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  1. Available
    Apple

    M6 Mac mini local-AI buying guide

    M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini pre-orders are open; availability begins September 22

    This is launch pricing, not a discount. The $899 model has 16GB, and independent production-unit benchmarks are not available before shipping.

    Route, privacy & billing: Retail purchase: confirm your configured price, region, and return terms in Apple checkout before paying.

    The $899 M6 Mac mini is not the 32GB model. Compare M6 and M5 Pro memory tiers, realistic local models, Apple performance claims, and reasons to wait.

    Cost
    From $899 (U.S.)
    Setup
    Buying guide
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  2. Available
    Apple

    M5 Max vs M5 Ultra Mac Studio buying guide

    M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio pre-orders are open; availability begins September 22

    This is launch pricing, not a discount. The 512GB option is due in late October, and every new-hardware performance figure is still an Apple claim.

    Route, privacy & billing: Retail purchase: confirm your configured price, region, and return terms in Apple checkout before paying.

    Compare M5 Max and M5 Ultra memory, bandwidth, runnable AI models, Apple performance claims, and the reality of 512GB Mac Studio clusters.

    Cost
    From $2,499 (U.S.)
    Setup
    Buying guide
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  3. Available
    Google

    Google's free one-year AI student plan: eligibility and the renewal catch

    12 months of Google AI Pro in the U.S. or Google AI Plus in eligible markets, redeem by December 31

    Higher-education enrollment, SheerID, a personal Google Account, and a qualifying payment method are required. The plan auto-renews at the standard local monthly price unless cancelled.

    Route, privacy & billing: Requires a personal Google Account, SheerID verification, and a qualifying payment method; it renews at the local monthly price unless cancelled.

    Eligible college students can claim 12 months of Google AI Pro or AI Plus at no cost. Check the deadline, regions, verification, card, and renewal terms.

    Cost
    $0 for 12 months
    Setup
    10–20 minutes
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    GMI Cloud / MiniMax

    MiniMax M3 is free on GMI Cloud for 14 days: the deal and the catch

    MiniMax M3, M2.7, Speech 2.8, and Music 3.0 free through September 6

    H3 is excluded. Rate limits and anti-abuse controls still apply, and standard pricing returns after September 6.

    Route, privacy & billing: Use a dedicated key and sanitized test material: campaign access can be rate-limited, and normal pricing applies after the window.

    GMI Cloud has made MiniMax M3, M2.7, Speech 2.8, and Music 3.0 free through September 6. Here is what is included and how to test it safely.

    Cost
    $0 during campaign
    Setup
    5 minutes
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  5. Available
    Z.ai

    Use ZCode's Five-Day GLM-5.3 Trial

    Five-day new-user trial with 3M GLM-5.3 and 5M GLM-5.3-Flash tokens per day in ZCode

    New Z.ai and BigModel users only. Daily quota resets during the five-day trial, unused quota expires, and the live provider panel is the final source for model availability and balance.

    Route, privacy & billing: Sign-in routes requests through the plan automatically; API-key users must choose the correct coding endpoint and keep the key private.

    Connect a new Z.ai or BigModel account to ZCode and use the five-day GLM trial without adding a payment method.

    Cost
    $0 for 5 days
    Setup
    10 minutes
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Past offers

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  1. Ended
    OpenRouter / OpenCode

    Ox Alpha free preview ended: what it became and what to use now

    Ox Alpha free preview for Claude Code, CC Switch, and OpenCode

    The preview has ended. OpenRouter now identifies Ox Alpha retrospectively as Z.ai GLM-5.3-Flash, and the former free route is no longer listed by OpenCode Zen.

    Route, privacy & billing: Archived route: OpenRouter says prompts and completions were retained by the provider; do not treat the former preview as a live private route.

    Ox Alpha's free preview has ended and was revealed as Z.ai GLM-5.3-Flash. This archived guide explains the former routes and their data-handling differences.

    Cost
    $0 preview
    Setup
    10 minutes
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