Free models
These models are exposed by OpenRouter at no cost. Availability and rate limits change frequently.
Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)
baidu/qianfan-ocr-fast:free
Context: 65,536 tokens
Venice: Uncensored (free)
cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free
Context: 32,768 tokens
Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)
google/gemma-3-12b-it:free
Context: 32,768 tokens
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)
google/gemma-3-27b-it:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
Google: Gemma 3 4B (free)
google/gemma-3-4b-it:free
Context: 32,768 tokens
Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)
google/gemma-3n-e2b-it:free
Context: 8,192 tokens
Google: Gemma 3n 4B (free)
google/gemma-3n-e4b-it:free
Context: 8,192 tokens
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)
google/gemma-4-31b-it:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-1T (free)
inclusionai/ling-2.6-1t:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)
liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-instruct:free
Context: 32,768 tokens
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free)
liquid/lfm-2.5-1.2b-thinking:free
Context: 32,768 tokens
Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)
meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free
Context: 65,536 tokens
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)
minimax/minimax-m2.5:free
Context: 196,608 tokens
Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free)
nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free
Context: 256,000 tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free
Context: 256,000 tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)
nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)
nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free
Context: 128,000 tokens
NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free)
nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free
Context: 128,000 tokens
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (free)
openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (free)
openai/gpt-oss-20b:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)
poolside/laguna-m.1:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
Poolside: Laguna XS.2 (free)
poolside/laguna-xs.2:free
Context: 131,072 tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)
qwen/qwen3-coder:free
Context: 262,000 tokens
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)
qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
Tencent: Hy3 preview (free)
tencent/hy3-preview:free
Context: 262,144 tokens
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air (free)
z-ai/glm-4.5-air:free
Context: 131,072 tokens