OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 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 | Google: Gemma 2 27B | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.65 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Meta: Llama 3 70B Instruct | Meta | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.51 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Goliath 120B | Alpindale | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 6K Short/standard context | $3.75 Standard | vs → |
| 4 | Magnum v4 72B | Anthracite Org | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 16K Short/standard context | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | Mancer: Weaver (alpha) | Mancer | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 8K Short/standard context | $0.75 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 7 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | Cohere: Command A | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | Cohere: Command R+ (08-2024) | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.70 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |