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Free AI models
Models with $0 pricing on OpenRouter. Quality varies. Rate limits often apply.
What this is
Ranked by capability match + real benchmark scores + live pricing, daily-refreshed. Benchmark sources: Aider Polyglot (coding) and Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (overall, coding, agentic). Full methodology →
| # | Model | Score | In / 1M | Out / 1M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free | — | Free | Free | 256,000 | Details → |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free | 52 4/5 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 3 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)google/gemma-4-31b-it:free | 57 4/5 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 4 | Free Models Routeropenrouter/free | — | Free | Free | 200,000 | Details → |
| 5 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free | 39 3/5 | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 6 | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free | — | Free | Free | 128,000 | Details → |
| 7 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) NEWnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free | 35 3/5 | Free | Free | 1,000,000 | Details → |
| 8 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Tiny (free) NEWinclusionai/ling-3.0-tiny:free | — | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 9 | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free | — | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 10 | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free | — | Free | Free | 262,144 | Details → |
| 11 | Cohere: North Mini Code (free)cohere/north-mini-code:free | — | Free | Free | 256,000 | Details → |
| 12 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free | 63 3/5 | Free | Free | 1,000,000 | Details → |
| 13 | Google: Lyria 3 Pro Previewgoogle/lyria-3-pro-preview | — | Free | Free | 1,048,576 | Details → |
| 14 | Google: Lyria 3 Clip Previewgoogle/lyria-3-clip-preview | — | Free | Free | 1,048,576 | Details → |
| 15 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free | 10 1/5 | Free | Free | 256,000 | Details → |
| 16 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free)openai/gpt-oss-20b:free | 26 4/5 | Free | Free | 131,072 | Details → |
| 17 | LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) NEWliquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free | — | Free | Free | 128,000 | Details → |
| 18 | NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free | — | Free | Free | 128,000 | Details → |
| 19 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free | — | Free | Free | 128,000 | Details → |