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Best cheaper alternatives to FOR Contexts Above 272k

Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for FOR Contexts Above 272k by Sakana? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.

Category: LLM 272K context
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B100% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash99% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview97% CHEAPER
Google
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OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Mini98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Nano98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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OpenAI
GPT-5.592% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash99% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite97% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash96% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 3 Flash Preview94% CHEAPER
Google
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xAI
Grok 4.392% CHEAPER
xAI
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Alibaba Cloud
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct 1M97% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
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Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash83% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro83% CHEAPER
Google
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Google
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview78% CHEAPER
Google
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Groq
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k100% CHEAPER
Groq
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Mistral AI
Ministral 3 3B99% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
Together AI
Qwen3.5 9B99% CHEAPER
Together AI
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Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.