CoBuddy (free)
Baidu Qianfan CoBuddy (free) — pricing, 131k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
Specs
- Provider
- Baidu Qianfan
- Slug
- baidu/cobuddy-free
- Capabilities
- tools
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking CoBuddy (free) pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call CoBuddy (free) from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "baidu/cobuddy-free",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'
Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="baidu/cobuddy-free",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "baidu/cobuddy-free",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);
Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is CoBuddy (free)?
CoBuddy (free) is a large language model API from Baidu Qianfan with a 131k-token context window. It costs $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens.
How much does CoBuddy (free) cost?
CoBuddy (free) is priced at $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens via the Baidu Qianfan API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.
What is the context window of CoBuddy (free)?
CoBuddy (free) supports up to 131k tokens of context per request — roughly 262 pages of English text or 16384 lines of code at a typical density.
Does CoBuddy (free) support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
CoBuddy (free) supports tool/function calling. It does not support image input (vision) and structured JSON mode.
Who makes CoBuddy (free)?
CoBuddy (free) is built and operated by Baidu Qianfan. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Baidu Qianfan's public catalog.
Can I self-host CoBuddy (free)?
CoBuddy (free) is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Baidu Qianfan, so it cannot be self-hosted today.