Terms of Service

Agreement

By accessing Free Model, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use the site. These terms apply to the public directory and any restricted operator tools made available to you.

What Free Model provides

Free Model is an independent information directory. It collects and organizes public model-catalog facts, free-access conditions, independently generated usage examples, and evidence from controlled verification requests.

Free Model is not an API gateway, model host, inference provider, reseller, or automatic router. We do not forward your prompts, issue OpenRouter credentials, hold your model-access balance, or guarantee that a third-party route will accept your request.

Third-party services

OpenRouter and model creators are independent third parties. Their APIs, accounts, availability, pricing, rate limits, acceptable-use rules, licenses, and privacy practices are governed by their own terms. You are responsible for reviewing and complying with those terms before using a model or provider.

A link, listing, status, or code example does not constitute endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, or an official guarantee from OpenRouter or a model creator. Free Model is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenRouter unless expressly stated otherwise.

Availability information

Free access changes frequently. A status is an observation within a stated scope, including a particular route, interface, modality, account cohort, region, and time. A successful text probe does not verify vision, tools, structured output, or every account type.

We distinguish official catalog observations from real inference checks and show evidence timestamps where available. Even a recently verified route can later be rate-limited, changed, removed, or unavailable to your account. You must validate current conditions before relying on a route in production.

Free Model may correct, delay, remove, or retain historical listings without notice. Historical pages may describe a route that is no longer available and will be labeled accordingly.

Free does not mean unrestricted

A zero-price route may still require an account and API key and may be subject to daily limits, per-minute limits, capacity constraints, region restrictions, eligibility rules, or account-balance requirements. You are responsible for monitoring your own usage and avoiding paid fallbacks or other charges.

Free Model does not reimburse third-party charges, lost credits, or costs resulting from your API configuration. Confirm the exact model ID, routing preferences, and provider billing behavior in your own account.

Code examples

Examples are provided for convenience and are written for the route shown on the page. You are responsible for securing your credentials, testing the code, handling errors, and adapting it to your environment.

Never place an API key in client-side code, a public repository, a support message, or a browser URL. Examples use environment-variable placeholders for this reason.

Acceptable use

You may use and link to the public directory for lawful research, evaluation, and development. You must not:

• interfere with the site's operation or attempt to bypass its access controls;
• scrape or query the site in a way that materially disrupts service;
• access restricted operator features without authorization;
• submit malware, deceptive content, or secrets to any site input;
• misrepresent Free Model evidence as an official provider guarantee; or
• use the directory to violate a third party's rights or terms.

Intellectual property and attribution

Free Model's original site design, explanatory text, normalization logic, and independently created examples are protected by applicable law. Model names, provider names, logos, and trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used only to identify the subjects of the directory.

Catalog facts and source excerpts may originate from third parties. Source links and attribution are provided where appropriate. Open-source components and imported materials remain subject to their respective licenses.

Corrections

We welcome evidence-based corrections about pricing, account requirements, model identity, route behavior, licensing, or attribution. Use the contact method published on the site or repository and include a source URL and observation time. Do not include API keys, private prompts, or sensitive account data.

No warranties

The service and all information are provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, continuous availability, and suitability for production use.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Free Model and its maintainers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost data, revenue, credits, access, or business opportunity arising from the site or a third-party service.

Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the greater of the amount you paid directly to Free Model for the relevant service during the preceding twelve months or the minimum amount required by law. Public directory access is currently provided without charge.

Suspension and changes

We may restrict abusive access, change site features, or discontinue the service. We may also update these terms. The date at the top identifies the current version; continued use after an update constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

Governing rules

Applicable mandatory consumer and data-protection rights are not limited by these terms. Any dispute should first be raised through the contact method published on the site so that the parties can try to resolve it informally.

Contact

For questions about these terms, use the contact method published on the Free Model website or project repository. Never send an API key or password.