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Groq's 14,400 RPD free tier applies to prompt guards, not chat models

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Groq's published free tier rate limits of 14,400 requests per day are misleading for chat models, as this higher limit applies only to prompt guard models, not text-generating LLMs. Chat models like OpenAI GPT OSS 120B and Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B are actually limited to 1,000 requests per day. This significant discrepancy means developers planning agent loops based on the higher number will encounter rate limiting much sooner than expected. AI

IMPACT Developers using Groq's free tier for agent loops may face unexpected rate limiting due to a misunderstanding of model-specific limits.

RANK_REASON Article clarifies rate limits for an existing service, not a new release or significant industry event.

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Groq's 14,400 RPD free tier applies to prompt guards, not chat models

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · toolfreebie ·

    Groq's 14,400 requests a day is not for the chat models

    <p>If you have sized a project against Groq's free tier recently, the number you probably wrote down was 14,400 requests per day. It appears in a lot of comparison posts. It is on Groq's own rate limits page too, which is why it keeps propagating.</p> <p>It just isn't attached to…

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