Every option in the catalog for when you need to download weights you can inspect, fine-tune and self-host — 16 open-weight AI models, 16 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.
16tools listed
16free or freemium
15with no paid plan at all
1sub-categories covered
Best Free Open-weight AI models — straight answers
What are the best free open-weight AI models?
Flocci AI Tools lists 16 of them, ordered free tiers first: DeepSeek Models, EXAONE (LG AI Research), Falcon (TII), Gemma (Google) and GPT-OSS (OpenAI). Every one of them is free or has a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.
Which of these are completely free?
15 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: DeepSeek Models, EXAONE (LG AI Research), Falcon (TII), Gemma (Google) and GPT-OSS (OpenAI). The remaining 1 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.
How is this list ordered?
Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.