Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Gemini 1.5 Pro
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Gemini 1.5 Pro by Google? 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 Intelligence 58 2.1M context
o394% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 58)Same category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)95% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 58)Same category
$0.14 in · $0.55 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 80%
o194% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (71 vs 58)Same category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
o4 Mini94% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (70 vs 58)Same category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
DeepSeek R182% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 58)Same category
$0.55 in · $2.19 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 98%
DeepSeek V391% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (63 vs 58)Same category
$0.27 in · $1.1 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 98%
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)98% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (63 vs 58)Same category
$0.07 in · $0.27 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 80%
Gemini 2.5 Flash84% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSmarter (68 vs 58)Same category
$0.3 in · $2.5 out / 1M Tokens 68 1.0M ctx 80%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B99% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash98% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B97% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Nemo94% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.3 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 39 128K ctx 98%
Claude 3 Haiku90% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Better valueSame category
$0.25 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 33 200K ctx 98%
Mistral Small97% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Codestral91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.3 in · $0.9 out / 1M Tokens 50 128K ctx 95%
Llama 3.1 8B99% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision99% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 70B96% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 52 128K ctx 85%
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.