A good fit for well-scoped everyday work that involves images, computer interfaces, or a clear outcome. Its strengths are visual reasoning and precise computer use, with clear, direct writing; it is faster and lower-cost than GPT-6.1 Sol, while the higher tier remains preferable for the hardest reasoning and coding.

Choose this when you want Kimi K3.1 Pro capabilities with more responsive output. It keeps the roughly 1-million-token context, image and video input, and required thinking mode; the official estimate is about 2–3× the speed, at roughly twice the quota usage.

Best suited to long-horizon coding, research, and multi-step agent work. The new Kimi Pro series offers roughly a 1-million-token context window and image and video input; thinking is required, making it a fit when deeper reasoning is worth the extra usage.

Built for complex software engineering, mathematical and scientific problems, and long tasks requiring multi-step agent work. It accepts text, images, video, audio, and PDFs, with a unified context of about 1.05 million tokens, plus thinking, tool use, and code execution. It is a flagship reasoning model; routine short Q&A usually does not need this much context or reasoning.

The Claude option for high-volume, latency-sensitive work such as classification, extraction, routing, and subagent tasks. Compared with Haiku 4.5, it expands the context window to 1M tokens and adds adaptive thinking; consider Sonnet or Opus for harder work.

A fast choice for image creation and conversational editing. Compared with Nano Banana 2, it improves visual quality, text and infographic layout, wide-format images, and character consistency across edits. It supports multiple reference images and 1K, 2K, or 4K output; consider Nano Banana Pro for the most demanding brand and precision work.

A fast choice for image creation and conversational editing. Compared with Nano Banana 2, it improves visual quality, text and infographic layout, wide-format images, and character consistency across edits. It supports multiple reference images and 1K, 2K, or 4K output; consider Nano Banana Pro for the most demanding brand and precision work.

For complex coding, computer use, and professional document work. It improves on GPT-6 Sol in demanding tasks and approaches Astra at a lower cost; choose Astra when maximum quality is the priority.

A strong workhorse balancing speed and intelligence: a 1M-token context window, text and image input, text output, adaptive thinking, and tool use for project-level coding, multi-step tasks, and knowledge work. Its main advantage over Sonnet 5 is faster, more token-efficient execution; choose Opus 5.5 when maximum quality for harder tasks matters more.

Built for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, especially cross-file refactors, codebase audits, and complex multi-step tasks. Its 1M-token context, always-on adaptive thinking, and text/image input favor high-quality long-horizon execution; compared with Sonnet 5, it prioritizes depth at higher cost and latency.

Built for complex coding and agentic workflows, including project-level programming, long-horizon planning, and multi-step tool use. Its 1.05M-token context, text/image input, reasoning, function calling, and structured outputs make it the workhorse choice; it costs more than GPT-6 Luna when quality and execution stability matter most.

Designed for focused, high-volume work such as batch summarization, classification, rewriting, and frequent agent calls. It still offers a 1.05M-token context, text/image input, reasoning, function calling, and structured outputs, but trades depth for much lower cost; prefer GPT-6 Sol for the hardest long-horizon tasks.

A strong high-throughput, lower-cost default for general and agentic work: it natively understands images and supports a 1M-token context, optional thinking and non-thinking modes, tool calls, and JSON output. Compared with the higher-tier V4 Pro, it is positioned around speed, throughput, and cost efficiency, making it practical for long documents, coding/agents, and image-text analysis; enable thinking when deeper reasoning is needed.

Built for high-throughput, long-context, and multimodal agent workloads: it handles text and images in a 1M-token context and supports thinking mode, JSON output, and tool calls. Its emphasis is lower latency and cost efficiency; raise reasoning effort when a task calls for more complex planning.

A special-price route for GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst that inherits the underlying image generation and editing capabilities, accepting text and reference images and returning images. It suits visual creation tasks that balance quality and route cost; sale indicates pricing, not an added capability.

Built for premium visual workflows where editing precision and finished-image quality matter most: a better fit for production campaign creative, polished product imagery, and multi-turn edits that need to preserve the subject, composition, and visual treatment. It accepts text and reference-image inputs and produces images, with longer generation times than Flare.

A special-price route for GPT Image 2.5 Flare that inherits the underlying image generation and editing capabilities, accepting text and reference images and returning images. It suits visual creation tasks that balance quality and route cost; sale indicates pricing, not an added capability.

A strong default for high-quality image generation and editing: optimized for faster iteration across creator and social content, product experiences, visual search, rapid prototyping, and high-volume generation. It accepts text and reference-image inputs and produces images; choose Sunburst when tighter editing control matters more than speed.

A flagship end-to-end model for complex reasoning, software engineering, computer use, deep research, and document work. It offers about a 1.05M-token context window, accepts text, images, and documents, returns text, and supports reasoning, search, function calling, structured outputs, code execution, and tool orchestration. Choose it over lower-tier models for long-horizon task quality and execution stability, with higher usage cost as the trade-off.

The flagship Flash model for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise workflows. It keeps the speed and cost profile of Flash while adding stronger reasoning and tool orchestration. It accepts text, images, video, audio, and PDF input, with about a 1.05M-token context window, search grounding, function calling, code execution, structured outputs, and tunable thinking. Prefer it over Flash-Lite for harder tasks, at higher usage cost.

A flagship long-context model for demanding, long-running knowledge work, coding projects, and multi-step agentic tasks. It accepts text, images, and PDFs, making it a strong fit for cross-file analysis, complex research, and sustained tool use. It prioritizes reasoning depth and long-horizon execution over speed and cost, so it is best reserved for tasks where reliable completion matters.

An efficient multimodal workhorse in the Qwen family, with a native million-token context window and strong support for coding assistance, agentic workflows, and visual understanding such as charts. It fits long documents, codebases, high-concurrency applications, and tool-assisted tasks.

The efficiency-focused Flash model in the GLM-5 family, with native multimodal support and a design aimed at long-context, high-frequency execution. It is a strong fit for coding, agentic workflows, and complex tasks that require image-and-text understanding, especially when production cost matters.

An experimental multimodal variant of DeepSeek-V4-Flash for image understanding alongside text. A practical choice for visual Q&A, screenshot and document analysis, while its experimental status makes it better suited to evaluation and flexible workflows than strict production-critical paths.

The speed-first variant of Alibaba's Wan 3.0 line (early access). It shortens generation latency while retaining high-quality video output, making it a good fit for low-latency previews, batch drafts and fast-iterating short-video workflows. If ultimate visual control matters more than speed, the standard version is a better choice.

A flagship workhorse for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks. It uses the same base model as GLM-5.2, with improvements driven by post-training, delivering a 50% gain on Z.ai Code Bench alongside stronger terminal-operation and vulnerability-discovery capabilities. It offers a 1M-token context window, up to 128K output, always-on reasoning with low, high, and max effort levels, function calling, and structured outputs. It currently accepts text only and is not intended for tasks requiring visual understanding.

Free models are for learning and trial purposes only and may be removed at any time. Premium models have limited quotas with 5 requests per minute, and their availability is not guaranteed.

A new fast multimodal model in the Gemini 3 family, released in August 2026, built for low-cost, high-throughput multimodal understanding. It accepts text, image, video, audio and document inputs with a 1M-token context, suited to large-scale processing, batch workloads and real-time interactions.

A flagship general-purpose model for high-quality coding, agentic execution, and knowledge work. It fits tasks that need sustained planning, tool collaboration, and complex problem solving; for simple calls where latency or cost matters most, choose a lighter model.

The standard video generation model of Alibaba's Wan 3.0 line (early access). It supports text-to-video, image-to-video and multi-modal reference inputs, generating clips up to roughly 30 seconds with synchronized audio in a single pass — suitable for ads, short drama and narrative content. Official release date not yet announced.

Qwen's most capable flagship multimodal reasoning model, built for long-horizon coding, professional work, and multi-stage agent tasks. It accepts text, images, and video, offers a 1M-token context window with up to 128K output, and supports function calling, structured outputs, web search, and a code interpreter. It is best used as a high-quality workhorse for complex tasks rather than for the lowest-cost, lowest-latency batch workloads.

