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Alternatives to Claude Opus 5.5

For coding help for non-developers, Claude Opus 5.5 scores 100 and costs $42.00 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 97$8.00 / 1M
82% similarClaude Opus 5Anthropic
Overall86−11
Blended / 1M$10.00+25%
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Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−11Coding−16Writing−14Support−6Value−12Context1M
81% similarClaude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Overall79−18
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−18Coding−13Writing−26Support−21Value−14Context1M
81% similarClaude Fable 5.1Anthropic
Overall92−5
Blended / 1M$20.00+150%
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Claude Fable 5.1 vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−5Coding−11Writing−10Support−7Value−10Context1M
78% similarGemini 4 ArgonGoogle
Overall96−1
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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Gemini 4 Argon vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−1Coding−16Writing−5Support+7Value+3Context1M
76% similarMuse WonderMeta
Overall80−17
Blended / 1M$8.00±0%
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Muse Wonder vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−17Coding−24Writing−19Support−11Value−17Context1M
74% similarGPT-6 AstraOpenAI
Overall74−23
Blended / 1M$20.00+150%
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GPT-6 Astra vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−23Coding−18Writing−45Support−34Value−27Context1.1M
73% similarKimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI
Overall–
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall–Coding−21Writing–Support–Value–Context1M
72% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74−23
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−23Coding−22Writing−42Support−32Value−19Context1.1M
71% similarOpen weightsKimi K3Moonshot AI
Overall65−32
Blended / 1M$6.00−25%
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Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5.5Overall−32Coding−26Writing−31Support−17Value−31Context1M

Similarity is closeness in coding help for non-developers score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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