Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated June 14, 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 4.7anthropic88.351.81M$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 Previewgoogle82.546.41M$0.5000$3.00
9Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen8240.1262K$0.3900$2.34
10Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen8214.3256K$0.0800$0.5000
11OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai8222.91M$0.4000$1.60
12Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle8233.51M$0.2500$1.50
13Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon8229.7$0.3000$2.50
14Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8213.7FreeFree
15OpenAI: GPT-5.2openai8251.3400K$1.75$14.00
16DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek8227.7164K$0.2100$0.7900
17Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity8217.9128K$2.00$8.00
18Qwen: Qwen3.6 27Bqwen8245.8262K$0.2885$3.17
19Google: Gemini 3 Pro Previewgoogle8241.31M$2.00$12.00
20Google: Gemini 2.5 Flashgoogle8220.61M$0.3000$2.50
21Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai8212.733K$0.0500$0.0800
22Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama828.98K$0.5100$0.7400
23Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta8211.9$1.38$1.38
24Magistral Small 1Mistral8216.8FreeFree
25MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5minimax8241.9205K$0.1500$0.9000
26Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen8219.7131K$0.1300$1.56
27Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama8218.41M$0.1500$0.6000
28Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage8225.9128K$0.1500$0.6000
29Nova 2.0 Lite (low)Amazon8224.6$0.3000$2.50
30Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba8218.2FreeFree
31Nex AGI: DeepSeek V3.1 Nex N1nex-agi8228.1131K$0.1350$0.5000
32Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1mistralai8221.3131K$0.4000$2.00
33Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity8215.2200K$3.00$15.00
34Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8227.1$0.0300$0.1500
35MiniMax: MiniMax M3minimax New8254.71M$0.3000$1.20
36OpenAI: GPT-5.1openai8247.7400K$1.25$10.00
37Google: Gemini 2.5 Progoogle8234.61M$1.25$10.00
38DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32Bdeepseek8217.2128K$0.2900$0.2900
39Muse SparkMeta8252.2FreeFree
40Magistral Medium 1Mistral8218.8FreeFree
41Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinkingqwen8232.5262K$0.7800$3.90
42Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic8237.11M$3.00$15.00
43Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instructqwen8213.2128K$0.2000$0.6000
44Mistral Large 2407mistralai8213131K$2.00$6.00
45OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai8235.41.1M$2.50$15.00
46Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)Upstage8221.7FreeFree
47Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8214.2$0.1100$1.26
48Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai8216262K$0.2000$0.2000
49AI21: Jamba Large 1.7ai218210.9256K$2.00$8.00
50Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch8210.6131K$0.7000$0.7000
#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 51.81M 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 46.41M ctx$0.5000/M in
#982
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen
AI 40.1262K ctx$0.3900/M in
#1082
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen
AI 14.3256K ctx$0.0800/M in
#1182
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai
AI 22.91M ctx$0.4000/M in
#1282
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle
AI 33.51M ctx$0.2500/M in
#1382
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon
AI 29.7$0.3000/M in
#1482
Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 13.7Free/M in
#1582
OpenAI: GPT-5.2openai
AI 51.3400K ctx$1.75/M in
#1682
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek
AI 27.7164K ctx$0.2100/M in
#1782
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity
AI 17.9128K ctx$2.00/M in
#1882
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27Bqwen
AI 45.8262K ctx$0.2885/M in
#1982
Google: Gemini 3 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 41.31M ctx$2.00/M in
#2082
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flashgoogle
AI 20.61M ctx$0.3000/M in
#2182
Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai
AI 12.733K ctx$0.0500/M in
#2282
Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama
AI 8.98K ctx$0.5100/M in
#2382
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta
AI 11.9$1.38/M in
#2482
Magistral Small 1Mistral
AI 16.8Free/M in
#2582
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5minimax
AI 41.9205K ctx$0.1500/M in
#2682
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 19.7131K ctx$0.1300/M in
#2782
Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama
AI 18.41M ctx$0.1500/M in
#2882
Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage
AI 25.9128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#2982
Nova 2.0 Lite (low)Amazon
AI 24.6$0.3000/M in
#3082
Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 18.2Free/M in
#3182
Nex AGI: DeepSeek V3.1 Nex N1nex-agi
AI 28.1131K ctx$0.1350/M in
#3282
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1mistralai
AI 21.3131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#3382
Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity
AI 15.2200K ctx$3.00/M in
#3482
Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 27.1$0.0300/M in
#35New82
MiniMax: MiniMax M3minimax
AI 54.71M ctx$0.3000/M in
#3682
OpenAI: GPT-5.1openai
AI 47.7400K ctx$1.25/M in
#3782
Google: Gemini 2.5 Progoogle
AI 34.61M ctx$1.25/M in
#3882
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32Bdeepseek
AI 17.2128K ctx$0.2900/M in
#3982
Muse SparkMeta
AI 52.2Free/M in
#4082
Magistral Medium 1Mistral
AI 18.8Free/M in
#4182
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinkingqwen
AI 32.5262K ctx$0.7800/M in
#4282
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic
AI 37.11M ctx$3.00/M in
#4382
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instructqwen
AI 13.2128K ctx$0.2000/M in
#4482
Mistral Large 2407mistralai
AI 13131K ctx$2.00/M in
#4582
OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai
AI 35.41.1M ctx$2.50/M in
#4682
Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)Upstage
AI 21.7Free/M in
#4782
Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 14.2$0.1100/M in
#4882
Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai
AI 16262K ctx$0.2000/M in
#4982
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7ai21
AI 10.9256K ctx$2.00/M in
#5082
Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch
AI 10.6131K ctx$0.7000/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 578 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.