OpenReel — the free Lightreel alternative

OpenReel

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Where OpenReel’s AI runs, and what it costs

Prices are for one typical use: one request of about 1,500 words sent and 375 words back. A higher quality score is better.

Not checked yet: publik has not read whether OpenReel can run its AI on your computer.

Price: $0.0010 per use, $1.00 per 1,000 usespublik-fast, the level OpenReel uses most
Quality: GLM-5.3 Flash: 42
Setup: Built in. No key to paste; linking your publik account gives $0.05 of free use, once.

Price: $0.0006 per use, $0.55 per 1,000 usesGLM-5.3 Flash at OpenRouter’s list price, before its fee for buying usage
Quality: GLM-5.3 Flash: 42
Setup: Open a provider account, add a card, paste the key into OpenReel.

Quality score and cost per 1,000 typical uses for local models and the three publik API levels
Model	Quality	Per 1,000 uses
On your computer (Ollama, 4-bit download size)
Granite 4.2 3B2.2 GB	9	$0
Phi-4 Mini2.5 GB	6	$0
Llama 3.1 8B4.9 GB	7	$0
gpt-oss 20B14 GB	9	$0
Gemma 4 31B20 GB	19*	$0
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B24 GB	19*	$0
publik API
publik-fastGLM-5.3 Flash · OpenReel	42	$1.00
publik-balancedMiMo-V2.6-Pro	46	$10.00
publik-smartGPT-6 Sol	48	$18.00

Quality: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2, read 2026-09-22 (publik API models 2026-09-25); * = estimated by Artificial Analysis. Sizes: the Ollama library, read 2026-09-22.

On your computer: nothing per use. You pay in disk space, memory and electricity, at lower quality.
publik API: publik’s published price for each use, in dollars, from your publik balance. It is above the model’s cost; the difference runs publik and pays the app’s builder.
Your own key: the provider’s price, billed to an account you keep with the provider.

Every step written out. No terminal experience needed. Pick your setup.

Where OpenReel’s AI runs, and what it costs

Prices are for one typical use: one request of about 1,500 words sent and 375 words back. A higher quality score is better.

Not checked yet: publik has not read whether OpenReel can run its AI on your computer.

Price: $0.0010 per use, $1.00 per 1,000 usespublik-fast, the level OpenReel uses most
Quality: GLM-5.3 Flash: 42
Setup: Built in. No key to paste; linking your publik account gives $0.05 of free use, once.

Price: $0.0006 per use, $0.55 per 1,000 usesGLM-5.3 Flash at OpenRouter’s list price, before its fee for buying usage
Quality: GLM-5.3 Flash: 42
Setup: Open a provider account, add a card, paste the key into OpenReel.

Quality score and cost per 1,000 typical uses for local models and the three publik API levels
Model	Quality	Per 1,000 uses
On your computer (Ollama, 4-bit download size)
Granite 4.2 3B2.2 GB	9	$0
Phi-4 Mini2.5 GB	6	$0
Llama 3.1 8B4.9 GB	7	$0
gpt-oss 20B14 GB	9	$0
Gemma 4 31B20 GB	19*	$0
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B24 GB	19*	$0
publik API
publik-fastGLM-5.3 Flash · OpenReel	42	$1.00
publik-balancedMiMo-V2.6-Pro	46	$10.00
publik-smartGPT-6 Sol	48	$18.00

Quality: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2, read 2026-09-22 (publik API models 2026-09-25); * = estimated by Artificial Analysis. Sizes: the Ollama library, read 2026-09-22.

On your computer: nothing per use. You pay in disk space, memory and electricity, at lower quality.
publik API: publik’s published price for each use, in dollars, from your publik balance. It is above the model’s cost; the difference runs publik and pays the app’s builder.
Your own key: the provider’s price, billed to an account you keep with the provider.