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Alternatives to GPT-6 Sol

For coding help for non-developers, GPT-6 Sol scores 62 and costs $21.00 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 52$4.00 / 1M
93% similarClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic
Overall53+1
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
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Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-6 SolOverall+1Coding−7Writing+17Support+19Value+1Context1M
91% similarGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI
Overall60+8
Blended / 1M$4.50+13%
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GPT-5.6 Terra vs GPT-6 SolOverall+8Coding−8Writing+17Support+20Value+8Context1.1M
89% similarGPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
Overall68+16
Blended / 1M$8.00+100%
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GPT-5.6 Sol vs GPT-6 SolOverall+16Coding+5Writing+31Support+29Value+12Context1.1M
88% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3Z.ai
Overall61+9
Blended / 1M$2.15−46%
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GLM-5.3 vs GPT-6 SolOverall+9Coding+6Writing+34Support+30Value+12Context1M
88% similarOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek
Overall53+1
Blended / 1M$1.98−50%
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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GPT-6 SolOverall+1Coding−6Writing+25Support+22Value+5Context1M
87% similarGemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
Overall71+19
Blended / 1M$1.50−62%
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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs GPT-6 SolOverall+19Coding+4Writing+44Support+41Value+24Context1M
87% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37−15
Blended / 1M$2.07−48%
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Mistral Large 4 vs GPT-6 SolOverall−15Coding−7Writing−2Support+9Value−12Context1M
87% similarGrok 4.7xAI
Overall35−17
Blended / 1M$3.00−25%
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Grok 4.7 vs GPT-6 SolOverall−17Coding−10Writing±0Support−6Value−16Context500K
84% similarGPT-6.1 SolOpenAI
Overall74+22
Blended / 1M$4.00±0%
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GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 SolOverall+22Coding+16Writing+22Support+21Value+22Context1.1M

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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