MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)

Best for

Best for multimodal tasks like coding and creative projects; weak at real-time interactive applications.

Pricing

Free via OpenRouter (subject to OpenRouter's rate limits)

How to access it

Available via OpenRouter: create a free account at openrouter.ai, generate an API key, then call this model as minimax/minimax-m3:free through the OpenRouter API (or any OpenRouter-compatible app/client).