A better fit for moving from a single clip toward a complete audiovisual story: it can generate up to 30 seconds in one pass, supports multiple extensions, accepts image, video, and audio references, and adds timestamp-level editing, green-screen, and camera control. It suits ads and short films that need continuity, while complex multi-subject motion still deserves human review.

A strong fit for turning text or multimodal references into short videos, with 30-second single-pass generation, multi-round extension, flexible referencing, and precise editing as its main strengths. Useful for ads, short films, and connected-shot drafts, while final cuts still benefit from human selection and editing.

A premium model for complex agentic coding and enterprise knowledge work, emphasizing long-horizon planning, sustained execution, self-checking, and reliable delivery. With a million-token context window, it is suited to large codebases, complex documents, and multi-step projects that need limited human oversight.

A quality-first image generation and editing model: it supports text-to-image and edits from 1–3 reference images, accepts prompts of up to about 4.5K tokens, and is aimed at dense layouts, fine 10px-scale text, 12 languages, and multiple fonts. Choose it over the standard variant when complex composition and detail fidelity matter more than speed or cost; use the standard variant for a faster, more economical workflow.

The balanced standard tier of Qwen-Image 3.0 for image generation and editing: it supports text-to-image and edits from 1–3 reference images, prompts of up to about 4.5K tokens, up to six outputs, and 2K-class resolution. It fits everyday posters, interfaces, infographics, and repeated creative work; move to Pro when complex layouts and fine text fidelity matter more, and use this tier when speed and cost efficiency are the priority.

Moonshot flagship model with native vision and up to a 1M-token context window. It currently runs at max reasoning effort and suits long-horizon coding, knowledge work, and complex tasks that coordinate terminal tools. For stable use, preserve the full reasoning history and start a new session in a compatible agent harness.

Free models are for learning and trial purposes only and may be removed at any time. Premium models have limited quotas with 5 requests per minute, and their availability is not guaranteed.

The balanced workhorse tier of GPT-5.6, combining capability and cost. Well suited to production work involving image understanding, tool use, and large source material; choose Sol for the hardest quality-first work or Luna for cost-controlled high volume.

The flagship GPT-5.6 tier for complex professional work and quality-first delivery. It supports image input, function calling, structured outputs, and an exceptionally large context window; consider Terra or Luna when latency or unit cost is the primary constraint.

The cost-sensitive, high-volume tier of GPT-5.6. A good fit for summarization, classification, rewriting, and batch automation; choose the Sol sibling for complex professional judgment or quality-first multi-step work.

A multimodal image-generation model for professional visual creation. It can generate images from text and perform precise edits with reference images and spatial annotations, with strengths in dense infographics, typography, realistic lighting, and multilingual text rendering.

A frontier reasoning model for coding, knowledge work, and STEM tasks. It supports image input, function calling, and structured outputs; its 500K-token context suits cross-file analysis and long source material. Prefer a lower-cost model when frontier reasoning is unnecessary.

Anthropic's most capable widely released model, built for the most demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work. Offers a 1M-token context window with 128k max output and always-on adaptive thinking, excelling at autonomously exploring underspecified tasks, planning, and carrying long-running coding and multi-agent orchestration further before it needs human input.

A daily-driver Sonnet-tier model aimed at bringing near-frontier agentic, coding, and knowledge-work capability at a lower operating cost. Its default 1M-token context and adaptive thinking fit long documents, codebases, and multi-step tool workflows; for the deepest reasoning or restricted high-risk security work, evaluate higher-tier or specialized models.

This is a discounted trial route. Generation may take longer and has roughly a 10% chance of failing. It is best for cost-sensitive image generation trials where queueing and occasional failures are acceptable; for more stable production use, choose a regular route.

A LongCat 2.0 workhorse for project-scale coding and long-running agent tasks, with native 1M-token context plus tool calling and multi-step reasoning. It is best when you need to keep large repositories, long documents, or automation workflows in scope; for lightweight Q&A or low-latency chat, a smaller Flash/Lite-style model is usually cheaper.

Built for coding, agents, and complex productivity tasks, advancing beyond Doubao Seed 2.0 in long context, long output, and tool-oriented workflows. Compared with Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek peers, it is a cost-effective option for Chinese office work, coding, and multi-step automation.

Built for text-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than HappyHorse 1.0, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for reference-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than HappyHorse 1.0, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for image-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than HappyHorse 1.0, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for video generation and multi-asset video creation, improving on Seedance 1.x with more complete motion stability, audiovisual generation, and reference inputs. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, it is better suited to Chinese creative workflows driven by mixed text, image, audio, and video inputs. The Mini tier is positioned for lower-cost, high-frequency testing compared with standard Seedance 2.0. Useful for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and social assets.

This is a Dreamina filter-off route for the lighter Seedance 2.0 Mini model. The description follows the underlying model rather than treating the route suffix as a new capability; it fits cost-sensitive drafts, batch assets, and rapid iteration, while higher tiers are better for maximum fidelity or complex motion.

Built for reasoning, coding, and long-context agent tasks, improving over GLM-5.1 in context length, tool use, and complex multi-step workflows. Compared with Chinese flagship peers such as Qwen, DeepSeek, and Kimi, it fits enterprise automation, project-level code analysis, and knowledge work in Chinese.

Built for image/video-driven generation, editing, and extension, with stronger motion consistency and fast social-content production than Grok Imagine 1.0. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, it fits short-form videos, ad concepts, and trend-driven assets in the xAI ecosystem.

Designed for agentic workloads, coding, and office productivity, with a stronger combined focus on long context, tool calling, and structured output than Qwen3.6. Compared with flagship models such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini, it is a cost-effective alternative for Chinese, coding, and multi-step tool workflows.

Free models are for learning and trial purposes only and may be removed at any time. Premium models have limited quotas with 5 requests per minute, and their availability is not guaranteed.

Built for long-horizon coding, tool use, and multi-turn production collaboration, extending beyond MiniMax M2.7 with multimodal inputs while keeping a 1M-token context window. Compared with Claude, Gemini, and GLM-5.2 long-context agent models, it is better for putting text, image, and video materials into one workflow.

Anthropic current Opus flagship for the most demanding reasoning, long-running agents, and high-autonomy coding. It supports a 1M-token context window and adaptive thinking; choose it when quality and reliability matter more than latency or cost.

Built for any-input-to-video multimodal creation, putting stronger emphasis than earlier Gemini video workflows on unified orchestration of text, image, audio, and video materials. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, it is better for integrating complex multimodal assets into one creative workflow.

Designed for agentic workloads, coding, and office productivity, with a stronger combined focus on long context, tool calling, and structured output than Qwen3.6. Compared with flagship models such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini, it is a cost-effective alternative for Chinese, coding, and multi-step tool workflows.

Built for video editing, with a stronger audio-native workflow than 早期视频模型, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for text-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than 早期视频模型, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for reference-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than 早期视频模型, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for image-to-video, with a stronger audio-native workflow than 早期视频模型, generating dialogue, sound effects, and background music in one pass. Compared with Veo, Kling, and Runway, its differentiator is synchronized audiovisual generation and character-consistent workflows for short drama, ads, e-commerce, and brand marketing.

Built for reasoning, coding, and agentic tool use, with stronger long-context, thinking-mode, and complex-task execution than DeepSeek V3.2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and Kimi, it is especially competitive for math, programming, and logical reasoning tasks.

Built for reasoning, coding, and agentic tool use, with stronger long-context, thinking-mode, and complex-task execution than DeepSeek V3.2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and Kimi, it is especially competitive for math, programming, and logical reasoning tasks.

Built for agents, coding, and long-context tasks, offering more complete multimodal understanding, a million-token context window, and long-horizon reasoning than MiMo V2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek, its strengths are Xiaomi ecosystem fit and engineering automation scenarios.

Built for agents, coding, and long-context tasks, offering more complete multimodal understanding, a million-token context window, and long-horizon reasoning than MiMo V2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek, its strengths are Xiaomi ecosystem fit and engineering automation scenarios.

