Capability · 2026-09-28
Open-Weight AI Models
AI models with public weights — for self-hosting, fine-tuning and commercial use.
What is this?
- Open-weight models publish their trained weights for download under a license (often Apache 2.0, MIT or a custom open-research license).
- Note: open weights ≠ open source — the training data and code are usually not released.
Why it matters
- You can self-host on your own GPUs, fine-tune on private data, run offline, or deploy to a regulated environment.
- Pricing here reflects the cheapest API host — the same model can also be free to run if you bring your own hardware.
818 models with this capability
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Frequently asked questions
How many AI models support open weights?
818 canonical models in our database currently support open weights. The list is regenerated on every data refresh, so it always reflects the latest releases tracked in our catalogue.
What is the cheapest model with open weights?
Whisper Large v3 from scaleway is currently the lowest-priced option, at $0.003 per 1M input tokens and Unknown per 1M output tokens. The full table above is sorted price-ascending.
Which model with open weights has the largest context window?
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (Meta) leads on context at 10M tokens. This may matter if you also need long-document understanding alongside open weights.
Which models are available on the most providers?
Production-readiness usually correlates with how many independent providers host the same weights. The top three by provider count are: GLM-5.2 (89), Kimi K3 (75), DeepSeek V4 Pro (72).
How is open weights different from a regular LLM?
Open-weight models publish their trained weights publicly. You can self-host on your own GPUs, fine-tune on private data or run offline. Note: open weights ≠ open source — training data and code are usually not released.
How often is this list updated?
Daily. Our data pipeline syncs once a day, regenerates the canonical model list, and rebuilds these pages so newly released models appear within 24 hours.
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Top models with this capability
- Whisper Large v3$0.00 in / $0.00 out
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$0.00 in / $0.00 out
- Whisper Large v3$0.00 in / $0.00 out
- KB Whisper$0.00 in / $0.00 out
- Voxtral Mini 3B$0.00 in / $0.00 out
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Pricing comparisons
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Prices in USD per 1M tokens. Unknown means the provider does not publish per-token pricing.
Pricing and capabilities are refreshed daily and reconciled against each provider's official documentation. Always verify critical production decisions with the provider directly.