# ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu)

ERNIE-4.5 family including 21B-A3B Thinking and VL-424B-A47B multimodal MoE. ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) is free, with no paid plan attached, at huggingface.co.

## Facts

- **Pricing tier:** Free
- **Works on:** Self-hosted, Web
- **Works in browser:** Yes

## Capabilities

- ERNIE-4.5 family including 21B-A3B Thinking and VL-424B-A47B multimodal MoE
- ERNIE-Image and ERNIE-Image-Turbo 8B text-to-image models
- Unlimited-OCR 3B document model (1.5M+ downloads)

## FAQ

### What is ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu)?

ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) is listed under Notable Open Models, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. ERNIE-4.5 family including 21B-A3B Thinking and VL-424B-A47B multimodal MoE. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at huggingface.co.

### Is ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) free?

ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

### Can I use ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) in a browser, or is there an app?

ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

### What can ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) do?

ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Ernie-4.5 family including 21b-a3b thinking and vl-424b-a47b multimodal moe; ernie-image and ernie-image-turbo 8b text-to-image models; unlimited-ocr 3b document model (1.5m+ downloads).

### What is the best free alternative to ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu)?

DeepSeek Models is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Notable Open Models sub-category and is free. Falcon (TII), Hunyuan (Tencent) and MiniMax M2 (open weights) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

## Related

- [ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu) alternatives](https://aitools.flocci.in/alternatives/ernie-4-5-open-models-baidu)
- [Notable Open Models](https://aitools.flocci.in/category/ai-models-local-execution/notable-open-models)
- [Best free open-weight AI models](https://aitools.flocci.in/best/best-notable-open-models)
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Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/ernie-4-5-open-models-baidu

Facts last verified: October 2026