Large language models, compared

Anthropic's assistant, known for long-context reasoning, careful writing, and safety-aware outputs. Strong on analysis, coding, and document-heavy work. Projects feature lets you l

Claude Fable 5 is a specialized model in the Claude 5 family, optimized for creative and narrative work. It shows stronger output on long-form writing, structured storytelling, and

Anthropic's small and fast model, designed for high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks where Opus is overkill. Strong fit for classification, extraction, and short-form generation at

Anthropic's flagship model as of mid-2026. Strongest performance in the Claude family on long-context reasoning, code generation, and agentic tool use. Succeeded by Opus 4.8 for fa

Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's latest flagship model with faster output than Opus 4.7 at the same capability tier. Designed for the hardest-tier work: long-context reasoning, agent

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the mid-tier model from Anthropic's 4.x generation. It offers a strong balance of capability and cost for everyday professional tasks: drafting, summarization,

Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's mid-tier model in the Claude 5 family. It delivers strong reasoning and writing quality at a significantly lower price than Opus, making it the defau

OpenAI's flagship conversational AI. Used by professionals across every category for drafting, summarization, structured thinking, and as a Swiss-army-knife reasoning assistant. Pr

GPT-4o is an AI tool from OpenAI. Paid only; plans from API: $5/M tokens.

OpenAI's headline model for 2025–2026. Multi-modal native (text, image, audio in/out), strong on reasoning and code. Default for ChatGPT Plus / Team subscribers. Pricing tiered wit

o1 is an AI tool from OpenAI. Paid only; plans from API: $15/M tokens.

Google's multimodal assistant, deeply integrated into Workspace (Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Meet). Strong choice for organizations already on Google's stack. Advanced tier (Gemini Advanc

Gemini 2.5 Flash is an AI tool from Google. Paid only; plans from API: $0.075/M tokens.

Google DeepMind's flagship Gemini model. Best-in-class context window (1M+ tokens), native multimodal across text, image, audio, and video. Deep Google Workspace and Search groundi

Meta's open-weights flagship model. Available for download and self-hosted deployment under the Llama license. Comparable quality to commercial frontier models on many benchmarks.

Mistral AI's frontier model and a European alternative to US-based frontier LLMs. Strong on multilingual European-language work, competitive English performance, available through

Mistral Le Chat is an AI tool from Mistral AI. Free tier available; plans from Free.

xAI's flagship model, integrated with X (Twitter) for real-time data access. Strong on current-events queries and less guardrail-restrictive than peer models. Available via X.com P

Search-first AI — every answer comes with citations. Pro tier gives access to GPT-4 / Claude / Sonar models and Pro Search (multi-step research). Replaces a lot of Google searches

Poe is an AI tool from Quora. Free tier available; plans from $20/mo.

Monica is an AI tool from Monica. Free tier available; plans from $8.30/mo.

You.com is an AI tool from You.com. Free tier available; plans from $15/mo.