Best Free LLMs
The most capable free LLM is North Mini Code (free), scoring 19.8 on the Intelligence Index at no per-token cost via OpenRouter. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) (14.9) and gpt-oss-20b (free) (14.9) round out the top three.
The best large language models with a free tier, ranked by intelligence. Capable free AI models you can use at no per-token cost via OpenRouter.
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north-mini-code:freeReasoningTools19.8 intel · 256K ctx19.8Intelligence - 2
nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:freeReasoningToolsVision+114.9 intel · 256K ctx14.9Intelligence - 3
gpt-oss-20b:freeReasoningToolsJSON14.9 intel · 131K ctx14.9Intelligence - 4Iling-3.0-flash:freeReasoningTools262K ctx—Intelligence
- 5Plaguna-s-2.1:freeReasoningTools262K ctx—Intelligence
- 6Plaguna-xs-2.1:freeReasoningTools262K ctx—Intelligence
- 7nemotron-3.5-content-safety:freeReasoningVision128K ctx—Intelligence
- 8nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freeReasoningTools1M ctx—Intelligence
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gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:freeReasoningToolsJSON+1262K ctx—Intelligence - 10gemma-4-31b-it:freeReasoningToolsJSON+1262K ctx—Intelligence
- 11lyria-3-pro-previewJSONVision1.0M ctx—Intelligence
- 12lyria-3-clip-previewJSONVision1.0M ctx—Intelligence
- 13nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:freeReasoningToolsJSON262K ctx—Intelligence
- 14nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:freeReasoningTools256K ctx—Intelligence
- 15nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:freeReasoningToolsVision128K ctx—Intelligence
- 16nemotron-nano-9b-v2:freeReasoningToolsJSON128K ctx—Intelligence
Frequently asked
Is there a free LLM?
The most capable free LLM is North Mini Code (free), scoring 19.8 on the Intelligence Index at no per-token cost via OpenRouter. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) (14.9) and gpt-oss-20b (free) (14.9) round out the top three.
Which AI models are free to use?
The most capable free AI model is North Mini Code (free), scoring 19.8 on the Intelligence Index at no per-token cost via OpenRouter. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) (14.9) and gpt-oss-20b (free) (14.9) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to North Mini Code (free)?
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) (14.9) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by gpt-oss-20b (free) (14.9). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.