Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct 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 | Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 2 | DeepSeek: R1 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.70 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | DeepSeek: R1 0528 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 5 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 6 | Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | Meta | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $4.00 Standard | vs → |
| 7 | Mistral Large | Mistral AI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral Large 2407 | Mistral AI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral Large 2411 | Mistral AI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral AI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT Audio | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 12 | OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.60 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-4o | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) | OpenAI | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |