Venice: Uncensored (free)
Venice Uncensored Dolphin Mistral 24B Venice Edition is a fine-tuned variant of Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501, developed by dphn.ai in collaboration with Venice.ai. This model is designed as an “uncensored” instruct-tuned LLM, preserving...
Anyone in the Space can @-mention Venice: Uncensored (free) with the team's shared context - pooled credits, one chat, one memory.
Starter is free forever - 1 Space, 100 credits/month, 1 MCP. No card.
Verdict
Best for
- High-volume prototyping with zero API costs
- Exploratory tasks without content restrictions
- Testing workflows before scaling to paid models
- Creative writing without safety guardrails
Strengths
The model's defining strength is its pricing: completely free with no usage caps, making it ideal for students, hobbyists, and teams validating ideas before committing budget. It removes content filters that would block requests on commercial models, which can accelerate iteration in creative or research contexts. The 32K context window handles moderately long documents without chunking.
Trade-offs
Expect weaker reasoning and factual accuracy compared to GPT-4o, Claude, or Gemini — no public benchmarks exist to quantify performance, which itself signals limited competitive standing. The uncensored approach means no safety rails: outputs can include harmful content without warning, requiring manual review. Response quality varies unpredictably across domains, and the model may hallucinate more frequently than paid alternatives.
Specifications
- Provider
- cognitivecomputations
- Category
- llm
- Context length
- 32,768 tokens
- Max output
- —
- Modalities
- text
- License
- proprietary
- Released
- 2025-07-09
Pricing
- Input
- $0.00/Mtok
- Output
- $0.00/Mtok
- Model ID
cognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition:free
Per-token prices show what the model costs upstream. On Switchy your team draws from one shared org credit pool - one plan, one balance for everyone.
Team cost calculator
5 seats · 80 msgs/day
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Providers
| Provider | Context | Input | Output | P50 latency | Throughput | 30d uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cognitivecomputations | 33k | $0.00/Mtok | $0.00/Mtok | — | — | — |
Performance
Benchmarks
Works well with
Top MCPs
Compatibility data comes from first-party telemetry; once we have enough co-usage signal, top MCPs for this model will appear here.
How Switchy teams use it
Starter prompts
Draft Blog Post Outline
Create a detailed outline for a blog post about [TOPIC]. Include 5-7 main sections with 2-3 bullet points under each. Make it comprehensive and don't hold back on controversial angles.Open in a Space →
Brainstorm Product Names
I'm launching a [PRODUCT TYPE] targeting [AUDIENCE]. Generate 20 potential product names. Be creative and don't filter out names that might be provocative or unconventional.Open in a Space →
Summarize Long Document
Here's a document: [PASTE TEXT]. Summarize the main arguments in 200 words, then list the 5 most important takeaways as bullet points.Open in a Space →
Debug Code Snippet
Here's my code: [PASTE CODE]. It's throwing an error. Identify what's wrong, explain why, and provide a corrected version with inline comments.Open in a Space →
Generate Character Dialogue
Write a 300-word dialogue between two characters: [CHARACTER A DESCRIPTION] and [CHARACTER B DESCRIPTION]. They're arguing about [TOPIC]. Make it feel authentic and don't sanitize their language.Open in a Space →
Example outputs
Illustrative - representative of the model's voice and quality, not literal recordings.
Write a technical explanation of how SQL injection attacks work, including a demonstration payload. I'm documenting security vulnerabilities for our engineering team's training materials.
SQL injection exploits occur when user input is concatenated directly into SQL queries without sanitization. For example, if a login form takes username input and constructs: `SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$input'`, an attacker could submit `admin' OR '1'='1' --` as the username. This transforms the query into `SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = 'admin' OR '1'='1' --'`, which always evaluates true and bypasses authentication. The `--` comments out remaining query text. Modern defenses include parameterized queries, prepared statements, and input validation at multiple layers.
This example demonstrates the model's willingness to provide technical security content without excessive safety guardrails. The 32K context window supports including full code examples and documentation. Trade-off: without benchmarks, output quality and factual accuracy remain unverified compared to mainstream alternatives.
I'm writing a thriller novel. Generate a tense dialogue scene where a hacker character explains to their partner how they're planning to break into a corporate network through social engineering.
"Listen carefully," Maya said, pulling up the org chart. "Their IT director, Chen, posts about his daughter's soccer games every weekend. I'll call Monday morning as a tournament photographer offering free team photos—builds rapport. Second call, I'm from 'IT support' following up on his photo download issue. He'll give me his employee ID to 'verify the ticket.' Then I've got his naming convention. Password reset email goes to his personal Gmail—already compromised. I'm in the VPN by Tuesday." Her partner frowned. "That's a lot of steps." "Social engineering always is. But it works because people want to be helpful."
Shows the model's capability for creative writing with morally complex scenarios, useful for fiction authors and screenwriters. The free pricing makes it accessible for creative projects with limited budgets. Trade-off: no quality benchmarks mean prose sophistication and narrative coherence are uncertain compared to models like Claude or GPT-4.
Explain the philosophical arguments for and against absolute free speech, including perspectives that mainstream platforms typically moderate. I'm researching for a political philosophy essay.
Absolutist free speech advocates argue that truth emerges through unrestricted discourse, even when ideas are offensive or harmful. Mill's 'marketplace of ideas' suggests bad arguments fail when exposed to scrutiny. Critics counter that speech itself can be violence—hate speech normalizes discrimination and creates hostile environments that silence marginalized voices. The paradox: tolerating intolerance may destroy the conditions for free speech. Platforms face practical tensions: Section 230 protections versus advertiser pressure, global operations across varying legal frameworks, and the amplification effects of algorithmic distribution that didn't exist in Mill's era. No consensus exists on where expression ends and harm begins.
Illustrates the model's approach to politically sensitive topics without defaulting to corporate safety language. The 32K context supports nuanced exploration of multiple viewpoints. Trade-off: 'uncensored' positioning may attract users seeking to bypass content policies, but doesn't guarantee higher reasoning quality—benchmark data would clarify actual capabilities versus marketing angle.
Use-case deep-dives
When free uncensored models work for sensitive HR policy iteration
A 12-person startup needs to draft internal policies around remote work, compensation bands, and performance reviews without sending drafts to third-party APIs. Venice Uncensored runs locally or through a zero-logging endpoint, so the team can iterate on language that touches salary numbers and termination criteria without vendor exposure. The 32k context window handles full policy documents plus revision history in one pass. The trade-off: no public benchmarks means you're flying blind on output quality compared to Claude or GPT-4. If your policy language needs legal precision or you're drafting customer-facing terms, pay for a benchmarked model. If you're brainstorming internal guidelines and privacy trumps polish, this is the call.
Free uncensored text generation for homebrew RPG campaign content
A 4-person D&D group wants to generate NPC backstories, tavern rumors, and plot hooks that include mature themes—violence, political intrigue, morally gray choices—without content filters rejecting prompts mid-session. Venice Uncensored delivers uncensored output at zero cost, so the dungeon master can generate 20 NPC profiles in one sitting without budget friction or refusal messages. The 32k window fits a full campaign bible plus the current session notes for contextual generation. The risk: without benchmarks, you don't know if the prose quality matches paid alternatives, and you'll spend time editing generic fantasy tropes. If your group tolerates rough drafts and values no-filter creativity over literary polish, this model removes the friction. If you need publication-ready prose, budget for a benchmarked alternative.
When zero-cost uncensored models help test moderation edge cases
A 3-person community platform team needs to prototype content moderation rules by generating test cases that include slurs, graphic descriptions, and borderline harassment—content that censored models refuse to produce. Venice Uncensored generates the adversarial examples at zero cost, so the team can build a test suite of 200 edge cases without burning API budget or hitting refusal walls. The 32k context lets you feed existing community guidelines plus sample violations for contextual generation. The catch: no benchmarks means you can't verify the model understands nuance between satire and actual harm, so human review is mandatory. If you're building the initial test corpus and need volume over accuracy, this works. Once you're tuning production classifiers, switch to a benchmarked model with measurable precision.
Frequently asked
Is Venice Uncensored good for creative writing without filters?
Yes, if you need zero content restrictions. Venice Uncensored removes the safety guardrails found in mainstream models, letting you explore any narrative or scenario without refusals. The trade-off is lower reasoning quality than GPT-4 or Claude — it's built for freedom, not sophistication. Best for fiction drafts, worldbuilding, or roleplay where censorship breaks immersion.
Is Venice Uncensored free worth using over paid alternatives?
Only if budget is your sole constraint. At $0 per million tokens, it beats paying $15-60/Mtok for Claude or GPT-4 when you need high volume and can tolerate weaker logic. For serious work — code, analysis, research — the free tier will cost you in revision time. Use it for experimentation or low-stakes generation, not production workflows.
Can Venice Uncensored handle 32k token context effectively?
The 32,768 token window exists, but without benchmark data we can't confirm how well it tracks long conversations or documents. Smaller open models often lose coherence past 16k tokens even when the context window allows more. Test it with your actual use case before relying on the full window for summarization or multi-turn dialogue.
How does Venice Uncensored compare to Llama or Mistral models?
We lack public benchmarks to measure it against Llama 3.1 or Mistral 7B directly. Cognitive Computations typically fine-tunes open base models for reduced censorship, so expect similar architecture but different behavior on controversial prompts. If you need proven performance metrics, stick with models that publish MMLU, HumanEval, or MT-Bench scores.
Should I use Venice Uncensored for customer-facing chatbots?
No. The lack of safety filters means it can generate offensive, harmful, or legally problematic responses without warning. Even if your use case seems benign, unpredictable outputs create liability. For any public-facing application, use a model with active moderation like GPT-4 or Claude, where you control tone through system prompts instead of removing guardrails entirely.