Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated June 11, 2026

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

# Model Score AI Index Context Input / 1M Output / 1M Caps
1Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic New Top Pick94.764.91M$10.00$50.00
2Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic New Top Pick In-House Pick92.461.41M$5.00$25.00
3Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle Best for Agents91.757.21M$2.00$12.00
4OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai Top Pick88.860.21.1M$5.00$30.00
5Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic88.357.31M$5.00$25.00
6Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic In-House Pick84.451.71M$3.00$15.00
7OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai83.553.6400K$1.75$14.00
8Google: Gemini 3 Flash Previewgoogle82.5351M$0.5000$3.00
9MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinkingmoonshotai8240.9262K$0.6000$2.50
10Anthropic: Claude Opus 4anthropic8239200K$15.00$75.00
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3deepseek8216.5131K$0.2002$0.8001
12Ministral 3 14BMistral8216$0.2000$0.2000
13Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)IBM827$0.0300$0.2500
14OpenAI: GPT-5.2-Codexopenai8249400K$1.75$14.00
15Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructqwen8220.8262K$0.2000$0.8800
16Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)mistralai8214.5128KFreeFree
17Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haikuanthropic8218.7200K$0.8000$4.00
18Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen8232.4262K$0.1000$0.1500
19Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning)Nous Research8212.6$0.1300$0.4000
20DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Specialedeepseek8229.4164K$0.2870$0.4310
21Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic8242200K$15.00$75.00
22Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)anthropic8234.7200K$3.00$15.00
23Meta: Llama 3.1 405B (base)meta-llama8217.433K$4.00$4.00
24Google: Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle8227.1262K$0.0600$0.3300
25Gemini 1.5 Flash (Sep ’24)Google8213.8FreeFree
26Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4anthropic8238.71M$3.00$15.00
27Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instructmistralai827.733K$0.5400$0.5400
28Magistral Small 1.2Mistral8218.2$0.5000$1.50
29Command-R+ (Apr ’24)Cohere828.3$3.00$15.00
30AllenAI: Molmo2 8Ballenai827.337K$0.2000$0.2000
31Qwen: Qwen3 Maxqwen8231.4262K$0.7800$3.90
32xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai8248.52M$2.00$6.00
33Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)Nous Research8218.6$1.00$3.00
34NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)nvidia8221.4256KFreeFree
35Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect8222.2131K$0.2000$1.10
36Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507qwen8215131K$0.0482$0.1931
37Mistral: Sabamistralai8212.133K$0.2000$0.6000
38Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instructmeta-llama8212.5131K$0.4000$0.4000
39Claude 3 OpusAnthropic8218$15.00$75.00
40MiniMax: MiniMax M2minimax8236.1205K$0.2550$1.00
41Mistral: Mistral Medium 3mistralai8218.8131K$0.4000$2.00
42OpenAI: o1openai8230.7200K$15.00$60.00
43Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral8227.1$2.00$5.00
44Qwen2.5 MaxAlibaba8216.3$1.60$6.40
45MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax8239.4205K$0.2900$0.9500
46OpenAI: GPT-5 Codexopenai8244.6400K$1.25$10.00
47Cohere: Command Acohere8213.5256K$2.50$10.00
48Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic8215.9200K$6.00$30.00
49OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai8238.1400K$0.2000$1.25
50Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)Nous Research8216$0.1300$0.4000
#1NewTop Pick94.7
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic
AI 64.91M ctx$10.00/M in
#2NewTop PickIn-House Pick92.4
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic
AI 61.41M ctx$5.00/M in
#3Best for Agents91.7
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 57.21M ctx$2.00/M in
#4Top Pick88.8
OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai
AI 60.21.1M ctx$5.00/M in
#588.3
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic
AI 57.31M ctx$5.00/M in
#6In-House Pick84.4
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic
AI 51.71M ctx$3.00/M in
#783.5
OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai
AI 53.6400K ctx$1.75/M in
#882.5
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Previewgoogle
AI 351M ctx$0.5000/M in
#982
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 Thinkingmoonshotai
AI 40.9262K ctx$0.6000/M in
#1082
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4anthropic
AI 39200K ctx$15.00/M in
#1182
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3deepseek
AI 16.5131K ctx$0.2002/M in
#1282
Ministral 3 14BMistral
AI 16$0.2000/M in
#1382
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)IBM
AI 7$0.0300/M in
#1482
OpenAI: GPT-5.2-Codexopenai
AI 49400K ctx$1.75/M in
#1582
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructqwen
AI 20.8262K ctx$0.2000/M in
#1682
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24B (free)mistralai
AI 14.5128K ctxFree/M in
#1782
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Haikuanthropic
AI 18.7200K ctx$0.8000/M in
#1882
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen
AI 32.4262K ctx$0.1000/M in
#1982
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning)Nous Research
AI 12.6$0.1300/M in
#2082
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Specialedeepseek
AI 29.4164K ctx$0.2870/M in
#2182
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic
AI 42200K ctx$15.00/M in
#2282
Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)anthropic
AI 34.7200K ctx$3.00/M in
#2382
Meta: Llama 3.1 405B (base)meta-llama
AI 17.433K ctx$4.00/M in
#2482
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle
AI 27.1262K ctx$0.0600/M in
#2582
Gemini 1.5 Flash (Sep ’24)Google
AI 13.8Free/M in
#2682
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4anthropic
AI 38.71M ctx$3.00/M in
#2782
Mistral: Mixtral 8x7B Instructmistralai
AI 7.733K ctx$0.5400/M in
#2882
Magistral Small 1.2Mistral
AI 18.2$0.5000/M in
#2982
Command-R+ (Apr ’24)Cohere
AI 8.3$3.00/M in
#3082
AllenAI: Molmo2 8Ballenai
AI 7.337K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3182
Qwen: Qwen3 Maxqwen
AI 31.4262K ctx$0.7800/M in
#3282
xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai
AI 48.52M ctx$2.00/M in
#3382
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)Nous Research
AI 18.6$1.00/M in
#3482
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)nvidia
AI 21.4256K ctxFree/M in
#3582
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect
AI 22.2131K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3682
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507qwen
AI 15131K ctx$0.0482/M in
#3782
Mistral: Sabamistralai
AI 12.133K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3882
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instructmeta-llama
AI 12.5131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#3982
Claude 3 OpusAnthropic
AI 18$15.00/M in
#4082
MiniMax: MiniMax M2minimax
AI 36.1205K ctx$0.2550/M in
#4182
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3mistralai
AI 18.8131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#4282
OpenAI: o1openai
AI 30.7200K ctx$15.00/M in
#4382
Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral
AI 27.1$2.00/M in
#4482
Qwen2.5 MaxAlibaba
AI 16.3$1.60/M in
#4582
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax
AI 39.4205K ctx$0.2900/M in
#4682
OpenAI: GPT-5 Codexopenai
AI 44.6400K ctx$1.25/M in
#4782
Cohere: Command Acohere
AI 13.5256K ctx$2.50/M in
#4882
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic
AI 15.9200K ctx$6.00/M in
#4982
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai
AI 38.1400K ctx$0.2000/M in
#5082
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)Nous Research
AI 16$0.1300/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 577 models on a single 0–100 scale built from four weighted dimensions: intelligence (reasoning and knowledge benchmarks), technical capability (coding and tool use), content quality (writing and instruction-following) and value (capability per dollar).

Underlying data is aggregated from the OpenRouter API for pricing and availability, Artificial Analysis for intelligence, coding and agentic indices, and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard for open-model benchmarks. We refresh these sources daily and layer our own editorial review on top, so a model that benchmarks well but is impractical to deploy will not automatically top the table.

Models are grouped into tiers (Frontier, Professional, Specialist, Efficient, Emerging and Legacy) to make like-for-like comparison easier, and newly released models are flagged so you can see what has just landed.

Leaderboard FAQ

How often is the leaderboard updated?

Pricing, availability and benchmark data are synced daily from our sources, and editorial scores are reviewed whenever a significant new model is released.

How is the overall score calculated?

Each model is graded 0–10 on intelligence, technical capability, content quality and value; those dimensions are weighted and combined into the 0–100 overall score used to rank the table.

Where does the data come from?

From the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard, combined with hands-on editorial testing by the Design for Online team.