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title: "elephant-1:free Cost Calculator - OpenRouter"
description: "Calculate the cost of using elephant-1:free from OpenRouter. Input costs $0.0000 and output $0.0000 per 1M tokens."
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# elephant-1:free Cost Calculator - OpenRouter

> Calculate the cost of using elephant-1:free from OpenRouter. Input costs $0.0000 and output $0.0000 per 1M tokens.

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## About elephant-1:free

elephant-1:free is a decisions model from OpenRouter. It accepts up to 16K input tokens.

## Pricing

Published OpenRouter pricing for elephant-1:free.

- **$0.0000 / 1M tokens Input.**
- **$0.0000 / 1M tokens Output.**

## Technical Specifications

- **Decisions Mode.**
- **16,384 Max Input Tokens.**
- **14,745 Max Output Tokens.**
- **14,745 Max Tokens.**

## How Pricing Compares

| Model | Provider | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | vs elephant-1:free |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| clef-omni | Cloudflare | $0.15 | $0.0000 | - |
| clef | Cloudflare | $0.24 | $0.0000 | - |
| clef-flash | Cloudflare | $0.09 | $0.0000 | - |
| ai_decide | Databricks | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | - |
| pplx-decider-v1-27b | Perplexity | $0.02 | $0.0000 | - |

## More from OpenRouter

- [mammoth-1:free ($0.0000/1M input)](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter/model/mammoth-1-free.md)
- [mercury-decide:free ($0.0000/1M input)](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter/model/mercury-decide-free.md)
- [span-01-lite ($0.0000/1M input)](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter/model/span-01-lite.md)
- [span-01-lite:free ($0.0000/1M input)](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter/model/span-01-lite-free.md)

## Related Resources

- [OpenRouter status](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openrouter.md)
- [All OpenRouter pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter.md)

## FAQ

### Is elephant-1:free cheaper than clef-omni?

Yes. elephant-1:free costs $0.0000 per 1M input tokens compared to clef-omni's $0.15 per 1M input tokens. Both are decisions models and share support for vision, audio input.

### What are the best alternatives to elephant-1:free?

The most comparable decisions models to elephant-1:free are: clef-omni from Cloudflare ($0.15/1M input tokens); clef from Cloudflare ($0.24/1M input tokens); clef-flash from Cloudflare ($0.09/1M input tokens); ai_decide from Databricks ($0.0000/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.

### How do I check if OpenRouter is down?

You can monitor OpenRouter service health in real time on the Bifrost OpenRouter Status page. It tracks current component status, active incidents, and historical reliability data pulled from the official status page every 60 seconds.

### How do I calculate elephant-1:free costs?

elephant-1:free is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $0.0000 and generating 1M output tokens costs $0.0000.

## Related Resources

- [All OpenRouter pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openrouter.md)
- [LLM cost calculator](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator.md)
- [Model library](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/model-library.md)
- [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing.md)
- [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise)
- [Book a Demo: Bifrost demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo)
- [Resources: Bifrost resources](https://www.getmaxim.ai/resources.md)

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