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Best cheaper alternatives to GPT-4 Turbo

Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for GPT-4 Turbo by OpenAI? 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 52 128K context
OpenAI
o398% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 52)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
OpenAI
o4 Mini98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (70 vs 52)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Google
Gemini 2.5 Flash94% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSmarter (68 vs 52)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
OpenAI
o198% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (71 vs 52)Larger contextSame category
Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro77% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSmarter (76 vs 52)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
OpenAI
o3-mini87% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (66 vs 52)Larger contextSame category
Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash99% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueSmarter (56 vs 52)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B100% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash99% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku97% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku89% CHEAPER
Anthropic
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Mini98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
OpenAI
GPT 4.1 Nano98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R194% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 52)Same category
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)98% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 52)Same category
OpenAI
GPT-4o98% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (60 vs 52)More modalitiesSame category
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V397% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (63 vs 52)Same category
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)99% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (63 vs 52)Same category

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.