Best GPT-4 Alternatives (2026)
Looking for an alternative to GPT-4 or ChatGPT? The AI landscape has evolved far beyond OpenAI. Models from Anthropic, Google, Meta, DeepSeek, and Mistral now rival or exceed GPT-4o across coding, reasoning, and creative tasks. Below you'll find 358 non-OpenAI models from 73 providers, ranked by our composite performance score, including free, open-source, and budget-friendly options.
Last updated: 52m ago
Alternatives
358
non-OpenAI models
Providers
73
competing with OpenAI
Free Options
10
zero-cost models
Open Source
10
self-hostable models
Top 5 Alternatives to GPT-4o
GPT-4o benchmark: 93/100#1
Best
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
96/ 100
$50.00/1M out
Reasoning
Vision
#2
Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)
Anthropic
96/ 100
$25.00/1M out
Reasoning
Vision
#3
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic
96/ 100
$50.00/1M out
Reasoning
Vision
#4
Claude Fable 5 (batch)
Anthropic
96/ 100
$25.00/1M out
Reasoning
Vision
#5
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
95/ 100
$20.00/1M out
Reasoning
Vision
Free Alternatives to ChatGPT
These models cost nothing to use via API. No subscription, no per-token fees, no credit card required.
| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Context | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma 4 31B (free) | 76 | 262K | Free OSS | |
| 2 | Flint (free) | recursive | 40 | 262K | Free OSS |
| 3 | Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) | xingchen-agi | 40 | 262K | Free OSS |
| 4 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) | NVIDIA | 40 | 1.0M | Free OSS |
| 5 | Dots3-Note Preview (free) | dots-studio | 40 | 512K | Free |
| 6 | LFM2.5-2.6B (free) | Liquid AI | 40 | 66K | Free OSS |
| 7 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | NVIDIA | 40 | 1.0M | Free OSS |
| 8 | North Mini Code (free) | Cohere | 40 | 256K | Free OSS |
| 9 | Midjourney v6.1 | Midjourney | 8 | -- | Free |
| 10 | Adobe Firefly 3 | Adobe | 8 | -- | Free |
Open-Source GPT Alternatives
Self-hostable models with open weights. Run them locally with Ollama, vLLM, or llama.cpp for full data privacy and no vendor lock-in.
| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Output $/1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | 83 | $0.380 | 164K | Reasoning Tools |
| 2 | R1 0528 | DeepSeek | 79 | $2.15 | 164K | Reasoning Tools |
| 3 | Gemma 2 27B | 77 | $0.650 | 8K | ||
| 4 | Gemma 4 31B | 76 | $0.400 | 262K | Reasoning Vision Tools | |
| 5 | Gemma 4 31B (free) | 76 | Free | 262K | Reasoning Vision Tools | |
| 6 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | DeepSeek | 72 | $0.410 | 164K | Reasoning Tools |
| 7 | DeepSeek V3.1 | DeepSeek | 72 | $0.950 | 164K | Reasoning Tools |
| 8 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek | 72 | $1.14 | 164K | Tools |
| 9 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Alibaba | 71 | $3.60 | 262K | Reasoning Vision Tools |
| 10 | Llama 4 Maverick | Meta | 70 | $1.00 | 524K | Vision Tools |
Budget-Friendly GPT Alternatives
High-quality models at a fraction of GPT-4o's price. Output pricing under $3/1M tokens, sorted by value ratio (score per dollar).
| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ling 3.0 Tiny | inclusionai | 40 | $0.015 | $0.045 | 262K |
| 2 | Ling 3.0 Flash | inclusionai | 40 | $0.021 | $0.063 | 262K |
| 3 | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Meta | 41 | $0.050 | $0.080 | 131K |
| 4 | Phi 4 | Microsoft | 61 | $0.070 | $0.140 | 16K |
| 5 | GLM Flash Latest | ~z-ai | 40 | $0.028 | $0.092 | 1.0M |
| 6 | GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) | Zhipu AI | 70 | $0.050 | $0.180 | 1.0M |
| 7 | Ternary Bonsai 2 9B | prism-ml | 40 | $0.080 | $0.130 | 262K |
| 8 | Qwen3.7 Flash | Alibaba | 40 | $0.030 | $0.130 | 1.0M |
| 9 | Schematron V2 Turbo | inference-net | 40 | $0.030 | $0.150 | 128K |
| 10 | Mercury 2.5 | Inception | 40 | $0.040 | $0.150 | 260K |
All GPT Alternatives - Full Rankings
358 non-OpenAI models sorted by composite score| Rank | Model | Score | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 96 | $50.00 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $25.00 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 96 | $50.00 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic | 96 | $25.00 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | 95 | $20.00 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 95 | $25.00 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 95 | $25.00 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 95 | $25.00 |
| 9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 92 | $12.00 |
| 10 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 92 | $12.00 |
| 11 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google | 92 | $6.00 |
| 12 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 90 | $25.00 |
| 13 | Grok 4.7xAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 14 | Grok 4.6xAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 15 | Grok 4.5xAI | 89 | $6.00 |
| 16 | Grok 4.3xAI | 89 | $2.50 |
| 17 | Grok 4.20xAI | 89 | $2.50 |
| 18 | Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI | 89 | $2.00 |
| 19 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 88 | $3.00 |
| 20 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google | 88 | $1.50 |
| 21 | Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI | 88 | $4.80 |
| 22 | Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI | 88 | $4.80 |
| 23 | Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI | 88 | $2.50 |
| 24 | Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic | 85 | $10.00 |
| 25 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 85 | $10.00 |
| 26 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 85 | $15.00 |
| 27 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 85 | $25.00 |
| 28 | Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 85 | $12.50 |
| 29 | Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $12.50 |
| 30 | Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $12.50 |
| 31 | Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 84 | $12.50 |
| 32 | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 84 | $10.00 |
| 33 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google | 84 | $10.00 |
| 34 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 83 | $0.380 |
| 35 | Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic | 83 | $37.50 |
| 36 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 82 | $15.00 |
| 37 | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic | 82 | $75.00 |
| 38 | Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 81 | $4.13 |
| 39 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Google | 81 | $1.88 |
| 40 | R1 0528DeepSeek | 79 | $2.15 |
| 41 | Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 79 | $0.400 |
| 42 | Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $2.50 |
| 43 | Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle | 79 | $2.50 |
| 44 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google | 79 | $1.25 |
| 45 | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | 79 | $9.00 |
| 46 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google | 79 | $4.50 |
| 47 | Gemma 2 27BGoogle | 77 | $0.650 |
| 48 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Google | 77 | $2.50 |
| 49 | Gemma 4 31BGoogle | 76 | $0.400 |
| 50 | Gemma 4 31B (free)Google | 76 | Free |
| 51 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic | 75 | $7.50 |
| 52 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 75 | $7.50 |
| 53 | DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek | 72 | $0.410 |
| 54 | DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek | 72 | $0.950 |
| 55 | DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek | 72 | $1.14 |
| 56 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle | 71 | $1.50 |
| 57 | Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba | 71 | $3.60 |
| 58 | Llama 4 MaverickMeta | 70 | $1.00 |
| 59 | Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic | 70 | $0.500 |
| 60 | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | 70 | $5.00 |
| 61 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic | 70 | $2.50 |
| 62 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba | 70 | $2.08 |
| 63 | GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalZhipu AI | 70 | $1.25 |
| 64 | GLM 5.3 FlashXZhipu AI | 70 | $1.25 |
| 65 | GLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AI | 70 | $0.500 |
| 66 | GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Zhipu AI | 70 | $0.180 |
| 67 | DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | 70 | $0.890 |
| 68 | Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba | 69 | $2.60 |
| 69 | GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI | 69 | $4.00 |
| 70 | GLM 5.3 PrimeZhipu AI | 69 | $8.80 |
| 71 | GLM 5.3Zhipu AI | 69 | $1.40 |
| 72 | GLM 5.3 (batch)Zhipu AI | 69 | $2.00 |
| 73 | GLM 5.2Zhipu AI | 69 | $6.80 |
| 74 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba | 69 | $1.00 |
| 75 | Mistral Large 4Mistral AI | 68 | $2.10 |
| 76 | GLM 5.1Zhipu AI | 68 | $4.40 |
| 77 | GLM 5 TurboZhipu AI | 68 | $4.00 |
| 78 | GLM 5Zhipu AI | 68 | $3.20 |
| 79 | GLM 4.5VZhipu AI | 68 | $1.80 |
| 80 | GLM 4.7Zhipu AI | 67 | $2.20 |
| 81 | GLM 4.6Zhipu AI | 67 | $2.00 |
| 82 | GLM 4.5Zhipu AI | 67 | $2.20 |
| 83 | Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI | 67 | $1.50 |
| 84 | Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta | 67 | $0.790 |
| 85 | Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 67 | $0.250 |
| 86 | Mistral Large 2407Mistral AI | 66 | $6.00 |
| 87 | Mistral LargeMistral AI | 66 | $6.00 |
| 88 | Composer 2Cursor | 66 | $2.50 |
| 89 | Composer 2 FastCursor | 66 | $7.50 |
| 90 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba | 65 | $3.50 |
| 91 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba | 65 | $0.800 |
| 92 | MiniMax M1MiniMax | 64 | $2.20 |
| 93 | GLM 4.5 AirZhipu AI | 64 | $0.850 |
| 94 | MiniMax M2.7MiniMax | 64 | $0.840 |
| 95 | MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | 64 | $0.950 |
| 96 | Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta | 64 | $0.720 |
| 97 | Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral AI | 63 | $6.00 |
| 98 | Phi 4Microsoft | 61 | $0.140 |
| 99 | Llama 4 ScoutMeta | 60 | $0.300 |
| 100 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 58 | $0.250 |
| 101 | Command A+Cohere | 51 | $1.50 |
| 102 | Command ACohere | 51 | $10.00 |
| 103 | Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI | 48 | $3.41 |
| 104 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 48 | $2.50 |
| 105 | Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta | 41 | $0.080 |
| 106 | Command R (08-2024)Cohere | 41 | $0.600 |
| 107 | Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere | 41 | $10.00 |
| 108 | Gemini Omni 1.2 FlashGoogle | 40 | $9.00 |
| 109 | Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle | 40 | $9.00 |
| 110 | ricursiveAI/Ripple-65B-Previewricursiveai | 40 | $0.600 |
| 111 | Hy4Tencent | 40 | $1.25 |
| 112 | Particle-1particle-ai | 40 | $0.500 |
| 113 | Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI | 40 | $10.00 |
| 114 | Flint (free)recursive | 40 | Free |
| 115 | MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax | 40 | $0.600 |
| 116 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek | 40 | $0.600 |
| 117 | Glimpseelorian | 40 | $3.00 |
| 118 | Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)xingchen-agi | 40 | Free |
| 119 | Beam 1.0 501B A23Breflection | 40 | $1.00 |
| 120 | Mercury 3Inception | 40 | $0.350 |
| 121 | Ternary Bonsai 2 9Bprism-ml | 40 | $0.130 |
| 122 | Moondream 3 Previewmoondream | 40 | $2.50 |
| 123 | Moondream 3.1moondream | 40 | $2.50 |
| 124 | Muse Spark Openmeta | 40 | $4.25 |
| 125 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA | 40 | $0.500 |
| 126 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)NVIDIA | 40 | Free |
| 127 | Pareto 26.10unbiased | 40 | $3.20 |
| 128 | Pareto Latest~unbiased | 40 | $3.20 |
| 129 | Pareto 26.9unbiased | 40 | $7.50 |
| 130 | LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI | 40 | $0.700 |
| 131 | Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle | 40 | $10.00 |
| 132 | Gemini 4 Argon (batch)Google | 40 | $5.00 |
| 133 | Summarizescaledown | 40 | Free |
| 134 | Extractscaledown | 40 | Free |
| 135 | Muse Wondermeta | 40 | $20.00 |
| 136 | Step 5 PreviewStepFun | 40 | $2.70 |
| 137 | Nano Banana 2.1Google | 40 | $7.50 |
| 138 | Ling 3.1 Flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.225 |
| 139 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $5.00 |
| 140 | Perceptron Mk1.5perceptron | 40 | $1.50 |
| 141 | Ember-1fireworks | 40 | $15.00 |
| 142 | Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba | 40 | $12.00 |
| 143 | Aion 3.5 Miniaion-labs | 40 | $1.40 |
| 144 | Aion 3.5aion-labs | 40 | $6.00 |
| 145 | Solar Mini 4Upstage | 40 | $0.200 |
| 146 | Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $10.00 |
| 147 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi | 40 | $8.70 |
| 148 | MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi | 40 | $0.280 |
| 149 | MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi | 40 | $0.870 |
| 150 | Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.470 |
| 151 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bprism-ml | 40 | $0.500 |
| 152 | DeepSeek Pro Latest~deepseek | 40 | $8.00 |
| 153 | DeepSeek Flash Latest~deepseek | 40 | $0.500 |
| 154 | Schematron V2 Turboinference-net | 40 | $0.150 |
| 155 | Schematron V2 Smallinference-net | 40 | $0.230 |
| 156 | Fugu Ultra v2sakana | 40 | $30.00 |
| 157 | Fugu Maxsakana | 40 | $6.00 |
| 158 | Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionai | 40 | $0.180 |
| 159 | DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | 40 | $0.567 |
| 160 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek | 40 | $0.336 |
| 161 | Mercury 2.5Inception | 40 | $0.150 |
| 162 | Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba | 40 | $6.00 |
| 163 | Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta | 40 | $0.200 |
| 164 | Muse Spark 1.3meta | 40 | $4.25 |
| 165 | Granite 4.2 8BIBM | 40 | $0.250 |
| 166 | Hy4 previewTencent | 40 | $2.50 |
| 167 | GLM Flash Latest~z-ai | 40 | $0.092 |
| 168 | Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.470 |
| 169 | Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta | 40 | $0.200 |
| 170 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek | 40 | $1.32 |
| 171 | Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent | 40 | $0.177 |
| 172 | Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent | 40 | $0.295 |
| 173 | GLM Latest~z-ai | 40 | $1.40 |
| 174 | Hy-MT2-7BTencent | 40 | $0.295 |
| 175 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba | 40 | $1.88 |
| 176 | Dots3-Note Preview (free)dots-studio | 40 | Free |
| 177 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 40 | $3.75 |
| 178 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Google | 40 | $1.88 |
| 179 | Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance | 40 | $2.50 |
| 180 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba | 40 | $6.00 |
| 181 | Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance | 40 | $3.00 |
| 182 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek | 40 | $4.66 |
| 183 | LFM2.5-2.6BLiquid AI | 40 | $0.500 |
| 184 | LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Liquid AI | 40 | Free |
| 185 | Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA | 40 | $0.200 |
| 186 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)NVIDIA | 40 | Free |
| 187 | Sakana Namazusakana | 40 | $4.00 |
| 188 | Solar Pro 4Upstage | 40 | $0.600 |
| 189 | Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta | 40 | $1.20 |
| 190 | Ling 3.0 Tinyinclusionai | 40 | $0.045 |
| 191 | Muse Spark 1.2meta | 40 | $4.25 |
| 192 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek | 40 | $0.300 |
| 193 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | 40 | $0.300 |
| 194 | Inkling Smallthinkingmachines | 40 | $1.20 |
| 195 | Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba | 40 | $0.130 |
| 196 | Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $12.50 |
| 197 | Ling 3.0 Flashinclusionai | 40 | $0.063 |
| 198 | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | 40 | $3.75 |
| 199 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google | 40 | $1.88 |
| 200 | LongCat 2.0Meituan | 40 | $1.20 |
| 201 | Inklingthinkingmachines | 40 | $4.05 |
| 202 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | 40 | $16.00 |
| 203 | Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshot AI | 40 | $11.40 |
| 204 | Muse Spark 1.1meta | 40 | $4.25 |
| 205 | Grok Latest~x-ai | 40 | $6.00 |
| 206 | Aion-3.0-Miniaion-labs | 40 | $1.40 |
| 207 | Aion-3.0aion-labs | 40 | $6.00 |
| 208 | Hy3Tencent | 40 | $0.528 |
| 209 | Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic | 40 | $5.00 |
| 210 | Fugu Ultrasakana | 40 | $30.00 |
| 211 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google | 40 | $3.00 |
| 212 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google | 40 | $12.00 |
| 213 | North Mini Code (free)Cohere | 40 | Free |
| 214 | Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI | 40 | $3.50 |
| 215 | Claude Fable Latest~anthropic | 40 | $50.00 |
| 216 | Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA | 40 | $0.200 |
| 217 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google | 40 | $3.00 |
| 218 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google | 40 | $12.00 |
| 219 | Jev Routertypesafe | 40 | $-1000000.0000 |
| 220 | SwitchyardNVIDIA | 40 | $-1000000.0000 |
| 221 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google | 22 | $1.50 |
| 222 | Midjourney v6.1Midjourney | 8 | Free |
| 223 | Stable Diffusion 3.5Stability AI | 8 | $35000.00 |
| 224 | FLUX.1 ProBlack Forest Labs | 8 | $50000.00 |
| 225 | Ideogram 2.0Ideogram | 8 | $80000.00 |
| 226 | Recraft V3Recraft | 8 | $40000.00 |
| 227 | Imagen 3Google | 8 | $40000.00 |
| 228 | Adobe Firefly 3Adobe | 8 | Free |
| 229 | Leonardo PhoenixLeonardo AI | 8 | Free |
| 230 | Wan 2.1 T2VWan AI | 7 | Free |
| 231 | LTX-Video 2Lightricks | 6 | Free |
| 232 | Veo 2Google | 5 | $350000.00 |
| 233 | Pika 2.0Pika | 4 | Free |
| 234 | Runway Gen-3 AlphaRunway | 3 | Free |
| 235 | Kling 1.6Kuaishou | 3 | $70000.00 |
| 236 | MiniMax Video-01MiniMax | 3 | Free |
| 237 | Luma Dream MachineLuma AI | 3 | Free |
| 238 | Stable Video DiffusionStability AI | 3 | Free |
| 239 | Crouton Alphastealth | -- | Free |
| 240 | Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA | -- | $2.40 |
| 241 | Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA | -- | Free |
| 242 | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba | -- | $1.28 |
| 243 | Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)Alibaba | -- | $0.920 |
| 244 | MiniMax M3MiniMax | -- | $1.20 |
| 245 | Step 3.7 FlashStepFun | -- | $1.15 |
| 246 | Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba | -- | $4.42 |
| 247 | Grok Build 0.1xAI | -- | $2.00 |
| 248 | Perceptron Mk1perceptron | -- | $1.50 |
| 249 | Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle | -- | $1.50 |
| 250 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Google | -- | $0.750 |
| 251 | Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI | -- | $7.50 |
| 252 | Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)Mistral AI | -- | $3.75 |
| 253 | Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA | -- | Free |
| 254 | Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic | -- | $0.500 |
| 255 | Gemini Pro Latest~google | -- | $10.00 |
| 256 | Kimi Latest~moonshotai | -- | $9.34 |
| 257 | Gemini Flash Latest~google | -- | $3.75 |
| 258 | Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic | -- | $10.00 |
| 259 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba | -- | $1.80 |
| 260 | Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba | -- | $1.13 |
| 261 | Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba | -- | $0.900 |
| 262 | Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba | -- | $2.70 |
| 263 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek | -- | $1.78 |
| 264 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek | -- | $0.182 |
| 265 | Hy3 previewTencent | -- | $0.600 |
| 266 | MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi | -- | $1.80 |
| 267 | MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi | -- | $2.00 |
| 268 | Claude Opus Latest~anthropic | -- | $20.00 |
| 269 | Gemma 4 26B A4B Google | -- | $0.300 |
| 270 | Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google | -- | Free |
| 271 | Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba | -- | $1.95 |
| 272 | Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle | -- | Free |
| 273 | Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle | -- | Free |
| 274 | Reka Edgerekaai | -- | $0.100 |
| 275 | Mistral Small 4Mistral AI | -- | $0.600 |
| 276 | Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA | -- | $0.400 |
| 277 | Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | -- | $2.00 |
| 278 | Mercury 2Inception | -- | $0.750 |
| 279 | Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | -- | $0.400 |
| 280 | Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba | -- | $0.260 |
| 281 | Aion-2.0aion-labs | -- | $1.60 |
| 282 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba | -- | $1.56 |
| 283 | Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba | -- | $0.800 |
| 284 | Step 3.5 FlashStepFun | -- | $0.300 |
| 285 | Palmyra X5Writer | -- | $6.00 |
| 286 | GLM 4.7 FlashZhipu AI | -- | $0.400 |
| 287 | Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance | -- | $0.300 |
| 288 | Seed 1.6ByteDance | -- | $2.00 |
| 289 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA | -- | $0.240 |
| 290 | Devstral 2 2512Mistral AI | -- | $2.00 |
| 291 | GLM 4.6VZhipu AI | -- | $0.900 |
| 292 | Nova 2 LiteAmazon | -- | $2.50 |
| 293 | Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral AI | -- | $0.200 |
| 294 | Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral AI | -- | $0.150 |
| 295 | Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral AI | -- | $0.100 |
| 296 | Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI | -- | $2.50 |
| 297 | Nova Premier 1.0Amazon | -- | $12.50 |
| 298 | Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity | -- | $15.00 |
| 299 | Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AI | -- | $0.300 |
| 300 | Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba | -- | $0.750 |
| 301 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba | -- | $1.00 |
| 302 | Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba | -- | $0.600 |
| 303 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba | -- | $1.90 |
| 304 | DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek | -- | $1.00 |
| 305 | Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba | -- | $0.975 |
| 306 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba | -- | $1.10 |
| 307 | Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI | -- | $2.50 |
| 308 | Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI | -- | $2.00 |
| 309 | Codestral 2508Mistral AI | -- | $0.900 |
| 310 | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba | -- | $0.600 |
| 311 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba | -- | $0.300 |
| 312 | Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba | -- | $1.00 |
| 313 | UI-TARS 7B ByteDance | -- | $0.200 |
| 314 | Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI | -- | $2.30 |
| 315 | Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent | -- | $0.570 |
| 316 | Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI | -- | $0.200 |
| 317 | Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI | -- | $2.00 |
| 318 | Llama Guard 4 12BMeta | -- | $0.180 |
| 319 | Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba | -- | $0.500 |
| 320 | Qwen3 14BAlibaba | -- | $0.240 |
