Alternatives

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.

See also: OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct model details · GPT-3.5 family · OpenAI provider page

Top 15 alternatives

#ModelProviderWhyContextInput price / 1MCompare
1Google: Gemma 2 27BGoogleshares structured-output · similar price tier8K
Short/standard context
$0.65
Budget
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2Meta: Llama 3 70B InstructMetashares structured-output · similar price tier8K
Short/standard context
$0.51
Budget
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3Goliath 120BAlpindaleshares structured-output · similar price tier6K
Short/standard context
$3.75
Standard
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4Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$1.00
Standard
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5Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$0.50
Budget
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6Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier200K
Long context (128K+)
$2.50
Standard
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7Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50
Standard
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8Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50
Standard
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9Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50
Standard
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10Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.50
Standard
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11Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00
Standard
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12Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.50
Standard
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13Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$3.00
Standard
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14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.50
Standard
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15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5Anthropicshares structured-output · similar price tier1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.00
Standard
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