Free Reasoning & Chain-of-Thought LLM APIs

4 providers · 8 free models · Last updated: 01 Nov 2026

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Quick Answer

Free reasoning APIs offering extended thinking and step-by-step verification, featuring Nemotron Reasoning, Inkling, and DeepSeek R1 distills.

Total available in this directory: 4 providers, 8 free models. Verified limits below.

⚡ Quick Connect

Chain-of-thought reasoning model with 1M context.

Base URL: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Model: thinkingmachines/inkling:free
Provider: OpenRouter
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="your-api-key",  # from OpenRouter
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="thinkingmachines/inkling:free",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Rate Limits & Model Inventory

ModelProviderCostContextRPMTPMRPDDay tokensVerified
Nemotron 3 Ultra FreeOpenCode Zen$0 (promo)256K - 1MNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:freeOpenRouter$0250K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:freeOpenRouter$0100000020Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
thinkingmachines/inkling-small:freeOpenRouter$01024K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
thinkingmachines/inkling:freeOpenRouter$01024K20Provider-dependent50 (below $10 credits) / 1,000 ($10+ credits)Not published2026-11-01
~80 free models (Llama 3.x/4, Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek-R1 distills, FLUX, Whisper, BGE embeddings)Cloudflare Workers AI$08K-128K+ (model-dependent)300 text gen (720-1,500 other tasks)Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-08-30
@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32bCloudflare Workers AI$0128K300Model-dependentNot published10,000 neurons/day2026-10-29
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7BSiliconFlow$032K100040K100Not published2026-10-29

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