Nous Portal Free plan

The terms in full

The $0 Free plan provides access only to models currently marked free, with standard rate limits and no monthly credit balance.

• When it runs out Not stated by the provider.
• Clock Standing $0 plan; free child-model catalog can change.
• Region Subject to Nous account availability and export restrictions; no narrower public region list recovered.

Models

Ten catalog entries listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-09: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante; inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; StepFun Step 5 Preview; Upstage Solar Mini 4. On 2026-10-09 Upstage Solar Pro 4 was no longer listed at $0.00 (now $0.09 in / $0.36 out per 1M), and Tencent Hy3 remained paid at $0.13 in / $0.53 out per 1M.

Signup, payment, data

• Signup Nous Portal account and OAuth login required; provider page does not require a paid plan for free inference.
• Card / payment No card requirement stated for the $0 Free plan.
• Training Trains by default; the provider offers an opt-out.
• Data terms Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, and may make Your Data and Service Data available to third parties for their own use. The terms also say that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inference payloads or use them for training, product improvement, or support, except as described in the Privacy Policy. The plan page does not say whether Privacy Mode is available on the Free plan.

What the provider's page says

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• limits “Free: 50 RPM, 500,000 TPM” source

Evidence pages, re-read nightly

• https://portal.nousresearch.com/
• https://portal.nousresearch.com/terms
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/nous-portal
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/tool-gateway
• https://portal.nousresearch.com/api-docs

Change history

1. 2026-10-09 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Ten catalog entries listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-09: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante; inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; StepFun Step 5 Preview; Upstage
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, and may make Your Data and Service Data available to third parties for their own use. The terms also say that if you enable Privacy
2. 2026-10-08 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-08: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Mini
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms say that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
3. 2026-10-07 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were priced at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-07: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Mini
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms state that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your infere
4. 2026-10-06 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were priced at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-06: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Mini
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms add that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
5. 2026-10-05 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were priced at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-05: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash.
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms say that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
6. 2026-10-04 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-04: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin, inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free), inclusionAI Ling 3.1 Flash, Meituan LongCat 2.0, Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview, Poolside Laguna S 2.1, Poolside Laguna XS 2.1, Space Bunny Alpha, and StepFun Step 3.7 Fl
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it, and allow Nous to make Service Data and derived models available to third parties. The same te
7. 2026-10-02 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Eight catalog entries sit at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-02: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash. Upstage Solar Pro 4 is no longer i
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms add that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
8. 2026-10-01 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Eight catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-10-01: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash. Several of these names also appear as
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms add that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
9. 2026-09-30 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment)
   • models detail Nine catalog entries were listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-30: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Severa
   • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms add that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
10. 2026-09-29 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail, data treatment, training use)
    • models detail Nine catalog entries were listed at $0.00 per 1M on 2026-09-29: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Meituan LongCat 2.5 Preview; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Se
    • data treatment Nous Portal's terms of service say Nous Research may use Your Data for research and for developing, training, fine-tuning, and improving AI and machine-learning models, under a broad license to process it. The same terms add that if you enable Privacy Mode, Nous Research will not store your inferenc
    • training use opt_out
11. 2026-09-28 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Eight catalog entries were listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-28: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set
12. 2026-09-27 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Eight catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-27: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is pric
13. 2026-09-25 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Eight catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-25: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is pric
14. 2026-09-24 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Eight catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-24: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; Space Bunny Alpha; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is pric
15. 2026-09-23 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Seven catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-23: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is no longer in the free set and is listed at $0.13 i
16. 2026-09-22 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Seven catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-22: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante; Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is priced at $0.13 in and $0.53 o
17. 2026-09-21 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Seven catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-21: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is listed at $0.13 in and
18. 2026-09-20 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Seven catalog entries stood at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-20: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is listed at $0.13 i
19. 2026-09-18 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Seven catalog entries at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-18: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and is listed at $0.11 in and
20. 2026-09-17 Terms changed: Nous Portal Nous Portal Free plan (models detail)
    • models detail Eight catalog entries were listed at $0.00/1M on 2026-09-17: inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Fin; inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free); Meituan LongCat 2.0; Poolside Laguna S 2.1; Poolside Laguna XS 2.1; StepFun Step 3.7 Flash; Union Alpha; Upstage Solar Pro 4. Tencent Hy3 is not in the free set and w