Competitive Landscape Tracker
Maps the full AI model ecosystem by positioning 300 models along score vs price axes. Discover hidden gems that deliver top-tier performance at low cost, and identify overpriced models to avoid.
Landscape Overview
Total Mapped
300
models analyzed
Premium Leaders
94
high score + high cost
Hidden Gems
51
high score + low cost
Budget Options
94
low score + low cost
Overpriced
53
low score + high cost
Model Distribution by Quadrant
Premium Leaders31.3%
Hidden Gems17.0%
Budget Options31.3%
Overpriced17.7%
Free Tier2.7%
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Quadrant Map
Score vs Price positioningHigh Score
Hidden Gems
Best value - high quality, low price
51models
Avg score: 75
Premium Leaders
Top tier, but expensive
94models
Avg score: 85
Budget Options
Affordable, lower performance
94models
Avg score: 43
Overpriced
High cost, underwhelming score
53models
Avg score: 42
Low CostHigh Cost
Hidden Gems
Above-median score, below-median cost - sorted by value ratio| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M | Value Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 77 | $0.112 | 682.7 |
| 2 | GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Zhipu AI | 70 | $0.115 | 606.1 |
| 3 | GPT-5 NanoOpenAI | 77 | $0.225 | 341.3 |
| 4 | Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 67 | $0.210 | 316.7 |
| 5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 79 | $0.250 | 316.4 |
| 6 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 83 | $0.320 | 260.6 |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 8 | GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $0.350 | 254.3 |
| 9 | Gemma 4 31BGoogle | 76 | $0.300 | 253.0 |
| 10 | Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | 70 | $0.300 | 233.0 |
| 11 | GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 79 | $0.362 | 218.8 |
| 12 | GLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AI | 70 | $0.325 | 214.5 |
| 13 | DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek | 72 | $0.340 | 211.2 |
| 14 | GPT-4o-miniOpenAI | 69 | $0.375 | 184.8 |
| 15 | GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 77 | $0.563 | 136.5 |
| 16 | GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI | 89 | $0.700 | 127.1 |
| 17 | GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | 89 | $0.700 | 127.1 |
| 18 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba | 69 | $0.570 | 120.5 |
| 19 | DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek | 72 | $0.600 | 119.7 |
| 20 | Gemma 2 27BGoogle | 77 | $0.650 | 119.1 |
| 21 | DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | 70 | $0.605 | 114.9 |
| 22 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google | 79 | $0.700 | 112.9 |
| 23 | GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 79 | $0.725 | 109.4 |
| 24 | Llama 4 MaverickMeta | 70 | $0.675 | 104.3 |
| 25 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google | 88 | $0.875 | 101.0 |
| 26 | DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek | 72 | $0.715 | 100.4 |
| 27 | Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta | 67 | $0.690 | 96.8 |
| 28 | GLM 5.3Zhipu AI | 69 | $0.735 | 93.7 |
| 29 | GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalZhipu AI | 70 | $0.810 | 86.0 |
| 30 | GLM 5.3 FlashXZhipu AI | 70 | $0.810 | 86.0 |
| 31 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle | 71 | $0.875 | 80.8 |
| 32 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI | 89 | $1.13 | 78.8 |
| 33 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Google | 81 | $1.13 | 72.0 |
| 34 | Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI | 67 | $1.00 | 67.0 |
| 35 | GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 79 | $1.31 | 60.4 |
| 36 | R1 0528DeepSeek | 79 | $1.33 | 59.9 |
| 37 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba | 70 | $1.17 | 59.7 |
| 38 | o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 81 | $1.38 | 59.2 |
| 39 | Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI | 89 | $1.50 | 59.0 |
| 40 | Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $1.40 | 56.5 |
| 41 | Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 79 | $1.40 | 56.4 |
| 42 | GLM 4.5VZhipu AI | 68 | $1.20 | 56.4 |
| 43 | GLM 5.3 (batch)Zhipu AI | 69 | $1.23 | 56.2 |
| 44 | o3 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 74 | $1.38 | 54.0 |
| 45 | GLM 4.6Zhipu AI | 67 | $1.25 | 53.7 |
