Andromeda Alpha

OpenRouter chatvisionreasoning Free

API ID: openrouter/andromeda-alpha

Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Andromeda Alpha

This model has been revealed as NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 2 VL. It continues to be offered for free by NVIDIA [here](https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-nano-12b-v2-vl:free). This is a small reasoning VLM trained for image understanding. It's strengths include multi-image comprehension (6+ images), especially those containing charts and text. This is a cloaked model provided to the community to gather feedback. Note: All prompts and output are logged to improve the provider’s model and its product and services. Please do not upload any personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information. This is a trial use only. Do not use for production or business-critical systems.

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Price Ranking
#6 lowest price among 1240 Chat models — Top 20% cheapest!

Model Specifications

Context Length
128k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-10-21
Capabilities
chat vision reasoning
Input Modalities
imagetext
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)
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This model is completely free!

No token costs - use it without worrying about API bills.

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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Andromeda Alpha API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openrouter/andromeda-alpha",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)