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Alternatives to GPT-5.6 Sol

For spreadsheets and formulas, GPT-5.6 Sol scores 67 and costs $10.80 per 1,000 formulas. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 68$8.00 / 1M
91% similarMuse WonderMeta
Overall80+12
Blended / 1M$8.00±0%
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Muse Wonder vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall+12Coding+9Writing+14Support+13Value+12Context1M
90% similarOpen weightsKimi K3Moonshot AI
Overall65−3
Blended / 1M$6.00−25%
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Kimi K3 vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall−3Coding+7Writing+2Support+7Value−2Context1M
89% similarGPT-6 SolOpenAI
Overall52−16
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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GPT-6 Sol vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall−16Coding−5Writing−31Support−29Value−12Context1.1M
88% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3Z.ai
Overall61−7
Blended / 1M$2.15−73%
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GLM-5.3 vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall−7Coding+1Writing+3Support+1Value±0Context1M
85% similarGemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
Overall71+3
Blended / 1M$1.50−81%
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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall+3Coding−1Writing+13Support+12Value+12Context1M
84% similarQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Overall66−2
Blended / 1M$3.00−62%
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Qwen3.8 Max vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall−2Coding+8Writing+8Support+6Value+4Context1M
83% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74+6
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall+6Coding+11Writing−9Support−8Value+10Context1.1M
83% similarClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Overall53−15
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall−15Coding−12Writing−14Support−10Value−11Context1M
82% similarKimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI
Overall–
Blended / 1M$4.00−50%
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Kimi K3.1 Pro vs GPT-5.6 SolOverall–Coding+12Writing–Support–Value–Context1M

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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