// alternatives · October 2026
Beam 1.0 501B A23B 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 Beam 1.0 501B A23B does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for Beam 1.0 501B A23B. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, scoring 74.0 overall.
Beam 1.0 501B A23B: no published LiveBench run, $0.438 per 1M blended tokens, about $180.00/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
Beam 1.0 501B A23B 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 Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek 20% more expensive. Head to head → | 74.0 | — | $0.525 | $194.40/mo | 1.0M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic 54% cheaper. Head to head → | 69.8 | — | $0.200−54% | $74.00/mo | 1M |
| MiMo-V2.6-Proxiaomi 24% more expensive. Head to head → | 68.5 | — | $0.544 | $227.64/mo | 1.1M |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flashminimax 40% cheaper. Head to head → | 66.9 | — | $0.262−40% | $102.00/mo | 1.0M |
| GPT-6 Lunaopenai 54% cheaper. Head to head → | 64.6 | — | $0.200−54% | $74.00/mo | 1.1M |
| GLM 5.3 Flashz-ai 88% cheaper. Head to head → | 62.1 | — | $0.053−88% | $34.59/mo | 1.0M |
Beam 1.0 501B A23B alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. 20% more expensive. Every suggestion supports tool calling, like Beam 1.0 501B A23B.
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 Beam 1.0 501B A23B 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.