Is Duck.ai (DuckDuckGo) free?
Free private AI chat with several selectable models and a daily usage limit.
Current free offer summary
Duck.ai is free with a daily usage limit. DuckDuckGo does not publish a fixed user-facing message count or a reset time for free users on the checked usage-limits page. Model and prompt costs vary, so more advanced models consume more of the limit.
What Duck.ai (DuckDuckGo) does
Duck.ai offers free chats with Claude 4.5 Haiku, Mistral Small 4, GPT-5.4 nano, GPT-5.4 mini, gpt-oss-120b, and Gemma 4 31B. DuckDuckGo says it anonymizes chats, does not store them by default, and does not use them to train models; providers agree to delete prompts and responses after generating a reply and not train on them. Optional Sync & Backup stores chats in end-to-end encrypted form.
- Anonymous AI chat
- Multi-model switching
- Privacy protection
- Zero login required
Best for
- ✓ Privacy-focused AI conversations
- ✓ Anonymous testing of multiple LLMs
- ✓ Quick questions without account creation
- ✓ Zero-tracking chat sessions
Important limits
- • A daily usage limit applies, but no fixed public message count is stated
- • Available free models can change
- • Optional Sync & Backup stores chats in end-to-end encrypted form
FreeAIList verdict
Duck.ai is a free way to compare several models with a privacy-focused intermediary and no account requirement. Its daily limit is not published as a fixed number, so availability can depend on model choice and usage.
Paid plans: DuckDuckGo Plus and Pro subscriptions provide higher Duck.ai usage limits. Current prices and availability vary; check DuckDuckGo’s subscription page.
Official sources
These links support the important free-offer claims on this page.
- What AI chat models are available in Duck.ai? ↗
DuckDuckGo currently lists free Duck.ai access to Claude 4.5 Haiku, Mistral Small 4, GPT-5.4 nano, GPT-5.4 mini, gpt-oss-120b, and Gemma 4 31B.
- How Duck.ai protects my privacy ↗
DuckDuckGo says chats are anonymized, not stored by default, and not used for model training; optional Sync & Backup stores chats end-to-end encrypted.
- Does Duck.ai have usage limits? ↗
DuckDuckGo says free Duck.ai has a daily usage limit; this page does not state a reset time or fixed free message count. Its midnight UTC reset details apply to subscribers.