Usage Scenarios - Featherless AI

Vision & Image Analysis

Analyze screenshots, photos, diagrams, and extract information from images. These models accept image inputs alongside text.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
mistralai/Magistral-Small-2506	24B	Strong general vision capabilities, fast inference	Test
Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct	30B	Qwen vision-language model, strong multimodal	Test
unsloth/gemma-3-12b-it	12B	Compact Gemma 3 vision, good balance of speed and quality	Test

curl https://api.featherless.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "mistralai/Magistral-Small-2506",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": [
        {"type": "text", "text": "Describe what you see in this image."},
        {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,..."}}
      ]}
    ]
  }'

OCR & Document Analysis

Extract text from images, scanned documents, receipts, and handwriting. Vision models with strong text recognition.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
mistralai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506	24B	Latest Mistral Small with excellent OCR accuracy	Test
mistralai/Magistral-Small-2507	24B	Dedicated vision model optimized for document understanding	Test
Qwen/Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct	30B	Strong multilingual OCR capabilities	Test

Chat & Assistant

General-purpose conversation, Q&A, summarization, and instruction following for chatbot and assistant applications.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
NousResearch/Hermes-4-70B	70B	Top-tier conversational quality with excellent instruction following	Test
Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct	72B	Strong multilingual chat with 72B parameters	Test
meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct	70B	Official Meta model, reliable and well-rounded	Test
NousResearch/Hermes-4-14B	14B	Great quality-to-size ratio for faster responses	Test

Coding Assistance

Write, debug, explain, and refactor code across multiple programming languages.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct	480B	Massive MoE coder with state-of-the-art code generation	Test
microsoft/NextCoder-32B	32B	Microsoft's dedicated coding model, strong on real-world tasks	Test
Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct	32B	Excellent code understanding and generation, widely used	Test
nvidia/OpenCodeReasoning-Nemotron-32B	32B	Reasoning-focused coder for complex logic tasks	Test

Reasoning & Thinking

Complex problem solving, chain-of-thought reasoning, mathematical proofs, and logical analysis.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B	70B	DeepSeek R1 distill with strong reasoning chains	Test
nvidia/AceMath-72B-Instruct	72B	NVIDIA's top math-specialized model	Test
nvidia/OpenReasoning-Nemotron-32B	32B	Efficient reasoning model at 32B parameters	Test

Creative Writing

Storytelling, fiction, roleplay, creative content generation, and narrative writing.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
Envoid/L3-TenyxChat-Daybreak-Storywriter-RAE-70B	70B	Purpose-built storywriter with rich narrative capabilities	Test
Envoid/Llama-3.05-Nemotron-Tenyxchat-Storybreaker-70B	70B	Advanced creative writing with 32K context	Test

Cyber Security

Security analysis, threat assessment, vulnerability research, and defensive cybersecurity applications.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
trend-cybertron/Llama-Primus-Nemotron-70B-Instruct	70B	Cybersecurity-focused model by Trend Micro	Test
arcee-ai/Llama-3-SEC-Chat	70B	Security-oriented chat model for threat analysis	Test

Multi-language & Translation

Translation, multilingual chat, and cross-language understanding for global applications.

Model	Size	Why	Try It
Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct	72B	Excellent coverage of CJK and many other languages	Test
aisingapore/Llama-SEA-LION-v3-70B-IT	70B	Specialized for Southeast Asian languages	Test

Not Available on Featherless

Featherless focuses on text-based LLMs. The following require different architectures:

Capability	Status	Alternative
Image Generation	Not Available	Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Midjourney
Video Generation	Not Available	Runway, AnimateDiff, Kling
Audio/Speech/TTS	Not Available	ElevenLabs, Bark, XTTS
Image Editing/Inpainting	Not Available	ControlNet, Stable Inpainting

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