A voice-design TTS model that creates a new voice from a single natural-language description, useful for brand IP, game NPCs, virtual creators, audio drama characters, and other original-voice workflows.

A MiMo v2.5 TTS model focused on voice cloning. It can generate speech close to a target timbre from reference audio while using text instructions to guide style, tone, and audio tags. Best for character dubbing, personalized narration, brand voices, and reusable voice assets.

An out-of-the-box text-to-speech model with multiple premium built-in voices and fine-grained control over pace, emotion, and tone, suited for narration, podcasts, character dubbing, and multi-scenario audio generation.

Built for agents, coding, and long-context tasks, offering more complete multimodal understanding, a million-token context window, and long-horizon reasoning than MiMo V2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek, its strengths are Xiaomi ecosystem fit and engineering automation scenarios.

Built for agents, coding, and long-context tasks, offering more complete multimodal understanding, a million-token context window, and long-horizon reasoning than MiMo V2. Compared with Chinese peers such as Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek, its strengths are Xiaomi ecosystem fit and engineering automation scenarios.

A special-price route for GPT Image 2 that inherits the underlying image generation and editing capabilities, accepting text and reference images and returning images. It fits image creation tasks where route cost matters; sale indicates pricing, not an added capability.

Built for high-quality image generation and editing, improving over GPT Image 1.x in text rendering, local editing, and multi-turn consistency. Compared with Gemini image models, Qwen Image, and Seedream, it is well suited to brand visuals, ad design, product imagery, and tightly controlled creative workflows.

A high-capability Opus model for complex, long-running software engineering and agent tasks. Compared with Opus 4.6, it emphasizes precise instruction following, higher-resolution vision, sustained execution, and self-verification for large codebases, difficult debugging, document analysis, and multi-step tool use.

Built for text generation, reasoning, and tool use, with stronger 200K long-context and agentic workflow stability than earlier MiniMax M2.x versions. Compared with Chinese peers such as Kimi, GLM, and Qwen, it fits productivity, coding assistance, and long-document processing.

A low-latency, cost-efficient multimodal model for high-volume translation, extraction, lightweight Q&A, and simple agent workflows. It accepts text, images, video, audio, and PDF input, provides about a 1.05M-token context window, and supports function calling, code execution, and structured outputs. Google shut down this Preview version on May 25, 2026, so new workloads should migrate to the stable model.

Built for image generation and editing, with stronger multimodal understanding, conversational edits, and rapid visual prototyping than earlier Gemini image capabilities. Compared with GPT Image, Qwen Image, and Seedream, it is useful for combining documents, images, and prompts in one visual workflow.

This is a discounted trial route. Generation may take longer and has roughly a 10% chance of failing. It is best for cost-sensitive image generation trials where queueing and occasional failures are acceptable; for more stable production use, choose a regular route.

The Claude lineup workhorse, balancing strong intelligence, response speed, and cost. It supports a 1M-token context window and adaptive thinking, making it a strong starting point for coding, document analysis, data work, and tool-using agents; move to Opus for the most complex tasks.

Built for coding, agents, and complex productivity tasks, advancing beyond Doubao Seed 2.0 in long context, long output, and tool-oriented workflows. Compared with Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek peers, it is a cost-effective option for Chinese office work, coding, and multi-step automation.

Built for image generation and editing, with stronger Chinese instruction following, visual reasoning, and high-frequency creative production than Seedream 4.x. Compared with GPT Image, Gemini image models, and Qwen Image, it is well suited to ByteDance-ecosystem ad design, e-commerce assets, and multi-scenario visual production.

A quality-first workhorse for audiovisual creation: it accepts text, image, audio, and video references, making it a fit for complex motion, multi-subject interaction, camera control, video editing, and extension. It can generate audiovisual clips up to 15 seconds with stereo audio, so it is best when visual and sound coherence matter more than the fastest turnaround.

This is a filter-off route name for the standard Seedance 2.0 model. The description follows the underlying model rather than treating the route suffix as a separate new model; it fits audiovisual creation with multimodal references, complex motion, camera control, and synchronized sound.

