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Alternatives to Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

For pulling data out of documents, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 46 and costs $1.90 per 1,000 documents. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 29$0.85 / 1M
95% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31+2
Blended / 1M$0.53−38%
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MiniMax-M3 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+2Coding+9Writing−4Support+3Value+5Context1M
90% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37+8
Blended / 1M$2.07+143%
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Mistral Large 4 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+8Coding+19Writing−16Support±0Value+3Context1M
88% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34+5
Blended / 1M$1.05+24%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+5Coding+15Writing−7Support−8Value+3Context262K
87% similarOpen weightsGemma 4 31B ITGoogle
Overall28−1
Blended / 1M$0.25−71%
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Gemma 4 31B IT vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall−1Coding−6Writing±0Support+5Value+5Context262K
82% similarOpen weightsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Overall18−11
Blended / 1M$3.00+253%
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall−11Coding−17Writing−15Support−6Value−18Context262K
78% similarOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
Overall53+24
Blended / 1M$1.98+133%
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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+24Coding+20Writing+11Support+13Value+20Context1M
78% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27−2
Blended / 1M$0.24−72%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall−2Coding−10Writing−17Support−12Value+4Context1M
76% similarClaude Haiku 5.5Anthropic
Overall44+15
Blended / 1M$0.20−76%
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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+15Coding+16Writing−26Support−12Value+23Context1M
76% similarClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Overall53+24
Blended / 1M$4.00+371%
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOverall+24Coding+19Writing+3Support+10Value+16Context1M

Similarity is closeness in pulling data out of documents score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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