| 46 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 88 | $1.75 | 50.5 |
| 47 | Mistral Large 4Mistral AI | 68 | $1.40 | 48.8 |
| 48 | Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba | 69 | $1.43 | 48.5 |
| 49 | GLM 4.7Zhipu AI | 67 | $1.40 | 47.9 |
| 50 | GLM 4.5Zhipu AI | 67 | $1.40 | 47.9 |
| 51 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 70 | $1.50 | 46.6 |
Premium Leaders
Above-median score and cost - sorted by score| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 96 | $30.00 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $15.00 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 96 | $30.00 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $15.00 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | 95 | $12.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 95 | $15.00 |
| 9 | GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI | 93 | $105.00 |
| 10 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 93 | $52.50 |
| 11 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 93 | $17.50 |
| 12 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 13 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 92 | $7.00 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google | 92 | $3.50 |
| 15 | GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 92 | $105.00 |
| 16 | GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 92 | $52.50 |
| 17 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 92 | $8.75 |
| 18 | GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 19 | GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 20 | GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 21 | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 91 | $94.50 |
| 22 | GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 91 | $47.25 |
| 23 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 91 | $7.88 |
| 24 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 90 | $15.00 |
| 25 | GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI | 89 | $7.00 |
| 26 | GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 27 | GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 89 | $7.00 |
| 28 | GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.50 |
| 29 | GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI | 89 | $12.00 |
| 30 | GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 31 | GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | 89 | $12.00 |
| 32 | GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 33 | GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $8.75 |
| 34 | GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $4.38 |
| 35 | Grok 4.7xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 36 | Grok 4.6xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 37 | Grok 4.5xAI | 89 | $4.00 |
| 38 | Grok 4.3xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 39 | Grok 4.20xAI | 89 | $1.88 |
| 40 | GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $3.94 |
| 41 | GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 42 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 43 | GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 44 | GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 45 | GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 89 | $67.50 |
| 46 | GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $33.75 |
| 47 | GPT-5OpenAI | 89 | $5.63 |
| 48 | GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI | 89 | $2.81 |
| 49 | Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI | 88 | $3.20 |
| 50 | Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI | 88 | $3.20 |
| 51 | Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI | 88 | $1.88 |
| 52 | o3 ProOpenAI | 87 | $50.00 |
| 53 | o3OpenAI | 87 | $5.00 |
| 54 | o3 (batch)OpenAI | 87 | $2.50 |
| 55 | Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | 85 | $6.00 |
| 56 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 85 | $6.00 |
| 57 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 85 | $9.00 |
| 58 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 85 | $15.00 |
| 59 | Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 85 | $7.50 |
| 60 | Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 61 | Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 62 | Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $7.50 |
| 63 | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 84 | $5.63 |
| 64 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google | 84 | $5.63 |
| 65 | Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic | 83 | $22.50 |
| 66 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 82 | $9.00 |
| 67 | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic | 82 | $45.00 |
| 68 | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | 82 | $30.00 |
| 69 | GPT-6 Astra (batch)OpenAI | 82 | $15.00 |
| 70 | GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI | 82 | $30.00 |
| 71 | GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 82 | $15.00 |
| 72 | Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 81 | $2.48 |
| 73 | GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 79 | $2.63 |
| 74 | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $5.25 |
| 75 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google | 79 | $2.63 |
| 76 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 75 | $4.50 |
| 77 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 75 | $4.50 |
| 78 | GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI | 72 | $3.13 |
| 79 | GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI | 71 | $6.25 |
| 80 | GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI | 71 | $6.25 |
| 81 | GPT-4oOpenAI | 71 | $6.25 |
| 82 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI | 71 | $10.00 |
| 83 | Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba | 71 | $2.05 |
| 84 | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | 70 | $3.00 |
| 85 | GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI | 69 | $2.60 |
| 86 | GLM 5.3 PrimeZhipu AI | 69 | $5.80 |
| 87 | GLM 5.2Zhipu AI | 69 | $3.40 |
| 88 | GLM 5.1Zhipu AI | 68 | $2.90 |
| 89 | GLM 5 TurboZhipu AI | 68 | $2.60 |
| 90 | GLM 5Zhipu AI | 68 | $2.10 |
| 91 | GPT-4.1OpenAI | 68 | $5.00 |
| 92 | GPT-4.1 (batch)OpenAI | 68 | $2.50 |
| 93 | Mistral Large 2407Mistral AI | 66 | $4.00 |
| 94 | Mistral LargeMistral AI | 66 | $4.00 |
Budget Options
Below-median score and cost - sorted by score| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Composer 2Cursor | 66 | $1.50 |
| 2 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba | 65 | $0.470 |
| 3 | MiniMax M1MiniMax | 64 | $1.38 |
| 4 | GLM 4.5 AirZhipu AI | 64 | $0.490 |
| 5 | MiniMax M2.7MiniMax | 64 | $0.525 |
| 6 | MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | 64 | $0.750 |
| 7 | Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta | 64 | $0.720 |
| 8 | GPT-4o-mini (batch)OpenAI | 63 | $0.188 |
| 9 | Phi 4Microsoft | 61 | $0.105 |
| 10 | Llama 4 ScoutMeta | 60 | $0.200 |
| 11 | GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI | 59 | $0.500 |
| 12 | GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI | 59 | $0.125 |
| 13 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 58 | $0.150 |
| 14 | Command A+Cohere | 52 | $0.900 |
| 15 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 48 | $1.50 |
| 16 | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI | 46 | $0.375 |
| 17 | GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI | 44 | $1.000 |
| 18 | Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta | 41 | $0.065 |
| 19 | GPT-5 MiniOpenAI | 41 | $1.13 |
| 20 | Command R (08-2024)Cohere | 41 | $0.375 |
| 21 | LFM3-1.7BLiquid AI | 40 | $0.140 |
| 22 | Ripple 65B Previewricursiveai | 40 | $0.400 |
| 23 | Hy4Tencent | 40 | $0.834 |
| 24 | Particle-1particle-ai | 40 | $0.275 |
| 25 | GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $1.50 |
| 26 | GPT-6.1 Terra (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $1.50 |
| 27 | MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax | 40 | $0.375 |
| 28 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek | 40 | $0.375 |
| 29 | Glimpseelorian | 40 | $1.80 |
| 30 | Beam 1.0 501B A23Breflection | 40 | $0.650 |
| 31 | Mercury 3Inception | 40 | $0.225 |
| 32 | Ternary Bonsai 2 9Bprism-ml | 40 | $0.105 |
| 33 | Moondream 3 Previewmoondream | 40 | $1.40 |
| 34 | Moondream 3.1moondream | 40 | $1.40 |
| 35 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA | 40 | $0.325 |
| 36 | LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI | 40 | $0.375 |
| 37 | Summarizescaledown | 40 | $0.020 |
| 38 | Extractscaledown | 40 | $0.020 |
| 39 | Step 5 PreviewStepFun | 40 | $1.85 |
| 40 | Ling 3.1 Flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.090 |
| 41 | Perceptron Mk1.5perceptron | 40 | $0.825 |
| 42 | Aion 3.5 Miniaion-labs | 40 | $1.05 |
| 43 | Solar Mini 4Upstage | 40 | $0.125 |
| 44 | GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI | 40 | $0.300 |
| 45 | GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $0.150 |
| 46 | GPT-6 LunaOpenAI | 40 | $0.300 |
| 47 | GPT-6 Luna (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $0.150 |
| 48 | MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi | 40 | $0.210 |
| 49 | MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi | 40 | $0.652 |
| 50 | Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.310 |
| 51 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bprism-ml | 40 | $0.287 |
| 52 | DeepSeek Flash Latest~deepseek | 40 | $0.253 |
| 53 | Schematron V2 Turboinference-net | 40 | $0.090 |
| 54 | Schematron V2 Smallinference-net | 40 | $0.140 |
| 55 | GPT Luna Latest~openai | 40 | $0.300 |
| 56 | Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionai | 40 | $0.120 |
| 57 | DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | 40 | $0.309 |
| 58 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek | 40 | $0.224 |
| 59 | Mercury 2.5Inception | 40 | $0.095 |
| 60 | Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta | 40 | $0.150 |
| 61 | Granite 4.2 8BIBM | 40 | $0.155 |
| 62 | Hy4 previewTencent | 40 | $1.67 |
| 63 | GLM Flash Latest~z-ai | 40 | $0.060 |
| 64 | Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.310 |
| 65 | Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta | 40 | $0.150 |
| 66 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek | 40 | $0.880 |
| 67 | Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent | 40 | $0.111 |
| 68 | Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent | 40 | $0.184 |
| 69 | GLM Latest~z-ai | 40 | $0.735 |
| 70 | Hy-MT2-7BTencent | 40 | $0.184 |
| 71 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba | 40 | $1.01 |
| 72 | Qwen3.8 27B (batch)Alibaba | 40 | $1.08 |
| 73 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Google | 40 | $1.13 |
| 74 | Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance | 40 | $1.50 |
| 75 | Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance | 40 | $1.75 |
| 76 | LFM2.5-2.6BLiquid AI | 40 | $0.425 |
| 77 | Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA | 40 | $0.135 |
| 78 | Solar Pro 4Upstage | 40 | $0.375 |
| 79 | Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta | 40 | $0.750 |
| 80 | Muse Glimmer 30B (batch)meta | 40 | $0.600 |
| 81 | Ling 3.0 Tinyinclusionai | 40 | $0.030 |
| 82 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek | 40 | $0.179 |
| 83 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | 40 | $0.179 |
| 84 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)DeepSeek | 40 | $0.096 |
| 85 | Inkling Smallthinkingmachines | 40 | $0.825 |
| 86 | Inkling Small (batch)thinkingmachines | 40 | $0.660 |
| 87 | Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.080 |
| 88 | Ling 3.0 Flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.042 |
| 89 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google | 40 | $1.13 |
| 90 | LongCat 2.0Meituan | 40 | $0.750 |
| 91 | Aion-3.0-Miniaion-labs | 40 | $1.05 |
| 92 | Hy3Tencent | 40 | $0.330 |
| 93 | Jev Routertypesafe | 40 | $-1000000.0000 |
| 94 | SwitchyardNVIDIA | 40 | $-1000000.0000 |
Overpriced Models
Below-median score, above-median cost| # | Model | Score | Cost/1M | Score Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6.1 Terra ProOpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 2 | GPT-6.1 TerraOpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 3 | Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 4 | Muse Spark Openmeta | 40 | $2.75 | -25.9 |
| 5 | Pareto 26.10unbiased | 40 | $2.00 | -25.9 |
| 6 | Pareto Latest~unbiased | 40 | $2.00 | -25.9 |
| 7 | Pareto 26.9unbiased | 40 | $5.00 | -25.9 |
| 8 | Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 9 | Gemini 4 Argon (batch)Google | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 10 | Muse Wondermeta | 40 | $12.00 | -25.9 |
| 11 | GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 12 | GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 13 | GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 14 | GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 15 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 16 | Ember-1fireworks | 40 | $9.00 | -25.9 |
