// alternatives · October 2026
o4 Mini High 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 o4 Mini High does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for o4 Mini High. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is GPT-6.1 Terra, scoring 77.8 overall.
o4 Mini High: no published LiveBench run, $1.93 per 1M blended tokens, about $814.00/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
o4 Mini High 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 o4 Mini High | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6.1 Terraopenai 4% more expensive. Head to head → | 77.8 | — | $2.00 | $720.00/mo | 1.1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek 73% cheaper. Head to head → | 74.0 | — | $0.525−73% | $194.40/mo | 1.0M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic 90% cheaper. Head to head → | 69.8 | — | $0.200−90% | $74.00/mo | 1M |
| MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi 72% cheaper. Head to head → | 68.5 | — | $0.544−72% | $227.64/mo | 1.1M |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flashminimax 86% cheaper. Head to head → | 66.9 | — | $0.262−86% | $102.00/mo | 1.0M |
| GPT-6 Lunaopenai 90% cheaper. Head to head → | 64.6 | — | $0.200−90% | $74.00/mo | 1.1M |
o4 Mini High alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to o4 Mini High?
GPT-6.1 Terra. 4% more expensive. Every suggestion supports tool calling and image input, like o4 Mini High.
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 o4 Mini High 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.