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AI models for coding and agents

The AI models their makers position for coding and agentic work, ordered by tier then price. 24 in the catalogue. Ordering reflects our tier grade and API price, not a coding benchmark, so weigh context window and budget for your workflow.

ModelProviderContextInput /MOutput /MAccess
Hunyuan Hy3FrontierCost-efficient frontier reasoning and agent work, positioned against other top open models.
TTencent (Hunyuan)
256K
$0.14
$0.58
API (model id: hy3) via Tencent Cloud TokenHub, plus open weights on Hugging Face and GitHub. Also in Yuanbao, CodeBuddy, and ima.
MiniMax-M3FrontierFrontier coding, agentic execution, and multimodal reasoning at low cost.
MMiniMax
1M
$0.30
$1.20
API (model id: MiniMax-M3) via platform.minimax.io, plus open weights on Hugging Face.
GLM-5.2FrontierFrontier agentic coding and long-context reasoning at a fraction of closed-model cost.
ZZhipu AI (GLM)
1M
$1.40
$4.40
API (model id: glm-5.2) via Z.ai, plus the GLM Coding Plan and open weights on Hugging Face.
Mistral Medium 3.5FrontierComplex agent pipelines and premium coding assistants.
Mistral AI
256K
$1.50
$7.50
API
Grok 4.5FrontierHard coding and agent tasks. Cached input is $0.50 per 1M.
xAI
500K
$2.00
$6.00
API + Grok app
Kimi K3FrontierComplex multi-step agents, deep research, and large-codebase work where the top tier matters.
KMoonshot AI (Kimi)
1M
$3.00
$15.00
API (model id: kimi-k3) at api.moonshot.ai, plus kimi.com and the Kimi apps. Open weights planned on Hugging Face.
GPT-5.6 SolFrontierTeams tackling the hardest agentic and coding work.
OpenAI
1M
$5.00
$30.00
API + ChatGPT
Claude Fable 5FrontierAmbitious, long-horizon agent work.
Anthropic
1M
$10.00
$50.00
API + Claude apps
Kimi K2.6FlagshipTeams wanting a capable open-weight agentic model with generous context at a moderate price.
KMoonshot AI (Kimi)
256K
$0.95
$4.00
API (model id: kimi-k2.6) plus open weights on Hugging Face (moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6).
DeepSeek-V4-ProFlagshipHard reasoning, long documents and agentic tasks.
DeepSeek
1M
$1.74
$3.48
API + open weights
Command AFlagshipEnterprise RAG, agents and general chat.
CCohere
256K
$2.50
$10.00
API + open weights
Claude Opus 4.8FlagshipComplex agentic coding and enterprise work.
Anthropic
1M
$5.00
$25.00
API + Claude apps
MiniMax-M1ReasoningLong-context reasoning and software tasks that need a big open thinking model.
MMiniMax
1M
$0.40
$2.20
API (model id: MiniMax-M1) via platform.minimax.io, plus open weights on GitHub and Hugging Face (Apache 2.0).
Grok 4.20ReasoningMulti-agent and long-horizon jobs.
xAI
2M
$1.25
$2.50
API
Command A ReasoningReasoningAgentic workflows that need deliberate reasoning.
CCohere
256K
API
GLM-5.1ReasoningReasoning and coding work on a recent GLM-5 checkpoint.
ZZhipu AI (GLM)
1M
API (model id: glm-5.1) via Z.ai, plus open weights on Hugging Face.
Hunyuan-T1ReasoningDeliberate reasoning tasks in math, code, and analysis.
TTencent (Hunyuan)
64K
API (model id: hunyuan-t1) via Tencent Cloud.
DeepSeek-V4-FlashBalancedEveryday chat, coding and high volume production use.
DeepSeek
1M
$0.14
$0.28
API + open weights
MiniMax-M2.5BalancedHigh-volume coding and agent work where value per token is the priority.
MMiniMax
204K
$0.15
$0.90
API (model id: MiniMax-M2.5) via platform.minimax.io.
Devstral MediumBalancedAutonomous coding agents and repo scale edits.
Mistral AI
256K
$0.40
$2.00
API
Kimi K2.5BalancedEveryday agentic and coding work where you want good value on a proven open model.
KMoonshot AI (Kimi)
256K
$0.60
$3.00
API (model id: kimi-k2.5) plus open weights on Hugging Face (moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5).
Grok Build 0.1BalancedCodebase-scale software work.
xAI
256K
$1.00
$2.00
API + Grok app
GLM-5-TurboBalancedAgent workflows that need speed and strong tool calling without the full flagship price.
ZZhipu AI (GLM)
200K
$1.20
$4.00
API (model id: glm-5-turbo) via Z.ai and the GLM Coding Plan.
GLM-5V-TurboBalancedVision-driven coding and UI tasks in agent tools like OpenClaw and Claude Code.
ZZhipu AI (GLM)
200K
$1.20
$4.00
API (model id: glm-5v-turbo) via Z.ai.

Common questions

What is the best AI model for coding?

The highest-tier models positioned for coding and agentic work include Hunyuan Hy3 (Tencent (Hunyuan)), MiniMax-M3 (MiniMax), GLM-5.2 (Zhipu AI (GLM)). "Best" depends on your budget, the size of your codebase (context window), and whether you need agentic tool use; compare the options above.

Which cheap model is good for coding?

Among coding-oriented models, the lower-priced options appear toward the bottom of the table by tier; cross-reference the cheapest models list to balance cost and capability.

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