LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free)

LiquidAI LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct is a small text-in, text-out language model from Liquid AI with a 32,768-token context window. It accepts only text input and does not support tool use, reasoning modes, or structured output. The free tier carries no stated limit on completion tokens in the published specs, though users should test output length in practice. The clearest case for shortlisting this model is cost: it is entirely free, making it worth evaluating for high-volume or experimental workloads where budget is the binding constraint. The tradeoff is transparency; there is no independent benchmark coverage yet, so quality relative to other small models is unproven. Teams that need verified performance data before committing to a model should treat this as a candidate to test internally, not one with a published track record to rely on.