This is a filter-off route name for Seedance 2.0 Fast. The description follows the underlying Fast model rather than treating the route suffix as a new capability; it fits quick drafts, batch assets, and short feedback cycles, while the standard tier is preferable for maximum fidelity and complex shot control.

An Opus model for demanding reasoning, agentic coding, and large-codebase work. Compared with Opus 4.5, it emphasizes longer-horizon planning, code review, debugging, autonomous execution, and document and spreadsheet work, with a 1M-token context window and adaptive thinking. Evaluate newer Opus 4.7 or 4.8 first for new projects.

Built for text/image-to-video and multi-shot creation, improving over Kling 2.x in motion stability, camera language, and reference consistency. Compared with Veo, Runway, and Seedance, it is well suited to Chinese short drama, ad assets, and high-quality social video production.

Built for text/image-to-video and multi-shot creation, improving over Kling 2.x in motion stability, camera language, and reference consistency. Compared with Veo, Runway, and Seedance, it is well suited to Chinese short drama, ad assets, and high-quality social video production.

Built for text/image-to-video and multi-shot creation, improving over Kling 2.x in motion stability, camera language, and reference consistency. Compared with Veo, Runway, and Seedance, it is well suited to Chinese short drama, ad assets, and high-quality social video production.

The speed-oriented tier of the Seedance 2.0 family for quick drafts, batch ideation, and workflows that value shorter feedback cycles while retaining the multimodal video-creation direction of the family. Choose the standard tier when maximum fidelity and complex shot control matter more than turnaround time.

Built for image generation and editing, with a stronger focus than earlier GLM vision capabilities on Chinese prompts, image-text understanding, and controllable generation. Compared with GPT Image, Gemini image models, and Qwen Image, it fits Chinese marketing assets, explanatory visuals, and iterative visual edits.

Built for image generation and editing, with stronger multimodal understanding, conversational edits, and rapid visual prototyping than earlier Gemini image capabilities. Compared with GPT Image, Qwen Image, and Seedream, it is useful for combining documents, images, and prompts in one visual workflow.

This is a discounted trial route. Generation may take longer and has roughly a 10% chance of failing. It is best for cost-sensitive image generation trials where queueing and occasional failures are acceptable; for more stable production use, choose a regular route.

An earlier Opus model in the Claude 4 family, focused on difficult coding, agents, computer use, deep research, and work with slides and spreadsheets. It fits workflows that require Opus-level capability with 4.5 compatibility; without that constraint, evaluate the newer Opus 4.6 or 4.7 first.

Built for high-fidelity video generation, with a more mature native-audio, camera-control, and reference-input workflow than Veo 2/3. Compared with Kling, Runway, and Seedance, it is better suited to cinematic shorts, ad storyboards, and videos requiring stable physical motion. The Lite tier favors high-throughput, lower-cost drafts over the standard tier.

Built for high-fidelity video generation, with a more mature native-audio, camera-control, and reference-input workflow than Veo 2/3. Compared with Kling, Runway, and Seedance, it is better suited to cinematic shorts, ad storyboards, and videos requiring stable physical motion. The Fast tier is better for rapid concept validation than the standard tier.

Built for high-fidelity video generation, with a more mature native-audio, camera-control, and reference-input workflow than Veo 2/3. Compared with Kling, Runway, and Seedance, it is better suited to cinematic shorts, ad storyboards, and videos requiring stable physical motion.

Built for image generation and editing, with stronger multimodal understanding, conversational edits, and rapid visual prototyping than earlier Gemini image capabilities. Compared with GPT Image, Qwen Image, and Seedream, it is useful for combining documents, images, and prompts in one visual workflow.

The fastest and more cost-efficient model in the Claude lineup, offering near-frontier capability with a 200K-token context window and thinking support. It fits real-time interaction, batch processing, lightweight agents, and cost-sensitive production; use Sonnet or Opus for the hardest reasoning or code changes.

A multimodal embedding model for RAG and search infrastructure, not a chat model. It supports 32K-token text inputs and maps text, images, and visual documents into a shared vector space for knowledge-base retrieval, cross-modal/document search, code retrieval, and semantic matching; dense embeddings default to 2048 dimensions and can be truncated to reduce storage cost.