Alternatives

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 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 Opus 4 model details · Claude 4 family · Anthropic provider page

Top 15 alternatives

#ModelProviderWhyContextInput price / 1MCompare
1OpenAI: GPT-5 ImageOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier400K
Long context (128K+)
$10.00
Premium
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2OpenAI: GPT-5 ProOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier400K
Long context (128K+)
$15.00
Premium
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3OpenAI: o1OpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$15.00
Premium
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4OpenAI: o3 Deep ResearchOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$10.00
Premium
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5Mistral: Mistral Small 4Mistral AIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window262K
Long context (128K+)
$0.15
Budget
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6OpenAI: GPT-5OpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.25
Standard
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7OpenAI: GPT-5 CodexOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.25
Standard
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8OpenAI: GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$2.50
Standard
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9OpenAI: GPT-5 MiniOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$0.25
Budget
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10OpenAI: GPT-5 NanoOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$0.05
Budget
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11OpenAI: GPT-5.1OpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.25
Standard
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12OpenAI: GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.25
Standard
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13OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.25
Standard
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14OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$0.25
Budget
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15OpenAI: GPT-5.2OpenAIshares reasoning, tool-use, vision · similar context window400K
Long context (128K+)
$1.75
Standard
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