Best AI Models for Agents

Building AI agents? These 399 models support function calling and are ranked by their agentic capability coverage - tool use, reasoning, JSON output, streaming, vision, and web search.

399

Agent-Ready

325

+ Reasoning

368

+ JSON Mode

166

+ Web Search

Free

Full-Stack Agent Models

5+ agentic capabilities

#	Model	Provider	Score	Caps	$/1M Out
1	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	Anthropic	96	6	$50.00
2	Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	96	6	$25.00
3	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	Anthropic	96	6	$50.00
4	Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	96	6	$25.00
5	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	95	6	$20.00
6	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	Anthropic	95	6	$25.00
7	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	Anthropic	95	6	$25.00
8	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	Anthropic	95	6	$25.00
9	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	93	6	$180.00
10	GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	93	6	$90.00
11	GPT-5.5OpenAI	OpenAI	93	6	$30.00
12	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	Google	92	6	$12.00
13	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	92	6	$12.00
14	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google	Google	92	6	$6.00
15	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	92	6	$180.00
16	GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	92	6	$90.00
17	GPT-5.4OpenAI	OpenAI	92	6	$15.00
18	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	91	6	$14.00
19	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	91	6	$14.00
20	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	91	6	$168.00
21	GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	91	6	$84.00
22	GPT-5.2OpenAI	OpenAI	91	6	$14.00
23	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	90	6	$25.00
24	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$1.20
25	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$0.60
26	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$1.20
27	GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$0.60
28	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$12.00
29	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$6.00
30	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$12.00
31	GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$6.00
32	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$20.00
33	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
34	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$20.00
35	GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
36	GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$15.00
37	GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$7.50
38	Grok 4.7xAI	xAI	89	6	$6.00
39	Grok 4.6xAI	xAI	89	6	$6.00
40	Grok 4.5xAI	xAI	89	6	$6.00
41	Grok 4.3xAI	xAI	89	6	$2.50
42	Grok 4.20xAI	xAI	89	6	$2.50
43	GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$7.00
44	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
45	GPT-5.1OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
46	GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$5.00
47	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
48	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$2.00
49	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$120.00
50	GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$60.00
51	GPT-5OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$10.00
52	GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	89	6	$5.00
53	Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI	xAI	89	6	$2.00
54	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	Google	88	6	$3.00
55	Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google	Google	88	6	$1.50
56	Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI	xAI	88	6	$4.80
57	Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI	xAI	88	6	$4.80
58	o3 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	87	6	$80.00
59	o3OpenAI	OpenAI	87	6	$8.00
60	o3 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	87	6	$4.00
61	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	6	$10.00
62	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	6	$10.00
63	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	85	6	$15.00
64	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	85	6	$25.00
65	Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	85	6	$12.50
66	Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	6	$12.50
67	Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	6	$12.50
68	Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	84	6	$12.50
69	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	Google	84	6	$10.00
70	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	Google	84	6	$10.00
71	Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	83	6	$37.50
72	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	82	6	$15.00
73	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	OpenAI	82	6	$50.00
74	GPT-6 Astra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	82	6	$25.00
75	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	82	6	$50.00
76	GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	82	6	$25.00
77	o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	81	6	$2.20
78	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	Google	81	6	$4.13
79	Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Google	Google	81	6	$1.88
80	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	79	6	$1.25
81	GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	79	6	$0.63
82	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	79	6	$4.50
83	GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	79	6	$2.25
84	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	79	6	$0.40
85	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	Google	79	6	$2.50
86	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	79	6	$2.50
87	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	79	6	$1.25
88	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	Google	79	6	$9.00
89	Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google	Google	79	6	$4.50
90	GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	77	6	$1.00
91	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	77	6	$0.40
92	GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	77	6	$0.20
93	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	75	6	$7.50
94	Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	75	6	$7.50
95	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	Google	71	6	$1.50
96	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70	6	$0.50
97	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70	6	$5.00
98	Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	70	6	$2.50
99	Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	58	6	$0.25
100	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	41	6	$2.00
101	GPT-6.1 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
102	GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$2.50
103	GPT-6.1 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
104	GPT-6.1 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$2.50
105	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	Google	40	6	$10.00
106	Gemini 4 Argon (batch)Google	Google	40	6	$5.00
107	Muse Wondermeta	meta	40	6	$20.00
108	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$10.00
109	GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
110	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$10.00
111	GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
112	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	6	$5.00
113	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$0.50
114	GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$0.25
115	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$0.50
116	GPT-6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$0.25
117	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$10.00
118	GPT-6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
119	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$10.00
120	GPT-6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	6	$5.00
121	Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	6	$10.00
122	GPT Astra Latest~openai	~openai	40	6	$50.00
123	GPT Sol Latest~openai	~openai	40	6	$10.00
124	GPT Terra Latest~openai	~openai	40	6	$5.00
125	GPT Luna Latest~openai	~openai	40	6	$0.50
126	Fugu Ultra v2sakana	sakana	40	6	$30.00
127	Fugu Maxsakana	sakana	40	6	$6.00
128	Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta	meta	40	6	$0.20
129	Muse Spark 1.3meta	meta	40	6	$4.25
130	Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta	meta	40	6	$0.20
131	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	Google	40	6	$3.75
132	Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Google	Google	40	6	$1.88
133	Sakana Namazusakana	sakana	40	6	$4.00
134	Muse Spark 1.2meta	meta	40	6	$4.25
135	Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	40	6	$12.50
136	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	Google	40	6	$3.75
137	Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google	Google	40	6	$1.88
138	Muse Spark 1.1meta	meta	40	6	$4.25
139	Grok Latest~x-ai	~x-ai	40	6	$6.00
140	Nano Banana 2.1Google	Google	-	6	$7.50
141	Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	-	6	$5.00
142	Fugu Ultrasakana	sakana	-	6	$30.00
143	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google	Google	-	6	$12.00
144	Claude Fable Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	6	$50.00
145	Grok Build 0.1xAI	xAI	-	6	$2.00
146	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	-	6	$1.50
147	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	-	6	$0.75
148	Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	6	$0.50
149	GPT Mini Latest~openai	~openai	-	6	$4.50
150	Gemini Pro Latest~google	~google	-	6	$10.00
151	Gemini Flash Latest~google	~google	-	6	$3.75
152	Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	6	$10.00
153	Claude Opus Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	-	6	$20.00
154	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	91	5	$14.00
155	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	Anthropic	82	5	$75.00
156	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	Google	76	5	$0.40
157	Gemma 4 31B (free)Google	Google	76	5	Free
158	o3 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	74	5	$2.20
159	GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	72	5	$5.00
160	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba	Alibaba	71	5	$3.60
161	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba	Alibaba	70	5	$2.08
162	GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	5	$1.25
163	GLM 5.3 FlashXZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	5	$1.25
164	GLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	5	$0.08
165	GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	70	5	$0.18
166	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba	Alibaba	69	5	$2.60
167	GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	5	$4.00
168	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	69	5	$1.00
169	Mistral Large 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	68	5	$2.10
170	GLM 4.5VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	5	$1.80
171	GPT-4.1OpenAI	OpenAI	68	5	$8.00
172	GPT-4.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	68	5	$4.00
173	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba	Alibaba	67	5	$0.25
174	GPT-4o-mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	63	5	$0.30
175	GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	59	5	$0.80
176	GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	59	5	$0.20
177	GPT-4 Turbo (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	57	5	$15.00
178	Command A+Cohere	Cohere	52	5	$1.50
179	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	48	5	$3.41
180	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	48	5	$3.32
181	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	44	5	$1.60
182	Hy4Tencent	Tencent	40	5	$1.25
183	Particle-1particle-ai	particle-ai	40	5	$0.50
184	Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	5	$10.00
185	MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax	MiniMax	40	5	$0.60
186	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	5	$0.50
187	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	5	$0.20
188	Glimpseelorian	elorian	40	5	$3.00
189	Ternary Bonsai 2 9Bprism-ml	prism-ml	40	5	$0.13
190	Muse Spark Openmeta	meta	40	5	$4.25
191	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	5	$0.50
192	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	40	5	Free
193	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	StepFun	40	5	$2.70
194	Perceptron Mk1.5perceptron	perceptron	40	5	$1.50
195	Ember-1fireworks	fireworks	40	5	$15.00
196	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$12.00
197	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	5	$8.70
198	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	5	$0.28
199	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	Xiaomi	40	5	$0.87
200	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$0.47
201	Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bprism-ml	prism-ml	40	5	$0.50
202	DeepSeek Flash Latest~deepseek	~deepseek	40	5	$0.50
203	Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionai	inclusionai	40	5	$0.18
204	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	5	$0.57
205	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	5	$0.20
206	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$6.00
207	GLM Flash Latest~z-ai	~z-ai	40	5	$0.08
208	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$0.47
209	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	DeepSeek	40	5	$1.32
210	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$1.88
211	Qwen3.8 27B (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$2.00
212	Dots3-Note Preview (free)dots-studio	dots-studio	40	5	Free
213	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance	ByteDance	40	5	$2.50
214	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance	ByteDance	40	5	$3.00
215	Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta	meta	40	5	$1.20
216	Muse Glimmer 30B (batch)meta	meta	40	5	$0.96
217	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	40	5	$0.13
218	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	5	$16.00
219	Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	40	5	$6.00
220	Jev Routertypesafe	typesafe	40	5	$-1000000.00
221	Crouton Alphastealth	stealth	-	5	Free
222	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	-	5	$3.50
223	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.28
224	Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$0.92
225	MiniMax M3MiniMax	MiniMax	-	5	$1.20
226	MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax	MiniMax	-	5	$0.88
227	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	StepFun	-	5	$1.15
228	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	OpenAI	-	5	$30.00
229	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	5	$7.50
230	Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	5	$3.75
231	Kimi Latest~moonshotai	~moonshotai	-	5	$9.75
232	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.80
233	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.13
234	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$0.90
235	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$3.20
236	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	Xiaomi	-	5	$2.00
237	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	Google	-	5	$0.30
238	Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google	Google	-	5	Free
239	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.95
240	Mistral Small 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	-	5	$0.60
241	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance	ByteDance	-	5	$2.00
242	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance	ByteDance	-	5	$0.40
243	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$0.26
244	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.56
245	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance	ByteDance	-	5	$0.30
246	Seed 1.6ByteDance	ByteDance	-	5	$2.00
247	GLM 4.6VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	-	5	$0.90
248	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	-	5	$1.00
249	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	-	5	$0.40

Strong Agent Models

4 agentic capabilities

#	Model	Provider	Score	Context	$/1M Out
1	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	DeepSeek	83	164K	$0.38
2	R1 0528DeepSeek	DeepSeek	79	164K	$2.15
3	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	DeepSeek	72	164K	$0.41
4	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	DeepSeek	72	164K	$0.95
5	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
6	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
7	GPT-4oOpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$10.00
8	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	OpenAI	71	128K	$15.00
9	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	Meta	70	524K	$1.00
10	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	OpenAI	69	128K	$0.60
11	GLM 5.3 PrimeZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1M	$8.80
12	GLM 5.3Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$1.40
13	GLM 5.3 (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$2.00
14	GLM 5.2Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$6.80
15	GLM 5.2 (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	69	1.0M	$1.27
16	GLM 5.1Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	205K	$4.40
17	GLM 5 TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	203K	$4.00
18	GLM 5Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	68	205K	$3.20
19	GLM 4.7Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	67	205K	$2.20
20	GLM 4.6Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	67	205K	$2.00

What Makes a Model Good for Agents?

Function Calling (Required)

The foundation of agentic AI. Models must be able to decide when and how to call external tools - APIs, databases, file systems, web browsers. Without this, agents can only produce text, not take action.

JSON Mode (Highly Recommended)

Agents need to produce structured, parseable output reliably. JSON mode ensures the model always returns valid JSON, preventing the parsing errors that break automated workflows.

Reasoning (For Complex Tasks)

Chain-of-thought reasoning helps agents plan multi-step sequences, recover from errors, and make better decisions about which tools to use. Critical for complex autonomous workflows.

Streaming (For Real-Time UX)

Streaming lets you observe agent actions in real-time - see which tools it's calling, watch it reason through problems, and intervene early if it goes off track. Essential for interactive agent interfaces.

Vision (For Multimodal Agents)

Vision-capable agents can process screenshots, analyze charts, read documents, and interact with visual interfaces. Required for browser automation, document processing, and GUI agents.

Web Search (For Research Agents)

Built-in web search lets agents find current information without custom search tool integrations. Ideal for research agents, fact-checkers, and competitive analysis workflows.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Agent-capable models need strong function calling (tool use), reasoning ability, long context windows, and reliable instruction following. They must decide when to use tools, handle multi-step plans, and recover from errors.

GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.0 are the top choices for AI agents. They offer reliable function calling, strong reasoning, and the ability to maintain context across long multi-step workflows.

Chatbots respond to individual messages. AI agents autonomously execute multi-step tasks - browsing the web, writing code, calling APIs, and making decisions. Agents use tool calling and planning capabilities that go beyond simple conversation.