Models.dev
Hacker ApprovedModel database in AI tools
Free, open-source database of AI model specs and pricing, useful for comparing LLM endpoints. Critics say it lacks filtering and overlaps with many existing projects.
Free, open-source database of AI model specs and pricing, useful for comparing LLM endpoints. Critics say it lacks filtering and overlaps with many existing projects.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free resource for comparing LLM endpoints
“models.dev is an amazing free resource of LLM endpoints these guys have put together”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “OpenCode – The open source AI coding agent” “every comparison like this or at models.dev or arena.ai is good”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: We fingerprinted 178 AI models' writing styles and similarity clusters” Expected to stay updated
“Its interesting and pretty useful if it can be kept updated in long run.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” “I'm fairly confident it will be kept updated.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” Model comparison reference
“every comparison like this or at models.dev or arena.ai is good”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: We fingerprinted 178 AI models' writing styles and similarity clusters” “maybe you can get an inspiration from models.dev”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Offrun – manage every coding agent from one workspace”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lacks filtering features
“missing some obvious features like filtering on availability of tool calling”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” “the website could really use a filtering feature rather than just sorting”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” “Publishing a table without filter features should be illegal”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” Overlaps with many existing projects
“There are literally dozens of existing projects that are doing what you are trying to do.”
Comment from 22 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities” “needs to exist along side the 13+ other non-standards”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Models.dev: open-source database of AI model specs, pricing, and capabilities”
What people said
All 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“maybe you can get an inspiration from models.dev”
“I use models.dev's CLI tool, which I think gets data from OpenRouter”
“Very cool. This would be a game changer as an opencode plugin!”
“needs to exist along side the 13+ other non-standards”
“there’s no reason to have old ones in the list”
“missing some obvious features like filtering on availability of tool calling”
“Publishing a table without filter features should be illegal”
“This is missing data like when particular model was nerfed or how often provider routes to cheaper less capable model”
“I'm fairly confident it will be kept updated.”
“There are literally dozens of existing projects that are doing what you are trying to do.”
“Its interesting and pretty useful if it can be kept updated in long run.”
“The unified pricing table is helpful”
“the website could really use a filtering feature rather than just sorting”
“this table is fast af even it is huge with a lot of rows”
“every comparison like this or at models.dev or arena.ai is good”
“models.dev is an amazing free resource of LLM endpoints these guys have put together”
“It’s takes around 20sec to sort by one column on an iPhone 15 Pro”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.