AllenAI: Molmo2 8B alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: AllenAI: Molmo2 8B model details · Allenai provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | shares vision · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.30 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Qwen: Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B | Baidu | shares vision · similar price tier | 123K Short/standard context | $0.42 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | shares vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 6 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → | |
| 7 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → | |
| 8 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 9 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025 | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → | |
| 10 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → | |
| 11 | Google: Gemma 3 12B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 12 | Google: Gemma 3 27B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → | |
| 13 | google/gemma-3-4b-it | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview | shares vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → |