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Alternatives to Gemini 4 Argon

For spreadsheets and formulas, Gemini 4 Argon scores 84 and costs $5.40 per 1,000 formulas. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 96$4.00 / 1M
97% similarClaude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Overall79−17
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−17Coding+3Writing−21Support−28Value−17Context1M
95% similarKimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI
Overall–
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
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Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall–Coding−5Writing–Support–Value–Context1M
94% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74−22
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−22Coding−6Writing−37Support−39Value−22Context1.1M
92% similarClaude Opus 5Anthropic
Overall86−10
Blended / 1M$10.00+150%
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Claude Opus 5 vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−10Coding±0Writing−9Support−13Value−15Context1M
88% similarQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Overall66−30
Blended / 1M$3.00−25%
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Qwen3.8 Max vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−30Coding−9Writing−20Support−25Value−28Context1M
86% similarOpen weightsKimi K3Moonshot AI
Overall65−31
Blended / 1M$6.00+50%
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Kimi K3 vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−31Coding−10Writing−26Support−24Value−34Context1M
86% similarMuse WonderMeta
Overall80−16
Blended / 1M$8.00+100%
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Muse Wonder vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−16Coding−8Writing−14Support−18Value−20Context1M
85% similarMuse Spark 1.3Meta
Overall68−28
Blended / 1M$2.00−50%
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Muse Spark 1.3 vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−28Coding−9Writing−25Support−26Value−24Context1M
84% similarGPT-6 AstraOpenAI
Overall74−22
Blended / 1M$20.00+400%
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GPT-6 Astra vs Gemini 4 ArgonOverall−22Coding−2Writing−40Support−41Value−30Context1.1M

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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