Best Claude Opus 4.6 Alternatives
Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic is a flagship model priced at $5/25 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's on the expensive side — there are cheaper options with similar quality.
Claude Opus 4.6
AnthropicFlagshipInput
$5/1M
Output
$25/1M
Context
200K
Max Output
32K
Why Switch from Claude Opus 4.6?
Top Alternatives
40% cheaper, comparable performance, 66K max output.
Input
$2/1M
60% cheaper
Output
$16/1M
36% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
48% cheaper, comparable performance, 66K max output.
Input
$1.75/1M
65% cheaper
Output
$14/1M
44% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Dramatically cheaper (53% less), higher benchmark scores, 1M context (5x more).
Input
$2/1M
60% cheaper
Output
$12/1M
52% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
64K
Dramatically cheaper (53% less), comparable performance, 1M context (5x more).
Input
$2/1M
60% cheaper
Output
$12/1M
52% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Dramatically cheaper (77% less), comparable performance.
Input
$2/1M
60% cheaper
Output
$5/1M
80% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Dramatically cheaper (63% less), comparable performance, adds audio.
Input
$1.25/1M
75% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
60% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
40% cheaper, adds web-search.
Input
$3/1M
40% cheaper
Output
$15/1M
40% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
40% cheaper.
Input
$3/1M
40% cheaper
Output
$15/1M
40% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.0060% cheaper | $16.0036% cheaper | 200K | 90%+0.5% | 96.5%+1.5% | 100 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7565% cheaper | $14.0044% cheaper | 200K | 89%-0.5% | 95.5%+0.5% | 100 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.0060% cheaper | $12.0052% cheaper | 1M | 91%+1.5% | 95%Same | 95 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.0060% cheaper | $12.0052% cheaper | 1M | 89.8%+0.3% | 94%-1.0% | 95 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.0060% cheaper | $5.0080% cheaper | 128K | 83%-6.5% | 91%-4.0% | 90 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.2575% cheaper | $10.0060% cheaper | 128K | 88.5%-1.0% | 95%Same | 88 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.0040% cheaper | $15.0040% cheaper | 128K | 86%-3.5% | 93%-2.0% | 88 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.0040% cheaper | $15.0040% cheaper | 200K | 86%-3.5% | 94%-1.0% | 78 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.0040% cheaper | $15.0040% cheaper | 200K | 84.5%-5.0% | 93%-2.0% | 78 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0080% cheaper | $3.2087% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-19.1% | 91%-4.0% | 75 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.2575% cheaper | $10.0060% cheaper | 1M | 87.5%-2.0% | 93.5%-1.5% | 73 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1078% cheaper | $4.4082% cheaper | 200K | 85%-4.5% | 93.5%-1.5% | 68 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5090% cheaper | $3.0088% cheaper | 1M | 78%-11.5% | 90%-5.0% | 68 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4092% cheaper | $1.6094% cheaper | 200K | 87%-2.5% | 94.5%-0.5% | 65 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.5050% cheaper | $10.0060% cheaper | 128K | 80.5%-9.0% | 91%-4.0% | 60 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1597% cheaper | $0.6098% cheaper | 1M | 76%-13.5% | 89.5%-5.5% | 58 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8084% cheaper | $4.0084% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-20.1% | 88.1%-6.9% | 54 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6088% cheaper | $2.2091% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%-5.2% | — | 52 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3194% cheaper | $0.8597% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-9.0% | 90.2%-4.8% | 46 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1497% cheaper | $0.2899% cheaper | 164K | 78%-11.5% | 89%-6.0% | 46 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5589% cheaper | $2.1991% cheaper | 128K | 84%-5.5% | 92%-3.0% | 46 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3094% cheaper | $1.2095% cheaper | 200K | 82%-7.5% | 90%-5.0% | 46 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1597% cheaper | $0.6098% cheaper | 128K | 68%-21.5% | 87.2%-7.8% | 44 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4092% cheaper | $2.0092% cheaper | 128K | 76%-13.5% | 87%-8.0% | 44 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1896% cheaper | $0.6397% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-15.3% | 86%-9.0% | 38 |