OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) 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-4o (extended) model details · GPT-4 family · OpenAI provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $15.00 Premium | vs → |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $5.00 Standard | vs → |
| 3 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $5.00 Standard | vs → |
| 4 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen VL Max | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.52 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.26 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Qwen | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar context window | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.12 Budget | vs → |