Substitutes · Claude Sonnet 4.510 alternatives · within 10% performance · lower price

Cheaper alternatives to Claude Sonnet 4.5

Drop-in substitutes within 10% of Claude Sonnet 4.5's average benchmark, priced lower, sorted by price. Target price $3.00/M · target score 37.9.

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Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·181% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·175% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
Free
Score
42.2
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131K
Save 100%·111% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.006
Score
64.5
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1.0M
Save 100%·170% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.007
Score
56.3
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1.0M
Save 100%·149% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.030
Score
42.4
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1.0M
Save 99%·112% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.030
Score
44.4
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Save 99%·117% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.030
Score
53.2
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Save 99%·140% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.030
Score
36.0
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8K
Save 99%·95% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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Price
$0.040
Score
48.1
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1.0M
Save 99%·127% of Claude Sonnet 4.5
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The cheapest drop-in alternative is gpt-oss-120b (free) at Free/M input · 100% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5 with 181% of the benchmark score.