Small Nemotron 3 MoE for efficient coding, math, and long-context agents
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) is listed for chat, reasoning workloads and supports a 256K context window.
Use it when OpenRouter's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.
We found 2 provider listings for nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.
| Provider | Model listing | Access | Context | API | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) | Free tier | 256K | OpenAI-style | 200 req/day (free tier) |
| | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Free tier | 262K | Native | Varies |
| Model | Provider | Context | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | NVIDIA NIM | 262K | Free tier |
| Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) | OpenRouter | 262K | Free tier |
| Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) | OpenRouter | 262K | Free tier |
| Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | OpenRouter | 256K | Free tier |
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) | OpenRouter | 128K | Free tier |
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) is tagged for reasoning in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) is listed with free API access on OpenRouter, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.
The model ID shown in this catalog is nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free.
The listed free tier limit is 200 req/day (free tier). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.
The listed context window is 256K tokens with up to 8K output tokens.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a Mixture-of-Experts language model with 30B total parameters (3B active), available free on OpenRouter. Designed for highest compute efficiency and accuracy in agentic AI systems. Features a 262K context window — exceptionally long for its size class. Fully open with weights, datasets, and recipes under the NVIDIA Open License for custom deployment. Also available directly on NVIDIA NIM. OpenAI-compatible. Free tier: 200 RPD.
For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the OpenRouter provider page.