Arcee AI: Spotlight alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: Arcee AI: Spotlight model details · Arcee Ai provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Gemma 3 12B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Google: Gemma 3 27B | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | google/gemma-3-4b-it | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 4 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct | Meta | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta | shares vision · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.18 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.03 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mistral AI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | OpenAI | shares vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen VL Plus | Qwen | shares vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.14 Budget | vs → |