Use case

Best AI models for structured / JSON outputs

Structured-output mode forces the model to conform to a JSON schema. Eliminates parse errors and makes LLMs usable in deterministic data pipelines.

Top 25 models for JSON schema enforcement

#ModelProviderContextInput price / 1MTier
1Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3BAlibaba131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.09Budget
2Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free)Arcee Ai131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.00Budget
3Arcee AI: Trinity MiniArcee Ai131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.04Budget
4Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free)Arcee Ai131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.00Budget
5ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 FlashBytedance Seed262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.07Budget
6DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.09Budget
7DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek1.3M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.04Budget
8Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)Dots Studio512K
Long context (128K+)
$0.00Budget
9Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash LiteGoogle1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.07Budget
10Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.05Budget
11Google: Gemma 3 12BGoogle131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.05Budget
12Google: Gemma 3 27BGoogle262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.08Budget
13Google: Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.07Budget
14meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-InstructMeta131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.05Budget
15OpenAI: gpt-oss-120bOpenAI131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.04Budget
16OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bOpenAI131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.03Budget
17Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Qwen262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.05Budget
18Qwen: Qwen3 32BQwen131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.08Budget
19IBM: Granite 4.1 8BIbm Granite131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.05Budget
20inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-1TInclusionai262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.07Budget
21inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flashInclusionai262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.01Budget
22LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Liquid66K
Short/standard context
$0.00Budget
23Mistral: Mistral NemoMistral AI131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.02Budget
24Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)Mistral AI128K
Long context (128K+)
$0.00Budget
25Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI131K
Long context (128K+)
$0.07Budget

Frequently asked questions

What is structured output?

A mode where the model is constrained to emit JSON conforming to a schema you provide. Eliminates malformed-JSON retries.

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