Should you use nemotron-3.5-lightning?
nemotron-3.5-lightning is listed for chat, reasoning workloads and supports a 1.0M context window.
Use it when Kilo Code's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.
https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free nemotron-3.5-lightning is listed for chat, reasoning workloads and supports a 1.0M context window.
Use it when Kilo Code's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.
We found 2 provider listings for nemotron-3-5-lightning. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.
| Provider | Model listing | Access | Context | API | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free | Free tier | 1.0M | OpenAI-style | 200 req/hr |
| | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | Free tier | 1.0M | OpenAI-style | 200 req/day (free tier) |
| Model | Provider | Context | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | OpenRouter | 1.0M | Free tier |
| nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free | Kilo Code | 1.0M | Free tier |
| stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free | Kilo Code | 262K | Free tier |
| nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free | Kilo Code | 262K | Free tier |
| nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free | Kilo Code | 256K | Free tier |
nemotron-3.5-lightning is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
nemotron-3.5-lightning is tagged for reasoning in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
nemotron-3.5-lightning is listed with free API access on Kilo Code, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.
The model ID shown in this catalog is nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free.
The listed free tier limit is 200 req/hr. Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.
The listed context window is 1.0M tokens with up to 65K output tokens.
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