Dots-studioMultimodalFreeReleased 14 August 2026
Dots3-Note Preview (free) pricing, context and benchmark
Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Dots Studio, with 16B active parameters out of 280B total.
512K
Input context
461K
Output context
Free
Official input
Free
Official output
n/a
AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | Dots3-Note Preview (free) |
| Model ID | dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free |
| Provider | Dots-studio |
| Release date | 14 August 2026 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 512,000 tokens |
| Output context | 460,800 tokens |
| Official input pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | Not published |
| Market input pricing | Free per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | Free per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Input modalities | text · image |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Other |
| Provider routes | 1 endpoint |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | Free in |
| Image | ✓ yes | no | Free in |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | no | no | not supported |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
02 · Overview
What is Dots3-Note Preview (free)?
Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Dots Studio, with 16B active parameters out of 280B total.
It is the lightest model in the Dots 3 family and is...
Dots3-Note Preview (free) carries a 512K token window, uses the Other tokenizer and is served by Dots-studio. On Hoodgen it sits in the Multimodal tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released14 August 2026
This is the only release of Dots3-Note Preview (free) on OpenRouter, released 14 August 2026. The provider has not published a knowledge cutoff, so treat training data as recent but unconfirmed for very new events.
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Vision
Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with Dots3-Note Preview (free)?
Document understanding
Screenshots, charts, scanned pages and PDFs read in the prompt.
Mixed media briefs
One thread holding text, images and files together.
Extraction
Schema constrained JSON out of messy inputs.
Research synthesis
Several sources condensed with the figures preserved.
09 · Pricing
Dots3-Note Preview (free) pricing
Official pricing
List price
Free / 1M in
Free / 1M out
- 512K context
- text, image input
Cheapest route
Free / 1M in
Free / 1M out
- 1 route on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasCloud | standard | Free | Free | n/a | 94.8% |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0000 | $0.00 | 1 |
| List price | $0.0000 | $0.00 | 1 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | prompt and max_tokens |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text+image->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 512,000 |
| Max completion tokens | 460,800 |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | 460,800 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
| Rate limits | Free routes are rate limited by the provider, so heavy batch jobs should use a paid route. |
12 · Comparison
Dots3-Note Preview (free) vs other Dots-studio models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dots3-Note Preview (free) | 512K | Free | Free | n/a | 2026 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to Dots-studio and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
Dots3-Note Preview (free) questions, answered
Dots3-Note Preview (free) is a multimodal model from Dots-studio, released 14 August 2026. Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Dots Studio, with 16B active parameters out of 280B total.
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Start chatting with Dots3-Note Preview (free)
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