// alternatives · November 2026
ERNIE-Light-DT-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, as ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is GPT-6.1 Terra, scoring 78.8 overall.
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0: no published LiveBench run, $1.83 per 1M blended tokens, about $733.60/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
ERNIE-Light-DT-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 ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Terraopenai 9% more expensive. Head to head → | 78.8 | — | $2.00 | $720.00/mo | 1.1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek 93% cheaper. Head to head → | 70.3 | — | $0.130−93% | $34.40/mo | 1.0M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic 89% cheaper. Head to head → | 68.9 | — | $0.200−89% | $74.00/mo | 1M |
| Muse Spark 1.3meta 9% more expensive. Head to head → | 68.4 | — | $2.00 | $815.00/mo | 1.0M |
| MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi 70% cheaper. Head to head → | 66.1 | — | $0.544−70% | $227.64/mo | 1.1M |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flashminimax 86% cheaper. Head to head → | 63.7 | — | $0.262−86% | $102.00/mo | 1.0M |
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0?
GPT-6.1 Terra. 9% more expensive. Every suggestion supports tool calling, like ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0.
How alternatives are chosen
- Scores — LiveBench release 2026-11-06. 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 ERNIE-Light-DT-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.