/pricing/gateway",
  "https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/api-overview",
  "https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/get-started"
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 "active": true,
 "status": "verified",
 "recheck_days": 30,
 "program_name": "Merge Gateway free Nemotron route",
 "card_required": "no",
 "training_use": "not_stated",
 "access_clock": "standing",
 "signup_required": "yes",
 "access": {
  "payment": "none",
  "openai_compatible": "yes",
  "evidence": {
   "payment": {
    "quote": "Start without a credit card",
    "url": "https://www.merge.dev/pricing/gateway"
   }
  },
  "setup_url": "https://gateway.merge.dev/api-keys"
 },
 "overlay_applied": "2026-09-30",
 "bank_verified_at": "2026-09-04",
 "overdue_days": 0,
 "program_type": "free_model",
 "state": "verified",
 "child_count": 0,
 "access_summary": {
  "allowance": "Not stated by the provider",
  "tightest_limit": "Not stated by the provider",
  "payment": "No payment needed",
  "unlock": "",
  "setup_url": "https://gateway.merge.dev/api-keys"
 },
 "children": [],
 "generated": "2026-10-09T11:30:13+00:00",
 "provider_url": "https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/models/details/nvidia-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0"
}