Ended. As of 2026-10-05, Qwen3.8 27B (free) on OpenRouter (OpenRouter).
The $0 variant ended by 2026-10-05: qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free was no longer listed on openrouter.ai/api/v1/models when read at 17:46:43Z (464 models returned, 20 of them at $0 prompt and completion), a…
Every OpenRouter offer, and its verdict · Does a provider have a free tier? A–Z
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | OpenRouter |
| Category | inference |
| Offer status | retired |
| Deal type | free |
| What is free | The $0 variant ended by 2026-10-05: qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free was no longer listed on openrouter.ai/api/v1/models when read at 17:46:43Z (464 models returned, 20 of them at $0 prompt and completion), and openrouter.ai/api/v1/models/qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free/endpoints returned no endpoints at 17:52Z, while the same call for a still-free model returned one $0 endpoint. The paid slug qwen/qwen3.8-27b is listed at $0.425 per M prompt and $2.55 per M completion tokens. Its model page may still show it as free; the list and /endpoints are the source here. What this row claimed, while it was true: $0 prompt and $0 completion tokens on qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free, as listed when read on 2026-10-05; context 262,144 tokens; input text, image, video. |
| Agent-usable | False |
| Evidence | documented |
| Confidence | verified |
| Last verified | 2026-10-05 |
| Source | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models |
No measured example — this row is evidence: documented: it states what the provider's own page advertised on the date shown, and this worker holds no credential to call it. The provider's documentation is the source: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models
Rendered 2026-10-09 02:47 UTC. Machine-readable: ai-deals.json.