OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview 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-mini Search Preview model details · GPT-4 family · OpenAI provider page
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+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024) | Cohere | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.32 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.21 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus (exacto) | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.21 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.26 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.27 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | DeepSeek: R1 0528 | DeepSeek | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 164K Long context (128K+) | $0.45 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Google: Gemma 3 12B | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 12 | Google: Gemma 3 27B | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → | |
| 13 | google/gemma-3-4b-it | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → | |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct | Qwen | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.13 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Qwen | shares structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |