NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
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Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct | Meta | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.03 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (batch) | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 16K Short/standard context | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | MythoMax 13B | Gryphe | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Mancer: Weaver (alpha) | Mancer | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Microsoft: Phi 4 | Microsoft | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 16K Short/standard context | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Reka Edge | Reka | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 16K Short/standard context | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Reka Edge | Rekaai | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 16K Short/standard context | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris | Sao10k | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.04 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B | Tencent | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Tencent: Hy-MT2-7B | Tencent | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | ReMM SLERP 13B | Undi95 | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 6K Short/standard context | $0.35 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Cohere: Command R (08-2024) | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.32 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |