Dolphin Mistral 24B by OpenRouter
No longer free
OpenRouter no longer serves cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free for free (checked Nov 3, 2026). Requests return a 404 that points to the paid ID cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition, which had 1 endpoint, from $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.90 per 1M output tokens.
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Is Dolphin Mistral 24B still free?
No. OpenRouter no longer serves cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free for free (checked Nov 3, 2026). Requests return a 404 that points to the paid ID cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition, which had 1 endpoint, from $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $0.90 per 1M output tokens.
What should I use instead of cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free?
Use the paid ID if the price fits, or move to a model that is still free and keep a paid fallback behind it. Our check of every OpenRouter :free ID lists what still answers today and what each dead ID costs on its paid slug: https://www.ayautomate.com/blog/openrouter-free-models
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