Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 1.0M context
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k95% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B94% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Ministral 3 3B91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 9B90% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B95% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision95% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Imagen 496% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 80%
Qwen Image Plus97% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct94% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.044 in · $0.13 out / 1M Tokens 78%
Qwen Image MAX93% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.075 out / image 78%
Qwen Turbo92% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 45 131K ctx 78%
Qwen 7B92% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.072 in · $0.144 out / 1M Tokens 131K ctx 78%
Ministral 391% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 78%
Ministral91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 78%
Palmyra Vision100% CHEAPER
Writer
Same category
$0.005 in · $0 out / 1M Tokens 76%
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B89% CHEAPER
Fireworks AI
Same category
$0.07 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
GPT OSS 20B92% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 68%
Qwen3 8B91% CHEAPER
Fireworks AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 41K ctx 68%
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.