Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Gemini 2.5 Pro
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Gemini 2.5 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 76 1.0M context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B98% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash96% CHEAPER
Google
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$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B96% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Nemo91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.3 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 39 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Small96% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Llama 3.1 8B98% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision98% CHEAPER
Meta
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$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 70B93% CHEAPER
Meta
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$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 52 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision93% CHEAPER
Meta
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$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
GPT-4o91% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 60 128K ctx 82%
GPT-4o Mini91% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 42 128K ctx 82%
o191% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
o391% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Mini91% CHEAPER
OpenAI
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$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano91% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
o4 Mini91% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)97% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSame category
$0.07 in · $0.27 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 80%
Gemini 2.0 Flash95% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
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.