Saba alternatives
Match · Updated July 2026
The closest alternative to Saba is Olmo 3 32B Think — comparable intelligence (6.4 vs 6.4); for a cheaper option, GPT-5.6 Luna runs $0.100/M vs $0.200/M; and the best open-weight substitute is Kimi K3.
Closest match
Cheaper alternatives
gpt-5.6-luna
$0.100/M input · 51.2 intel
minimax-m3:batch
$0.150/M input · 44.4 intel
hy3
$0.132/M input · 41.2 intel
deepseek-v4-flash
$0.140/M input · 40.3 intel
gpt-5.4-nano:batch
$0.100/M input · 38.2 intel
mimo-v2.5
$0.140/M input · 37.2 intel
Smarter alternatives
granite-4.1-8b
6.7 intel · $0.050/M
gemini-2.5-flash-lite
6.9 intel · $0.100/M
gemini-2.5-flash-lite:batch
6.9 intel · $0.050/M
gpt-4o-mini
6.9 intel · $0.150/M
gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18
6.9 intel · $0.150/M
glm-4.5v
7.0 intel · $0.600/M
Open-source alternatives
kimi-k3
57.1 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
glm-5.2
51.1 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
minimax-m3
44.4 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
minimax-m3:batch
44.4 intel · open weights · 524K ctx
deepseek-v4-pro
44.3 intel · open weights · 1.0M ctx
kimi-k2.6
44.2 intel · open weights · 262K ctx
Frequently asked
What is the best alternative to Saba?
Olmo 3 32B Think is the closest alternative to Saba, with an Intelligence Index of 6.4 (Saba scores 6.4) at $0.150 per million input tokens.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Saba?
Yes — GPT-5.6 Luna costs $0.100 per million input tokens versus $0.200 for Saba, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
Is there an open-source alternative to Saba?
Kimi K3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Saba — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 57.1 on intelligence.