MiniMax-M3 Frontier Frontier coding, agentic execution, and multimodal reasoning at low cost.
M MiniMax
1M
$0.30
$1.20
API (model id: MiniMax-M3) via platform.minimax.io, plus open weights on Hugging Face.
Mistral Medium 3.5 Frontier Complex agent pipelines and premium coding assistants.
Mistral AI
256K
$1.50
$7.50
API
Gemini 3.1 Pro Frontier Complex analysis over very long documents. Rates rise above 200K tokens.
Google
2M
$2.00
$12.00
API + Gemini app
Grok 4.5 Frontier Hard coding and agent tasks. Cached input is $0.50 per 1M.
xAI
500K
$2.00
$6.00
API + Grok app
Kimi K3 Frontier Complex multi-step agents, deep research, and large-codebase work where the top tier matters.
K Moonshot 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 Sol Frontier Teams tackling the hardest agentic and coding work.
OpenAI
1M
$5.00
$30.00
API + ChatGPT
Claude Fable 5 Frontier Ambitious, long-horizon agent work.
Anthropic
1M
$10.00
$50.00
API + Claude apps
Mistral Large 3 Flagship Teams wanting a top open weight generalist with a hosted option.
Mistral AI
256K
$0.50
$1.50
API + open weights
Kimi K2.6 Flagship Teams wanting a capable open-weight agentic model with generous context at a moderate price.
K Moonshot AI (Kimi)
256K
$0.95
$4.00
API (model id: kimi-k2.6) plus open weights on Hugging Face (moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6).
Grok 4.3 Flagship General production use. Canonical chat-model alias on the docs.
xAI
1M
$1.25
$2.50
API + Grok app
GPT-5.5 Flagship Broad production use across chat and tools.
OpenAI
1M
$5.00
$30.00
API + ChatGPT
Claude Opus 4.8 Flagship Complex agentic coding and enterprise work.
Anthropic
1M
$5.00
$25.00
API + Claude apps
Llama 4 Maverick Flagship General assistant and multimodal workloads run through third-party hosts or self-hosting.
Meta
1M
Open
Open
Open weights + third-party API
Grok 4.20 Reasoning Multi-agent and long-horizon jobs.
xAI
2M
$1.25
$2.50
API
o3 Reasoning Math, logic, and analysis that need deeper thinking.
OpenAI
200K
$2.00
$8.00
API + ChatGPT
GPT-5.5 Pro Reasoning Research-grade analysis where accuracy beats cost.
OpenAI
1M
$30.00
$180.00
API + ChatGPT
kimi-thinking-preview Reasoning Harder multimodal reasoning tasks where a visible thinking pass helps.
K Moonshot AI (Kimi)
128K
API only (model id: kimi-thinking-preview). Hosted preview.
GLM-4.6V Balanced Multimodal reasoning and document or UI understanding with tool use.
Z Zhipu AI (GLM)
128K
$0.30
$0.90
API (model id: glm-4.6v) via Z.ai, plus open weights on Hugging Face.
GLM-5V-Turbo Balanced Vision-driven coding and UI tasks in agent tools like OpenClaw and Claude Code.
Z Zhipu AI (GLM)
200K
$1.20
$4.00
API (model id: glm-5v-turbo) via Z.ai.
Gemini 3.6 Flash Balanced Fast, affordable agentic and coding work.
Google
1M
$1.50
$7.50
API + Gemini app
Gemini 3.5 Flash Balanced General production workloads.
Google
1M
$1.50
$9.00
API + Gemini app
GPT-5.6 Terra Balanced Everyday production apps that need strong quality on a budget.
OpenAI
1M
$2.50
$15.00
API + ChatGPT
Claude Sonnet 5 Balanced Most production workloads. Intro pricing of $2 in, $10 out runs through Aug 31, 2026.
Anthropic
1M
$3.00
$15.00
API + Claude apps
GPT-image-2 Balanced Product imagery, design, and creative work. Text in, image tokens out.
OpenAI
N/A
$5.00
$30.00
API