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 10/19/2026, 1:57:12 AM

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
RankModelStatusStabilityAvg latencyCostVisionLast testedRecommended use
#1
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
alive based on 15m blended telemetry.
alive98.07676 msultra cheapYes10/16/2026, 3:12:34 AMcheap fast text route
#2
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
struggling based on 15m blended telemetry.
struggling69.382509 msfreeNo3/24/2026, 1:56:53 AMstable free text pick
#3
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini
shaky based on 15m blended telemetry.
shaky35—cheapYes10/16/2026, 3:17:36 AMemergency reliability fallback
#4
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano
shaky based on 15m blended telemetry.
shaky35—cheapYes3/24/2026, 1:56:55 AMemergency cheap fallback
#5
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)
shaky based on 15m blended telemetry.
shaky35—freeYes3/24/2026, 1:56:57 AMfast free text backup
#6
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
shaky based on 15m blended telemetry.
shaky35—ultra cheapNo3/24/2026, 1:56:59 AMcheap text fallback