Comprehensive analysis of every free AI model. Compare scores, capabilities, and context windows across 24 free models from 9 providers.
Free Models
24
Providers
9
Best Free Model
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Score: 69
Beats Paid Models
95%
257 paid models beaten
All 24 free models ranked by composite score.
How do free models stack up against paid alternatives across key metrics?
Avg Score
Free
53
Paid
48
Avg Context
Free
122K
Paid
273K
With Reasoning
Free
50%
Paid
44%
With Vision
Free
29%
Paid
45%
The top-scoring free model for different workflows.
Which providers offer free models and how they compare.
| Provider | Free Models | Best Free Model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | 6 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | 69 |
| NVIDIA | 3 | Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) | 64 |
| StepFun | 1 | Step 3.5 Flash (free) | 58 |
| OpenAI | 2 | gpt-oss-120b (free) | 56 |
| 5 | Gemma 3 27B (free) | 56 | |
| arcee-ai | 2 | Trinity Large Preview (free) | 54 |
| Mistral AI | 1 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free) | 51 |
| Meta | 2 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) | 46 |
| Liquid AI | 2 | LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) | 46 |
Full feature grid across all 24 free models and 7 capabilities.
Vision
7
29%
Reasoning
12
50%
JSON Mode
13
54%
Function Calling
17
71%
Streaming
24
100%
Web Search
4
17%
Image Output
0
0%
What capabilities are only available in paid models, or have very limited free options? Here is where paying makes a difference.
These capabilities are not available in any free model. You must use a paid model to access them.
These capabilities exist in a few free models but are much more common in paid options.
The best free model scores 69 out of 100. Paid models average 48. If you need consistent top-tier quality, the top paid models still lead.
Free models have a median context of 131K tokens (range: 8K — 262K). The average across free models is 122K.
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