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Free Chat Models

17 models marked Free Unlimited. Credit-based models are excluded.

1

GPT-5 Nano

OpenAIFree

The fastest, cheapest GPT-5 version, suited to summarization and classification. 400K context window with text and image input.

OpenAI docs
2

GPT-5.4 Mini

OpenAIFree

More than twice as fast as GPT-5 mini, with better coding, reasoning, multimodal understanding, and tool use. Meant for responsive coding assistants, quick subagents, and screenshot-reading systems.

Announcement coverage
3

GPT-5.4 Nano

OpenAIFree

The smallest, cheapest GPT-5.4 model, recommended for classification, data extraction, ranking, and subagents supporting larger systems.

Announcement coverage
4

GPT-4o-mini

OpenAIFree

Released in 2024 as a cheap small model with a 128K context window and text and vision input. Older, but fine for simple chat and summaries.

Launch coverage
5

gpt-oss-20b

OpenAIFree

An open-weight reasoning model under the Apache 2.0 license, with adjustable reasoning effort and a 131K context. Matches or beats o3-mini on OpenAI's benchmarks despite its small size.

OpenAI announcement
6

gpt-oss-120b

OpenAIFree

The larger open-weight sibling, with near-parity with o4-mini on core reasoning benchmarks while running on a single 80 GB GPU. The stronger pick for harder reasoning and tool use.

OpenAI announcement
7

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

GoogleFree

Low-latency, cost-efficient model for high-volume work. Up to 1M input tokens and text, image, audio, video, and PDF input, with adjustable thinking levels.

Google docs
8

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

GoogleFree

Tuned for simple coding, precise document understanding, and lightweight agent workflows at minimal cost. Google calls it its fastest, most cost-effective 3.5-class model.

Google docs
9

Grok 4.3

xAIFreeMost capable free model

Reasoning model with a 1M-token context window and a December 2025 knowledge cutoff. Supports tool use, vision, file input, and web search. Targets agentic workflows, instruction following, and factual accuracy.

Model overview
10

Nemotron 3 Ultra

NVIDIAFree

Open model with 550B total and 55B active parameters, a 1M-token context, and a design aimed at long-running agent workflows. Independent testing ranked it highest in intelligence among open-weight models from US developers.

NVIDIA research page
11

Llama 4 Scout

MetaFree

109B-parameter model with a 10M-token context window that fits on a single H100 GPU. Best for huge documents and large codebases.

TechCrunch
12

Llama 4 Maverick

MetaFree

400B-parameter generalist with a 1M-token context window, aimed at GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash. Handles text and images, so it suits assistants and chat.

DataCamp overview
13

Mistral Small 3.2 24B

MistralFree

Updated 24B model with better instruction following, fewer repetitive outputs, and stronger function calling. Image and text input, 128K context.

Model page
14

Sonar

PerplexityFree

Lightweight search model built on Llama 3.3 70B, tuned for speed and quick factual queries. Combines a language model with web search and citations, so use it when you want sourced answers.

Model overview
15

MiniMax M2-her

MiniMaxFreeClosest to Cantina

Dialogue-first model for immersive roleplay, character-driven chat, and multi-turn conversation. Text-only and a specialist, not a general-purpose replacement for MiniMax's other models.

Model page
16

Command R7B (12-2024)

CohereFree

Small, fast model that excels at RAG, tool use, agents, and multi-step reasoning. 128K context window.

Model page
17

Brainiac

OpenRouterFree

No page found under this name. The Nov 2023 date matches the launch of OpenRouter's Auto Router, which picks a model for each prompt, so this is probably a label for it. This is an inference, so check it in the app.

Auto Router docs

Cantina and Pixar

Cantina is a social app for building AI characters with personality and voice, chatting with them, and turning them into videos. Only MiniMax M2-her is built for the character-chat part. Llama 4 Maverick, Mistral Small 3.2, and Grok 4.3 can also play characters if you write a good character prompt.

Pixar-style animated visuals need an image or video generator. Every model on this list is text-only, so none of them do that. Look in the Image Generation Models tab instead.