Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) 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 | Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku | Anthropic | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Cohere: North Mini Code (free) | Cohere | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.09 Budget | vs → | |
| 4 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → | |
| 5 | Google: Gemma 4 31B | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.09 Budget | vs → | |
| 6 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (batch) | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.39 Budget | vs → | |
| 7 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.00 Budget | vs → | |
| 8 | Mistral: Codestral 2508 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | Mistral: Codestral 2508 (batch) | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch) | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch) | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mistral AI | shares tool-use · similar price tier | 256K Long context (128K+) | $0.09 Budget | vs → |