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Yes. You can currently use Gemini Pro 2.5 for free and that's as good as the best paid models. Local models pretty much all suck and are a waste of time, you need a corporate model to do anything complex.

You could technically trying and get into a proxy to use other big models for free, but that's more complicated. There's also other free big models but Gemini's generally the best to use currently.
Just be aware there's a big learning curve to start with, but it's worth it. This thing can even do TTRPGs with full rules semi-decently.