Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to GPT-5.4 Mini
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for GPT-5.4 Mini 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 400K context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B96% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash92% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 2.0 Flash90% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
GPT 4.1 Mini81% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano81% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Larger contextSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k97% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Ministral 3 3B94% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen3.5 9B93% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
OpenAI GPT OSS 20B92% CHEAPER
Fireworks AI
Same category
$0.07 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
GPT OSS 20B 128k92% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Llama 4 Scout 17Bx16E 128k90% CHEAPER
Groq
Same category
$0.11 in · $0.34 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Mistral Small91% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Same category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview67% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.25 in · $1.5 out / 1M Tokens 1.0M ctx 98%
DeepSeek V4 Flash90% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Same category
$0.14 in · $0.28 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B97% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision97% CHEAPER
Meta
Same category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Imagen 498% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 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.