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Alternatives to GPT-6 Luna

For coding help for non-developers, GPT-6 Luna scores 48 and costs $1.05 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 37$0.20 / 1M
96% similarClaude Haiku 5.5Anthropic
Overall44+7
Blended / 1M$0.20±0%
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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs GPT-6 LunaOverall+7Coding+4Writing−7Support+3Value+8Context1M
89% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31−6
Blended / 1M$0.53+163%
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MiniMax-M3 vs GPT-6 LunaOverall−6Coding−3Writing+15Support+18Value−10Context1M
86% similarMiniMax-M3.1-FlashMiniMax
Overall–
Blended / 1M$0.26+31%
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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs GPT-6 LunaOverall–Coding+12Writing–Support–Value–Context1M
82% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34−3
Blended / 1M$1.05+425%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs GPT-6 LunaOverall−3Coding+3Writing+12Support+7Value−12Context262K
81% similarOpen weightsGemma 4 31B ITGoogle
Overall28−9
Blended / 1M$0.25+25%
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Gemma 4 31B IT vs GPT-6 LunaOverall−9Coding−18Writing+19Support+20Value−10Context262K
78% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
Overall55+18
Blended / 1M$0.24+19%
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GLM-5.3-Flash vs GPT-6 LunaOverall+18Coding+21Writing+33Support+36Value+18Context1M
77% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27−10
Blended / 1M$0.24+19%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-6 LunaOverall−10Coding−22Writing+2Support+3Value−11Context1M
75% similarGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Overall29−8
Blended / 1M$0.85+325%
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GPT-6 LunaOverall−8Coding−12Writing+19Support+15Value−15Context1M
73% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37±0
Blended / 1M$2.07+932%
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Mistral Large 4 vs GPT-6 LunaOverall±0Coding+7Writing+3Support+15Value−12Context1M

Similarity is closeness in coding help for non-developers score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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