Best free AI

Updated Oct 25, 2026. Checked daily.

Each row is one ranked job. The free column is the best pick you can use without paying, plus the free-tier limit. The paid column is the best paid pick. Last reviewed Oct 25, 2026.

Job

Best free

Best paid

💻 Coding & Software

Perplexity → Kimi K3

Includes Best search mode and a limited number of Pro Searches, without manual model selection

Claude → Claude Opus 5.5

Pro

⚖️ Legal & Long Documents

Perplexity → Kimi K3

Includes Best search mode and a limited number of Pro Searches, without manual model selection

Claude → Claude Fable 5.1

Pro

✍️ Writing & Marketing

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

The weights are free to download. Hosted use depends on Xiaomi's current studio limits.

Claude → Claude Opus 5.5

Pro

🧮 Reasoning, Math & Science

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

The weights are free to download and run yourself.

Claude → Claude Opus 5.5

Pro

⚡ Speed & High Volume

Gemini → Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Access to standard Gemini models with compute limits resetting every 5 hours and 15 GB shared storage

Gemini → Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Free

✨ General & Everyday

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

The weights are free to download and run yourself.

Gemini → Gemini 4 Argon

Google AI Pro

🎨 Images

Qwen-Image-2.1

The weights are free to download under the Qwen Research License.

GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst

$20/month for ChatGPT Plus, or token billing via the OpenAI API.

🎬 Video

Wan 2.2 A14B

The weights are free to download.

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash

Uses a Google AI plan. Check the plan page for the current price.

🔎 Research & Web Search

Diffbot-Small-XL

The weights are free to download.

GPT-5.6 Sol

Uses a ChatGPT plan. Check the plan page for the current price.