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OpenRouter free tier
Free model variants (IDs ending in ":free") can be used without buying credits, with lower daily limits until you have bought at least 10 credits.
Kind: Free models · Provider type: Router
Card needed: no (stated by the provider)
Limits: Free variants: 20 requests/min; 50 requests/day if you bought less than 10 credits in total, 1,000 requests/day with at least 10. A negative balance blocks free models too.
Your data: Depends on the upstream provider of each free model (see the model page on OpenRouter).
Free models and offers (17)
| Model | Requests | Tokens | Other limits / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohere: North Mini Code (free) cohere/north-mini-code:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 256,000 token context |
| Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 512,000 token context |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) google/gemma-4-31b-it:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 65,536 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 256,000 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 1,000,000 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 128,000 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 1,000,000 token context |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 1,000,000 token context |
| Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| Recursive: Flint (free) recursive/flint-v1.0:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 1,048,576 token context |
| Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) thinkingmachines/inkling:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 1,048,576 token context |
| XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) xingchen-agi/xing4.0-29b-a4b:free | 20/min · 50/day | n/p | 1,000 req/day after buying 10+ credits · 262,144 token context |
n/p = not published on the provider's page. Used for training: not stated.
Notes
- The list of free models comes from OpenRouter's public models API and changes often.
Sources
- OpenRouter API limits checked 2026-10-25
- OpenRouter models API checked 2026-10-25
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