Agents & automation — what's actually free

7 hand-checked tools. Each one says what you get without paying and when we last verified it.

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LocalAI

Self-hosted / local · Code & dev · Agents & automation
Open source✓ VerifiedSelf-hostable

Free: Free and open source (MIT). Drop-in API compatibility with OpenAI, Anthropic and ElevenLabs — no GPU required

A drop-in OpenAI-compatible API running on your own machine

Checked 2026-07-30

Google AI Studio

Code & dev · Agents & automation
Free tier✓ Verified

Free: Free access to the model playground plus a free API tier with rate-limited requests

Free playground and API keys for Gemini models

Checked 2026-07-30

Dify

Agents & automation · Code & dev · Self-hosted / local
Open source✓ VerifiedSelf-hostable

Free: Free and self-hostable with Docker under the Dify Open Source License; a capped hosted free plan also exists

Visual builder for LLM apps and agents, self-hostable

Checked 2026-07-30

OpenHands

Code & dev · Agents & automation · Self-hosted / local
Open source✓ VerifiedSelf-hostable

Free: Free and open source (MIT); point it at a local or paid model, your choice

An open-source coding agent you can point at your own models

Checked 2026-07-30

Browser Use

Agents & automation · Data & backend · Self-hosted / local
Open source✓ VerifiedSelf-hostable

Free: Free and open source (MIT); self-host with Python or Docker

Let an AI drive a real browser for you

Checked 2026-07-30

Langflow

Agents & automation · Code & dev · Self-hosted / local
Open source✓ VerifiedSelf-hostable

Free: Free and open source (MIT), runs locally

Wire up an AI pipeline by dragging boxes

Checked 2026-07-30

Opal

Agents & automation · Code & dev
Free tierUnverified

Free: Free to use in supported regions with a Google account; built apps are shareable by link

Describe an AI mini-app in a sentence and get a working one

Checked 2026-07-30
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