Best GPT-4o Alternatives
GPT-4o by OpenAI is a mid-tier model priced at $2.5/10 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's on the expensive side — there are cheaper options with similar quality.
GPT-4o
OpenAIMid-TierInput
$2.5/1M
Output
$10/1M
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Why Switch from GPT-4o?
Top Alternatives
10% cheaper, higher benchmark scores, 1M context (8x more).
Input
$1.25/1M
50% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
Same price
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Dramatically cheaper (81% less), higher benchmark scores.
Input
$0.4/1M
84% cheaper
Output
$2/1M
80% cheaper
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores, adds reasoning.
Input
$3/1M
20% more
Output
$15/1M
50% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Higher benchmark scores, adds reasoning.
Input
$3/1M
20% more
Output
$15/1M
50% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
10% cheaper, higher benchmark scores, adds reasoning.
Input
$1.25/1M
50% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
Same price
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Dramatically cheaper (62% less), comparable performance.
Input
$0.8/1M
68% cheaper
Output
$4/1M
60% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
8K
Dramatically cheaper (56% less), higher benchmark scores, 100K max output.
Input
$1.1/1M
56% cheaper
Output
$4.4/1M
56% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Dramatically cheaper (78% less), higher benchmark scores, 128K max output.
Input
$0.6/1M
76% cheaper
Output
$2.2/1M
78% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.2550% cheaper | $10.00Same price | 1M | 87.5%+7.0% | 93.5%+2.5% | 95 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4084% cheaper | $2.0080% cheaper | 128K | 76%-4.5% | 87%-4.0% | 84 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.0020% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 86%+5.5% | 94%+3.0% | 80 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.0020% more | $15.0050% more | 200K | 84.5%+4.0% | 93%+2.0% | 80 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.2550% cheaper | $10.00Same price | 128K | 88.5%+8.0% | 95%+4.0% | 80 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8068% cheaper | $4.0060% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-11.1% | 88.1%-2.9% | 79 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1056% cheaper | $4.4056% cheaper | 200K | 85%+4.5% | 93.5%+2.5% | 75 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6076% cheaper | $2.2078% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%+3.8% | — | 75 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.0020% cheaper | $5.0050% cheaper | 128K | 83%+2.5% | 91%Same | 75 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.0020% cheaper | $12.0020% more | 1M | 91%+10.5% | 95%+4.0% | 70 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.0020% cheaper | $12.0020% more | 1M | 89.8%+9.3% | 94%+3.0% | 70 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0060% cheaper | $3.2068% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-10.1% | 91%Same | 68 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00100% more | $25.00150% more | 200K | 89.5%+9.0% | 95%+4.0% | 65 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.0020% cheaper | $16.0060% more | 200K | 90%+9.5% | 96.5%+5.5% | 65 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7530% cheaper | $14.0040% more | 200K | 89%+8.5% | 95.5%+4.5% | 65 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4084% cheaper | $1.6084% cheaper | 200K | 87%+6.5% | 94.5%+3.5% | 65 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5080% cheaper | $3.0070% cheaper | 1M | 78%-2.5% | 90%-1.0% | 65 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.0020% more | $15.0050% more | 128K | 86%+5.5% | 93%+2.0% | 62 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1594% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 1M | 76%-4.5% | 89.5%-1.5% | 55 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5578% cheaper | $2.1978% cheaper | 128K | 84%+3.5% | 92%+1.0% | 55 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3088% cheaper | $1.2088% cheaper | 200K | 82%+1.5% | 90%-1.0% | 55 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3188% cheaper | $0.8592% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%Same | 90.2%-0.8% | 53 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1893% cheaper | $0.6394% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-6.3% | 86%-5.0% | 53 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1594% cheaper | $0.6094% cheaper | 128K | 68%-12.5% | 87.2%-3.8% | 52 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1494% cheaper | $0.2897% cheaper | 164K | 78%-2.5% | 89%-2.0% | 45 |