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Alternatives to GPT-6 Astra

For summarising documents cheaply, GPT-6 Astra scores 74 and costs $55.00 per 1,000 summaries. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 74$20.00 / 1M
87% similarMuse WonderMeta
Overall80+6
Blended / 1M$8.00−60%
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Muse Wonder vs GPT-6 AstraOverall+6Coding−6Writing+26Support+23Value+10Context1M
86% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74±0
Blended / 1M$4.00−80%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 AstraOverall±0Coding−4Writing+3Support+2Value+8Context1.1M
86% similarGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
Overall68−6
Blended / 1M$8.00−60%
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GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-6 AstraOverall−6Coding−15Writing+12Support+10Value−2Context1.1M
83% similarClaude Fable 5.1Anthropic
Overall92+18
Blended / 1M$20.00±0%
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Claude Fable 5.1 vs GPT-6 AstraOverall+18Coding+7Writing+35Support+27Value+17Context1M
83% similarClaude Opus 5Anthropic
Overall86+12
Blended / 1M$10.00−50%
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Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-6 AstraOverall+12Coding+2Writing+31Support+28Value+15Context1M
81% similarClaude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Overall79+5
Blended / 1M$4.00−80%
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs GPT-6 AstraOverall+5Coding+5Writing+19Support+13Value+13Context1M
80% similarOpen weightsKimi K3Moonshot AI
Overall65−9
Blended / 1M$6.00−70%
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Kimi K3 vs GPT-6 AstraOverall−9Coding−8Writing+14Support+17Value−4Context1M
77% similarQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Overall66−8
Blended / 1M$3.00−85%
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Qwen3.8 Max vs GPT-6 AstraOverall−8Coding−7Writing+20Support+16Value+2Context1M
75% similarMuse Spark 1.3Meta
Overall68−6
Blended / 1M$2.00−90%
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Muse Spark 1.3 vs GPT-6 AstraOverall−6Coding−7Writing+15Support+15Value+6Context1M

Similarity is closeness in summarising documents cheaply score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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