Alternatives to Claude Sonnet 5
For spreadsheets and formulas, Claude Sonnet 5 scores 55 and costs $5.40 per 1,000 formulas. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.
Overall 53$4.00 / 1M
98% similarGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIOverall60+7
Blended / 1M$4.50+13%
GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall+7Coding−1Writing±0Support+1Value+7Context1.1M
95% similarGrok 4.7xAIOverall35−18
Blended / 1M$3.00−25%
Grok 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall−18Coding−3Writing−17Support−25Value−17Context500K
94% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AIOverall37−16
Blended / 1M$2.07−48%
Mistral Large 4 vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall−16Coding±0Writing−19Support−10Value−13Context1M
93% similarOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekOverall53±0
Blended / 1M$1.98−50%
DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall±0Coding+1Writing+8Support+3Value+4Context1M
93% similarGPT-6 SolOpenAIOverall52−1
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
GPT-6 Sol vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall−1Coding+7Writing−17Support−19Value−1Context1.1M
85% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIAOverall34−19
Blended / 1M$1.05−74%
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall−19Coding−4Writing−10Support−18Value−13Context262K
83% similarGPT-5.6 SolOpenAIOverall68+15
Blended / 1M$8.00+100%
GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall+15Coding+12Writing+14Support+10Value+11Context1.1M
82% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3Z.aiOverall61+8
Blended / 1M$2.15−46%
GLM-5.3 vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall+8Coding+13Writing+17Support+11Value+11Context1M
80% similarGemini 3.8 FlashGoogleOverall71+18
Blended / 1M$1.50−62%
Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Claude Sonnet 5Overall+18Coding+11Writing+27Support+22Value+23Context1M
Similarity is closeness in spreadsheets and formulas score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.
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