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 "provider_label": "AI Singapore",
 "offer_type": "free_tier",
 "model": "SEA-LION models (Gemma/Llama SEA-LION variants)",
 "model_key": "sealion-free",
 "family": "SEA-LION",
 "detail": "Free hosted API, rate limited at 10 calls/min; one trial key per user via the playground, OpenAI-compatible. No card, no region lock; no paid tier exists.",
 "url": "https://llmpriceindex.smelterlabs.ai/free-access/sealion-free-api/",
 "verified_at": "2026-09-19",
 "ends_at": null,
 "active": true,
 "recheck_days": 30,
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 "status": "verified",
 "program_name": "SEA-LION models (Gemma/Llama SEA-LION variants)",
 "models_detail": "The API is offer-wide across the SEA-LION models returned for the user's key. Current documentation explicitly demonstrates SEA-LION v4.5 for instruct and function-calling use, SEA-LION v3.5 reasoning models, aisingapore/SEA-Guard, and SEA-LION-ModernBERT-Embedding-600M. The exact authenticated deployment list must be queried with the generated key and is not enumerated on the public offer page.",
 "free_terms": "SEA-LION advertises a free API for prototyping and proof-of-concept development, rate-limited to 10 calls per minute per user. Users create one Trial API Key through the Playground. The provider says the free APIs are not designed for production or high-throughput workloads.",
 "signup": "required: sign in to the SEA-LION Playground with a Google account and create an API key",
 "card": "not_stated",
 "region": "not_stated; the service is operated by AI Singapore/National University of Singapore, but no user-location restriction is stated on the audited offer or API pages",
 "data_treatment": "not_stated. The privacy policy describes collection of account, contact, log, device, browsing, and geographic data, but does not state whether API prompts or outputs are used for model training.",
 "clock": "The key is labeled a Trial API Key, but no expiration date or elapsed-time limit is stated.",
 "evidence_urls": [
  "https://docs.sea-lion.ai/guides/inferencing/api",
  "https://docs.sea-lion.ai/overview/readme/faq",
  "https://sea-lion.ai/try-sea-lion/"
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 "card_required": "not_stated",
 "training_use": "not_stated",
 "access_clock": "standing",
 "signup_required": "yes",
 "access": {
  "payment": "not_stated",
  "limits": {
   "rpm": 10
  },
  "evidence": {
   "limits": {
    "quote": "our rate limits is set to 10 requests per minute per user",
    "url": "https://docs.sea-lion.ai/guides/inferencing/api"
   }
  },
  "setup_url": "https://playground.sea-lion.ai/"
 },
 "bank_verified_at": "2026-09-04",
 "overdue_days": 0,
 "program_type": "free_tier",
 "state": "verified",
 "child_count": 0,
 "access_summary": {
  "allowance": "Not stated by the provider",
  "tightest_limit": "10 requests / min",
  "payment": "Not stated by the provider",
  "unlock": "",
  "setup_url": "https://playground.sea-lion.ai/"
 },
 "children": [],
 "generated": "2026-10-09T11:30:13+00:00",
 "provider_url": "https://docs.sea-lion.ai/guides/inferencing/api",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0"
}