| 17 | Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba | 40 | $8.00 | -25.9 |
| 18 | Aion 3.5aion-labs | 40 | $4.50 | -25.9 |
| 19 | GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 20 | GPT-6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 21 | GPT-6 SolOpenAI | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 22 | GPT-6 Sol (batch)OpenAI | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 23 | Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 24 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi | 40 | $6.52 | -25.9 |
| 25 | DeepSeek Pro Latest~deepseek | 40 | $4.05 | -25.9 |
| 26 | GPT Astra Latest~openai | 40 | $30.00 | -25.9 |
| 27 | GPT Sol Latest~openai | 40 | $6.00 | -25.9 |
| 28 | GPT Terra Latest~openai | 40 | $3.00 | -25.9 |
| 29 | Fugu Ultra v2sakana | 40 | $17.50 | -25.9 |
| 30 | Fugu Maxsakana | 40 | $4.00 | -25.9 |
| 31 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba | 40 | $4.00 | -25.9 |
| 32 | Muse Spark 1.3meta | 40 | $2.75 | -25.9 |
| 33 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 40 | $2.25 | -25.9 |
| 34 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba | 40 | $4.00 | -25.9 |
| 35 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek | 40 | $2.39 | -25.9 |
| 36 | Sakana Namazusakana | 40 | $2.48 | -25.9 |
| 37 | Muse Spark 1.2meta | 40 | $2.75 | -25.9 |
| 38 | Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $7.50 | -25.9 |
| 39 | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | 40 | $2.25 | -25.9 |
| 40 | Inklingthinkingmachines | 40 | $2.52 | -25.9 |
| 41 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | 40 | $8.10 | -25.9 |
| 42 | Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshot AI | 40 | $6.84 | -25.9 |
| 43 | Muse Spark 1.1meta | 40 | $2.75 | -25.9 |
| 44 | Grok Latest~x-ai | 40 | $4.00 | -25.9 |
| 45 | Aion-3.0aion-labs | 40 | $4.50 | -25.9 |
| 46 | Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere | 41 | $6.25 | -25.4 |
| 47 | Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI | 48 | $2.03 | -18.4 |
| 48 | Command ACohere | 52 | $6.25 | -14.3 |
| 49 | GPT-4 Turbo (batch)OpenAI | 57 | $10.00 | -8.7 |
| 50 | GPT-4OpenAI | 60 | $45.00 | -5.9 |
| 51 | Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AI | 63 | $4.00 | -2.5 |
| 52 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba | 65 | $1.98 | -1.2 |
| 53 | Composer 2 FastCursor | 66 | $4.50 | -0.2 |
Free Tier Analysis
8 models with zero API cost| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma 4 31B (free)Google | 76 |
| 2 | LFM3-1.7B (free)Liquid AI | 40 |
| 3 | Flint (free)recursive | 40 |
| 4 | Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)xingchen-agi | 40 |
| 5 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
| 6 | Dots3-Note Preview (free)dots-studio | 40 |
| 7 | LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Liquid AI | 40 |
| 8 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)NVIDIA | 40 |
Landscape Insights
Median Thresholds
The median score is 66 and the median cost is $1.88/1M tokens. These thresholds define the quadrant boundaries.
Hidden Gems Rate
17.6% of paid models are Hidden Gems -- great quality at prices below the median. These are the models worth paying attention to.
Overpriced Count
53 models sit in the Overpriced quadrant -- below-median performance at above-median prices. Consider alternatives before choosing these.
Best Free Model
The best free model (Gemma 4 31B (free)) scores 76, outperforming 191 paid models.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hidden Gems are models that score above the median quality score while costing below the median price. They deliver top-tier performance at lower-than-typical prices, making them excellent choices for cost-conscious developers who do not want to sacrifice quality.
Models are placed into quadrants based on their composite score and average cost relative to the median. Premium Leaders have above-median scores and costs. Hidden Gems have above-median scores but below-median costs. Budget Options have below-median scores and costs. Overpriced models have below-median scores but above-median costs.
The value ratio is calculated as composite score divided by average cost per million tokens. A higher ratio means you get more quality per dollar spent. This metric helps identify models that punch above their weight class in terms of price-to-performance efficiency.