hvoyai.com

Overview

Hvoy AI (hvoyai.com / hvoy.ai, mirrored domains) is a rankings, directory and diagnostics site for third-party AI API relay gateways. It uses real API keys to continuously measure uptime, latency, model-substitution ('adulteration') rate and pricing across gateways, but does not itself expose any programmatically callable free LLM API.

Free quota

The site provides no free quota on an LLM API of its own. Its /free-tokens page distributes redemption codes and temporary keys donated by third-party relay gateways, gated behind a points/daily-lottery system (per community posts and search: roughly 20 points on signup, ~10 points per redemption, more points for sharing). Quota size, usable models and expiry are entirely set by the third-party gateway, and Hvoy explicitly disclaims any guarantee. A separate developer-facing 'pricing data API' returns gateway price data, not model inference.

Free models

Pros

• Clear positioning: gateway leaderboard + site profiles + price comparison + API-key connectivity and balance checks, useful for cheap due diligence before topping up or integrating
• Reasonably large coverage (~79 gateways in the directory), grouped by model with price, uptime rate, average latency, model coverage, and payment/refund/invoice policies
• Daily-refreshed data with a visible update timestamp (e.g. 2026/08/28 04:30) and a stated methodology of public probing, price catalogs and monitoring results
• Extra tooling: official provider status pages, reverse model lookup, Codex quota tracking, plus bilingual (Chinese/English) pages
• Publishes explicit disclaimers — 'being listed is not an endorsement' and 'third-party gateways carry pricing, billing and stability risk; top up in small amounts' — rather than over-vouching for listed sites

Cons

• Offers no free LLM API of its own: no self-issued key on signup, no OpenAI-compatible /v1 inference endpoint, and probing shows modelsPublic=false with an empty model list — it does not meet this project's 'callable free API' inclusion bar
• Ranking weights and probing methodology are closed-source, so whether paid placements or partnerships influence the ordering cannot be independently audited
• The 'free tokens' are essentially advertising drops and leftover coding plans from third-party gateways; availability, remaining quota and exit-scam risk all sit with those third parties
• Claiming a free token requires registration/login and spends points, with extra points for sharing — a referral/growth loop
• Community evidence is very thin: a V2EX thread asking whether Hvoy is trustworthy has zero replies, and a free-token promo thread has a single reply; no substantive discussion found on Linux.do, NodeSeek or Reddit
• No operator entity, company registration or ICP filing information disclosed on public pages — effectively anonymous operation
• The same service runs on two domains (hvoy.ai and hvoyai.com), which makes look-alike/phishing confusion easier

Risk flags

• Provides no programmatically callable free LLM API (no own /v1 endpoint, no self-issued key or free quota) — not a free-API provider
• Leaderboard weighting and probing methodology are closed-source; paid listings or promoted placements affecting rank cannot be independently verified
• 'Free token / free API key / free redemption code' giveaways hand out quota funded by third-party gateways; the site states listing is not a guarantee, so exit-scam and billing-anomaly risk falls on the user
• Claiming free tokens requires registration/login and consumes points, with sharing rewarded — account data collection and referral-driven growth
• No operator entity, corporate identity or filing information disclosed publicly; effectively anonymous
• Two parallel domains (hvoy.ai and hvoyai.com) increase the chance of look-alike or phishing impersonation; verify the domain before use
• Extremely small community sample (V2EX question thread with 0 replies) means weak reputation evidence and unknown long-term stability

Community reputation

Third-party coverage is scarce and mostly descriptive. Articles from WeFound and Veridrop both frame it as a 'gateway directory + price leaderboard + diagnostics tool', crediting its price comparison, uptime/adulteration/latency metrics and broad listing coverage as a good first-pass shortlisting tool. Veridrop, a competitor, stresses in its own pitch that being open source lets anyone audit whether it favours a vendor for commercial reasons — an indirect hint that closed-source leaderboards cannot prove neutrality, though it makes no direct accusation against Hvoy. On V2EX, one user asked whether Hvoy is trustworthy (zero replies), and a promo thread about free tokens drew one positive reply, with the poster openly stating the tokens come from gateways buying exposure. No exit-scam, key-theft or data-fabrication accusations surfaced, but equally no volume of positive reputation. Net: the service is real and reasonably candid about its limits, yet the evidence base is too thin for a high score.

Recommendation

Usable as an informational tool for comparing relay-gateway prices, uptime and latency before you top up anywhere. But it does not itself issue a programmatically callable free LLM API, so it is not a fit for airouter's free-API listing and is classified as monitor-directory. Practical guidance: treat the leaderboard as a starting point for candidate discovery rather than a trust guarantee; independently verify any recommended gateway with a small test top-up, check model authenticity and billing behaviour yourself, and stay aware of upstream terms-of-service risk. Free tokens claimed there come from third-party ad drops — do not use them in production or with sensitive data.

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Sources

• 禾维 AI | 2026 AI API 中转站排名 推荐 与 AI API 检测（首页）
• Hvoy AI | AI Gateway Rankings, Picks and API Checks（英文版首页）
• AI 中转站综合排行榜与实测推荐 - 禾维 AI（站点目录）
• AI 中转站人工评测与使用体验 - 禾维 AI
• 免费 Token 领取页 - 禾维 AI
• 免费领取 AI 中转站兑换码 - 禾维 AI
• GitHub - hvoyai/hvoy-intro：介绍 hvoy.ai
• V2EX：请求各位大侠指点，禾维 AI 中转站如何？靠谱吗？
• V2EX：临时需要一些 token 的，请来 hvoy 这里领吧
• Veridrop vs 禾维 AI(hvoy)·中转站检测工具怎么选？客观对比
• WeFound：「禾维 AI」API 中转站检测与排行：看价格、在线率、掺水率和延迟
• GitHub - zzsting88/relayAPI：AI API 中转站推荐与评测（本站发现来源）

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