Vertex AI + ClaudeDev + Aider: Free Access to Claude-3.5 API

Access Claude-3.5 for free using Google Vertex AI with $300 credits. Learn how to set up ClaudeDev and Aider for coding and AI collaboration.

Many people want to use these popular and powerful AIs, but when they see that APIs cost $15 per million tokens, many back off.

Most people prefer to try it out first or use some free credits before deciding to pay.

Currently, some platforms like Groq offer free use of certain models, but these are usually lower-performance open-source models like Llama 3.1 70B. More advanced models like Claude are often unavailable.

Today, I'll show you how to use Google’s Vertex AI for free to access Claude 3.5 Sonet and other models it offers.

First, you may wonder what Google’s Vertex AI is. Simply put, it's Google's version of Openrouter, providing models like Llama 3.1, Gemma, Gemini, and the top Claude models through an API.

It offers $300 in free credits.