NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: NVIDIA: Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) model details · Nemotron family · Nvidia provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.18 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL | Inclusionai | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.06 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B | Meta | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.35 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Meta: Muse Glimmer 30B (batch) | Meta | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.17 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Z.ai: GLM 4.6V | Z Ai | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | DeepSeek | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.22 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch) | DeepSeek | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.11 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → | |
| 11 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → | |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) | shares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |