OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini 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-5 Image Mini model details · GPT-5 family · OpenAI provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 66K Short/standard context | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 3 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 66K Short/standard context | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 4 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 5 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral AI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $1.50 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) | Mistral AI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.75 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Qwen | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.55 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 | X Ai | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 500K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 12 | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 | X Ai | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 500K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 13 | SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.1 | X Ai | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 14 | xAI: Grok 4 | X Ai | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider | 66K Short/standard context | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
Cheaper alternatives to OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini
Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) — $0.50Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) — $0.50Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) — $2.00Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) — $2.00Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 — $1.00Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) — $0.50Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 — $1.50Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) — $0.75