What are the best alternatives to o4-mini?

The top alternatives to o4-mini are Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.8, ranked by real usage data on Unfragile.

Are there free alternatives to o4-mini?

Yes, 10 free alternatives to o4-mini exist, including Llama 4, GPT-4o, Mistral Large.

20 alternatives ranked by real usage data. o4-mini scores 58/100 — 19 tools score higher.

Originalo4-mini

Latest compact reasoning model with native tool use.

20 alternatives

10 free options

19 score higher

Anthropic's 2026 flagship — strongest Claude for agents, long-horizon coding, and tool orchestration.