diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/page.js b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/page.js
index eab63c7a..b1c23de2 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/page.js
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/page.js
@@ -283,7 +283,15 @@ export default function ProvidersPage() {
   const dualAuthTypes = (info, key) => {
     if (key === "kiro") return ["oauth", "apikey", "api_key"];
     const modes = info?.authModes;
-    if (!Array.isArray(modes) || !modes.includes("apikey")) return "oauth";
+    // Free-tier and API-key providers default to supporting apikey even when the
+    // registry entry omits authModes (e.g. cloudflare-ai, byteplus, ollama,
+    // vertex) — otherwise their apikey connections are invisible on the grid card.
+    if (!Array.isArray(modes)) {
+      return key in FREE_TIER_PROVIDERS || key in APIKEY_PROVIDERS
+        ? ["oauth", "apikey", "api_key"]
+        : "oauth";
+    }
+    if (!modes.includes("apikey")) return "oauth";
     return ["oauth", "apikey", "api_key"];
   };