Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Flash
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Gemini 2.5 Flash 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 68 1.0M context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B92% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B94% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision94% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Qwen Turbo90% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Better valueSame category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 45 131K ctx 78%
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)86% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSame category
$0.07 in · $0.27 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 80%
Gemini 1.5 Flash85% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B82% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Small82% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Gemini 2.0 Flash79% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)71% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 68)Same category
$0.14 in · $0.55 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 80%
o363% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 68)Same category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
Llama 3.1 70B73% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 52 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision73% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
o163% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (71 vs 68)Same category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k93% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Nemo65% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.3 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 39 128K ctx 98%
Imagen 495% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 80%
Qwen Image Plus96% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
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.