How to get a Groq API key

What it is, and when to pick it

Groq builds custom LPU chips that serve open models extremely fast, and its API keys are free to create with a solid free tier. One honest note for this site: Groq’s API does allow browser calls, but the resume tailor currently reaches Groq models through OpenRouter (a direct adapter is on the roadmap), so the key you paste here is an OpenRouter key. A native Groq key still works anywhere Groq’s API is supported.

Step by step

1. 1

   Create a free account at the Groq Console. console.groq.com

2. 2

   Open the API Keys page and click “Create API Key”. console.groq.com/keys

3. 3

   Copy the key — it starts with gsk_.

4. 4

   To run Groq-hosted models from this site, follow the OpenRouter guide instead — one key covers Groq models too. practicalwebtools.com/guides/api-keys/openrouter

What the key looks like

Groq keys start with gsk_. From this site, the operative key is an OpenRouter sk-or-v1-… key.

What it actually costs

• Creating a Groq key is free; the free tier has per-minute and per-day limits that reset.
• To use Groq models from this site today, you paste an OpenRouter key — Groq rates appear on OpenRouter’s list.
• A direct browser adapter for Groq is on the roadmap; its CORS already passes (verified 2026-11-14).

Paste it into Practical Web Tools

In the AI resume tailor (v1), Groq-hosted models run through OpenRouter — follow the OpenRouter guide to create that key. Your native gsk_… key works in any app that calls Groq’s API directly. Open the AI resume tailor.

If something goes wrong

You tried to paste a Groq key in this site’s picker

v1 of the tailor accepts OpenRouter, Mistral, Anthropic, Gemini and Ollama keys — choose OpenRouter to reach Groq-hosted models.

401 — “That key was rejected” (elsewhere)

Re-copy the key from console.groq.com/keys — a space or a clipped tail is the usual cause.

429 — “Provider rate limit hit”

Groq’s free tier rate-limits per minute and per day. Wait and run again — the tool never auto-retries.