Qwen: Qwen VL Max 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 | Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 2 | OpenAI: GPT-4o | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 3 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Chat | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat | OpenAI | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $3.00 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → | |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 15 | Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview | shares tool-use, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.0M Ultra context (1M+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |