// alternatives · October 2026
Nova Premier 1.0 alternatives
Cheaper models that come close, budget substitutes, and the cheapest step up — chosen on published LiveBench scores and live list price, never on our opinion. Every model here supports tool calling and image input, as Nova Premier 1.0 does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for Nova Premier 1.0. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is GPT-6.1 Sol, scoring 84.1 overall.
Nova Premier 1.0: no published LiveBench run, $5.00 per 1M blended tokens, about $2,000/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
Nova Premier 1.0 has no published LiveBench run, so these are the highest-scoring benchmarked models priced no more than 25% above it — a known quantity to test against.
| Model | Overall | vs Nova Premier 1.0 | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Solopenai 20% cheaper. Head to head → | 84.1 | — | $4.00−20% | $1,440/mo | 1.1M |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5anthropic 20% cheaper. Head to head → | 80.0 | — | $4.00−20% | $1,440/mo | 1M |
| Gemini 4 Argongoogle 20% cheaper. Head to head → | 79.3 | — | $4.00−20% | $1,440/mo | 1.0M |
| GPT-6.1 Terraopenai 60% cheaper. Head to head → | 77.8 | — | $2.00−60% | $720.00/mo | 1.1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek 90% cheaper. Head to head → | 74.0 | — | $0.525−90% | $194.40/mo | 1.0M |
| Kimi K3.1 Promoonshotai 20% cheaper. Head to head → | 71.3 | — | $4.00−20% | $1,480/mo | 1.0M |
Nova Premier 1.0 alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to Nova Premier 1.0?
GPT-6.1 Sol. 20% cheaper. Every suggestion supports tool calling and image input, like Nova Premier 1.0.
How alternatives are chosen
- Scores — LiveBench release 2026-10-25. Only models with a published run are suggested on quality; a missing model means “not evaluated”, not “worse”.
- Prices — live list prices from OpenRouter, blended 3:1 input:output. Monthly figures price a RAG assistant with the published cached-input rate where there is one.
- Same job — suggestions must support every capability Nova Premier 1.0 has among tool calling and image input. Other listings of the same model (free or batch tiers) are variants, not alternatives, and are left out.
A few points on a public benchmark can hide large differences on your own tasks. Shortlist here, then decide with an eval — how to build one.