{
  "source": "https://klymentiev.com/blog/openrouter-free-tier",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked_at": "2026-10-15T06:10:02+00:00",
  "checked_daily_at": "06:10 UTC",
  "collected_since": "2026-09-11",
  "prompt": "What is 17 * 23? Answer with the number only.",
  "note": "status is this run only; answered_days and tested_days count distinct days in the last seven. A 429 is the upstream provider refusing, not the account's quota.",
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      "model_id": "cohere/north-mini-code:free",
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      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
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      "latency_s": 0.5,
      "completion_tokens": 72,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 0.7,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free",
      "name": "NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)",
      "context": 1000000,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Nvidia",
      "latency_s": 1.3,
      "completion_tokens": 53,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 1.2,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free",
      "name": "NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)",
      "context": 262144,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Nvidia",
      "latency_s": 1.6,
      "completion_tokens": 66,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 1.6,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free",
      "name": "LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)",
      "context": 65536,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Liquid",
      "latency_s": 1.7,
      "completion_tokens": 267,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 1.7,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free",
      "name": "NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)",
      "context": 128000,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Nvidia",
      "latency_s": 1.8,
      "completion_tokens": 154,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 1.8,
      "detail": "User Safety: safe"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free",
      "name": "NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)",
      "context": 1000000,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Nvidia",
      "latency_s": 2.1,
      "completion_tokens": 226,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 2.3,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free",
      "name": "Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)",
      "context": 512000,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "AtlasCloud",
      "latency_s": 5.1,
      "completion_tokens": 351,
      "answered_days": 7,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 4.7,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free",
      "name": "Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)",
      "context": 262144,
      "status": "answered",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Poolside",
      "latency_s": 9.6,
      "completion_tokens": 481,
      "answered_days": 4,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 8.8,
      "detail": "391"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free",
      "name": "NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)",
      "context": 256000,
      "status": "error",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": null,
      "latency_s": 0.2,
      "completion_tokens": null,
      "answered_days": 3,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 1.1,
      "detail": "{'message': 'Upstream error from Nvidia: ResourceExhausted: Worker local total request limit reached (16/16)', 'code': 502, 'metadata': {'error_type': 'provider_unavailable'}}"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free",
      "name": "Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)",
      "context": 262144,
      "status": "empty",
      "http_code": 200,
      "provider": "Poolside",
      "latency_s": 19.0,
      "completion_tokens": 1000,
      "answered_days": 3,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": 14.8,
      "detail": ""
    },
    {
      "model_id": "google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free",
      "name": "Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B  (free)",
      "context": 262144,
      "status": "rate_limited",
      "http_code": 429,
      "provider": "Google AI Studio",
      "latency_s": null,
      "completion_tokens": null,
      "answered_days": 0,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": null,
      "detail": "Provider returned error google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free is temporarily rate-limited upstream. Please retry shortly, or add your own key to accumulate your rate limits: https://openrouter.ai/settings/in"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "google/gemma-4-31b-it:free",
      "name": "Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)",
      "context": 262144,
      "status": "rate_limited",
      "http_code": 429,
      "provider": "Google AI Studio",
      "latency_s": null,
      "completion_tokens": null,
      "answered_days": 0,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": null,
      "detail": "Provider returned error google/gemma-4-31b-it:free is temporarily rate-limited upstream. Please retry shortly, or add your own key to accumulate your rate limits: https://openrouter.ai/settings/integr"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free",
      "name": "Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)",
      "context": 1048576,
      "status": "agent_only",
      "http_code": 403,
      "provider": null,
      "latency_s": null,
      "completion_tokens": null,
      "answered_days": 0,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": null,
      "detail": "thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free is only available on agentic harnesses. Try plugging it into a coding agent or productivity app listed on https://openrouter.ai/apps"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "thinkingmachines/inkling:free",
      "name": "Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)",
      "context": 1048576,
      "status": "agent_only",
      "http_code": 403,
      "provider": null,
      "latency_s": null,
      "completion_tokens": null,
      "answered_days": 0,
      "tested_days": 7,
      "median_latency_s": null,
      "detail": "thinkingmachines/inkling:free is only available on agentic harnesses. Try plugging it into a coding agent or productivity app listed on https://openrouter.ai/apps"
    }
  ],
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    "model_id": "openrouter/free",
    "name": "Free Models Router",
    "context": 200000,
    "status": "answered",
    "http_code": 200,
    "provider": "Nvidia",
    "latency_s": 1.7,
    "completion_tokens": 73,
    "answered_days": 7,
    "tested_days": 7,
    "median_latency_s": 1.7,
    "detail": "routed to nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free"
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    {
      "model_id": "inception/mercury-decide:free",
      "modality": "decisions"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "respan/span-01-lite:free",
      "modality": "decisions"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "liquid/lfm-2.5-embedding-350m:free",
      "modality": "embeddings"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-vl-1b-v2:free",
      "modality": "embeddings"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/nemotron-3-embed-1b:free",
      "modality": "embeddings"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "nvidia/llama-nemotron-rerank-vl-1b-v2:free",
      "modality": "rerank"
    },
    {
      "model_id": "fish-audio/s2.1-pro-free:free",
      "modality": "speech"
    }
  ]
}