# EXAONE (LG AI Research)

EXAONE 4.5: LG's first open-weight vision-language model for industrial use cases. EXAONE (LG AI Research) is free, with no paid plan attached, at lgresearch.ai.

## Facts

- **Pricing tier:** Free
- **Works on:** Self-hosted, Web
- **Works in browser:** No

## Capabilities

- EXAONE 4.5: LG's first open-weight vision-language model for industrial use cases
- 33B flagship plus FP8/AWQ quantized variants for efficient local deployment
- Backed by LG's enterprise/manufacturing domain tuning

## FAQ

### What is EXAONE (LG AI Research)?

EXAONE (LG AI Research) is listed under Notable Open Models, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. EXAONE 4.5: LG's first open-weight vision-language model for industrial use cases. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at lgresearch.ai.

### Is EXAONE (LG AI Research) free?

EXAONE (LG AI Research) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

### Can I use EXAONE (LG AI Research) in a browser, or is there an app?

EXAONE (LG AI Research) needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

### What can EXAONE (LG AI Research) do?

EXAONE (LG AI Research) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Exaone 4.5: lg's first open-weight vision-language model for industrial use cases; 33b flagship plus fp8/awq quantized variants for efficient local deployment; backed by lg's enterprise/manufacturing domain tuning.

### What is the best free alternative to EXAONE (LG AI Research)?

DeepSeek Models is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Notable Open Models sub-category and is free. ERNIE 4.5 Open Models (Baidu), Falcon (TII) and Hunyuan (Tencent) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/exaone-lg-ai-research

Facts last verified: October 2026