Model guide · updated 2026

Best free AI models

These are the strongest models available on just4o.chat's free Explorer plan, ranked by intelligence. No credit card, no single-vendor lock-in — try several providers in one chat and only upgrade when you actually need the premium tier.

  1. 1

    MiniMax M3

    MiniMaxTop pick

    Free on the Explorer plan and genuinely useful for everyday work.

    AA 44
    Intelligence
  2. 2

    DeepSeek V4 Flash

    DeepSeek

    High-volume coding assistants and IDE integrations where LiveCodeBench 91.6% and SWE-bench 79% performance matters at low per-token cost

    AA 40
    Intelligence
  3. 3

    Qwen 3.6 Plus

    Alibaba

    Agentic coding and repository-level problem solving

    AA 40
    Intelligence
  4. 4

    Qwen 3.7 Plus

    Alibaba

    Free on the Explorer plan and genuinely useful for everyday work.

    AA 39
    Intelligence
  5. 5

    GPT-5.4 nano

    OpenAI

    Data extraction and document parsing at scale

    AA 38
    Intelligence
  6. 6

    MiniMax M2.7

    MiniMax

    Agentic coding workflows and multi-turn tool-calling chains where the model drives autonomous

    AA 38
    Intelligence
  7. 7

    Nemotron 3 Ultra

    NVIDIA

    Free on the Explorer plan and genuinely useful for everyday work.

    AA 38
    Intelligence
  8. 8

    MiniMax M2.5

    MiniMax

    High-volume software engineering and code generation across Web

    AA 34
    Intelligence

Models available on the free Explorer plan (no premium tier required), ranked by the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.

Frequently asked questions

On just4o.chat, the base-tier models above are usable on the free Explorer plan with no payment. Premium and Premium+ models require a paid plan.

Free usage comes with sensible limits (messages per chat, daily caps) rather than hidden quality downgrades — we never silently swap you to a weaker model. When you outgrow the free limits you can upgrade.

No. You can sign up and start using the free models without entering payment details.