| 321 | Qwen3 32BAlibaba | -- | $0.280 |
| 322 | Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI | -- | $0.555 |
| 323 | Gemma 3 4BGoogle | -- | $0.100 |
| 324 | Gemma 3 12BGoogle | -- | $0.150 |
| 325 | Reka Flash 3rekaai | -- | $0.200 |
| 326 | Gemma 3 27BGoogle | -- | $0.350 |
| 327 | Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | -- | $8.00 |
| 328 | Sonar ProPerplexity | -- | $15.00 |
| 329 | Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity | -- | $8.00 |
| 330 | SabaMistral AI | -- | $0.600 |
| 331 | Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba | -- | $1.00 |
| 332 | Qwen-PlusAlibaba | -- | $0.780 |
| 333 | Mistral Small 3Mistral AI | -- | $0.080 |
| 334 | SonarPerplexity | -- | $1.00 |
| 335 | Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere | -- | $0.150 |
| 336 | Nova Lite 1.0Amazon | -- | $0.240 |
| 337 | Nova Micro 1.0Amazon | -- | $0.140 |
| 338 | Nova Pro 1.0Amazon | -- | $3.20 |
| 339 | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba | -- | $1.00 |
| 340 | Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba | -- | $0.200 |
| 341 | Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta | -- | $0.201 |
| 342 | Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta | -- | $0.335 |
| 343 | Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba | -- | $0.400 |
| 344 | Mistral NemoMistral AI | -- | $0.030 |
| 345 | SWE-1.5Windsurf | -- | Free |
| 346 | autofixer-01Vercel | -- | Free |
| 347 | MellumJetBrains | -- | Free |
| 348 | ALLaM 7B Instruct (preview)HUMAIN | -- | Free |
| 349 | ALLaM 1 13B InstructHUMAIN | -- | $1.80 |
| 350 | ALLaM 2 7B InstructHUMAIN | -- | Free |
| 351 | ALLaM 34BHUMAIN | -- | Free |
| 352 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 34B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 353 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 7B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 354 | Falcon-H1-Arabic 3B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 355 | Falcon Arabic 7B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 356 | Falcon3 10B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 357 | Falcon3 7B InstructTII | -- | Free |
| 358 | Falcon Mamba 7B InstructTII | -- | Free |
Why Consider GPT Alternatives?
Lower Costs
Many GPT-4 alternatives offer comparable performance at a fraction of the price. Models like DeepSeek and Mistral deliver strong results for under $1/1M output tokens, compared to GPT-4o's premium pricing. For high-volume workloads, the savings are substantial.
Open Source & Self-Hosting
Unlike GPT-4, open-source alternatives like Meta's Llama and Mistral models can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. This means full data privacy, no API rate limits, and zero ongoing costs beyond compute.
Specialized Strengths
Different models excel at different tasks. Claude excels at nuanced writing and long-context analysis, Gemini leads in multimodal understanding, and DeepSeek offers state-of-the-art reasoning. Choosing the right alternative can outperform GPT-4 on your specific use case.
Reduced Vendor Lock-In
Relying solely on OpenAI creates a single point of failure. Diversifying across providers protects against outages, policy changes, and price increases. Many alternatives are available via a single API key through multi-model providers.
Compare GPT Alternatives Head-to-Head
Use our comparison tool to see side-by-side breakdowns of scores, pricing, capabilities, and context windows between any two models.
Frequently Asked Questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Pro, DeepSeek V3, and Llama 3.1 405B are the strongest GPT-4 alternatives. Each matches or exceeds GPT-4 on specific benchmarks while offering different pricing and deployment options.
Yes -- DeepSeek V3 offers GPT-4-level performance at 10x lower cost. Gemini 2.0 Flash provides strong performance with a generous free tier. Open-source models like Llama 3.1 can be self-hosted for zero API costs.
For many use cases, yes. Llama 3.1 405B and DeepSeek V3 match GPT-4 on standard benchmarks. The gap narrows with fine-tuning. However, GPT-4 still leads on some complex reasoning tasks and has the most mature API ecosystem.