Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnet model details · Claude 3 family · Anthropic provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $10.00 Premium | vs → |
| 2 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $15.00 Premium | vs → |
| 3 | OpenAI: o1 | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $15.00 Premium | vs → |
| 4 | OpenAI: o3 Deep Research | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $10.00 Premium | vs → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $10.00 Premium | vs → |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $5.00 Standard | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $6.00 Premium | vs → |
| 8 | Meta: Llama 4 Scout | Meta | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 328K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5 | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 400K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | shares tool-use, vision · similar context window | 400K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |