❓ How to choose the right AI model for your use case?

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Choosing the Right Model

With 4,587 models across 95 providers, choosing can be overwhelming. Here is a quick guide:

By Use Case

Use Case	Recommended Models	Why
AI Agents	Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro	Best tool-calling + reasoning
Code Generation	Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-4.1, DeepSeek R1	Top coding benchmarks
Reasoning	o3, Claude Opus 4, DeepSeek R1	Best reasoning scores
Vision	GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5	Image understanding
Budget	GPT-4.1 Nano, Gemini 2.0 Flash, DeepSeek V3	Under $0.50/M input
Free	Various on Groq, Cerebras, Cloudflare	No cost at all
Large Context	Gemini 2.5 Pro (1M), GPT-4.1 (1M)	Long documents

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