Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct by Together AI? 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 58 128K context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B92% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Gemini 1.5 Flash84% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
o362% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 58)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
Gemini 2.0 Flash79% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision93% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
o4 Mini62% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (70 vs 58)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
Ministral 3 8B82% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)85% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (63 vs 58)Same category
$0.07 in · $0.27 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 80%
Llama 3.1 8B93% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
o162% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (71 vs 58)Larger contextSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 71 200K ctx 82%
Qwen Turbo89% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Better valueSame category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 45 131K ctx 78%
DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)70% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSmarter (73 vs 58)Same category
$0.14 in · $0.55 out / 1M Tokens 73 64K ctx 80%
Qwen3.5 9B86% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
GPT 4.1 Mini62% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano62% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
Mistral Small82% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision72% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueMore modalitiesSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 70B72% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 52 128K ctx 85%
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.