GifGPT
Model Health
We continuously monitor which free and cheap AI models are actually alive right now. The same telemetry that protects GifGPT routing powers this public scoreboard.
Last updated 5/18/2026, 11:49:58 PM
Radar coverage
Models monitored
6
Current signal
Alive now
1
Best free pick
Most stable free model
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
Speed winner
Fastest cheap model
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
15m blendfree + cheaptext + visionpublic-safe reasons only
| Rank | Model | Status | Stability | Avg latency | Cost | Vision | Last tested | Recommended use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite alive based on 15m blended telemetry. | alive | 98.07 | 676 ms | ultra cheap | Yes | 5/18/2026, 3:04:58 AM | cheap fast text route |
| #2 | Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) struggling based on 15m blended telemetry. | struggling | 69.38 | 2509 ms | free | No | 3/24/2026, 1:56:53 AM | stable free text pick |
| #3 | OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini shaky based on 15m blended telemetry. | shaky | 35 | — | cheap | Yes | 5/5/2026, 2:56:23 PM | emergency reliability fallback |
| #4 | OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano shaky based on 15m blended telemetry. | shaky | 35 | — | cheap | Yes | 3/24/2026, 1:56:55 AM | emergency cheap fallback |
| #5 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free) shaky based on 15m blended telemetry. | shaky | 35 | — | free | Yes | 3/24/2026, 1:56:57 AM | fast free text backup |
| #6 | Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct shaky based on 15m blended telemetry. | shaky | 35 | — | ultra cheap | No | 3/24/2026, 1:56:59 AM | cheap text fallback |