Hard facts side by side: free tiers, prices, limits, SDKs and privacy. Every value links to the official page it came from and is re-checked every week.
| Fact |  Groq |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes Free tier; your exact limits show on the console Limits page. Developer tier needs a payment method. Source, Nov 15, 2026 |
| Starting price | $0.075 per 1M input tokens GPT-OSS 20B; $0.30 per 1M output tokens. GPT-OSS 120B is $0.15 in, $0.60 out. Source, Nov 15, 2026 |
| Rate limit | 30 requests/min Developer plan base limits, openai/gpt-oss-120b; 1K requests/day, 8K tokens/min. Source, Nov 15, 2026 |
| Size limit | 131K token context GPT-OSS 120B (Whisper speech-to-text: 100 MB max file). Source, Nov 15, 2026 |
| Official SDKs |
| PythonJavaScript / TypeScriptSource, Nov 15, 2026 |
| EU hosting | No Retained customer data is stored in GCP buckets in the United States. Source, Nov 15, 2026 |
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| Compliance | SOC 2GDPRHIPAA Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA, with SOC 2 Type II reports for 2024 and 2025. Source, Nov 10, 2026 |
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