Alternatives to Claude 3 Sonnet

These tools sit near Claude 3 Sonnet. Compare features and pricing before you switch.

OpenAI frontier flagship GPT-5.6 Sol: 1.05M context, effort up to max plus ultra, $5/$30 per 1M tokens.

15000000DR: 95AS: 95

Anthropic's previous Sonnet snapshot: 200k context, $3/$15 per 1M tokens. Docs now sell newer Claude 4.6 and Claude 5 lines.

2500000DR: 92AS: 95

Previous Claude 3.5 Sonnet snapshot. Rechecked: live docs lead with Claude 5 / 4.6. Not the 2026 default.

1250DR: 92AS: 88