Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated July 4, 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 Pick93.359.91M$10.00$50.00
2Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5anthropic New In-House Pick9353.41M$2.00$10.00
3Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic Top Pick In-House Pick92.355.71M$5.00$25.00
4Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle89.846.51M$2.00$12.00
5Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic89.453.51M$5.00$25.00
6Google: Gemini 3.5 Flashgoogle88.950.21M$1.50$9.00
7Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic85.147.21M$3.00$15.00
8Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6anthropic8337.81M$5.00$25.00
9Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen8219.7131K$0.1300$1.56
10Google: Gemma 3 27Bgoogle827.4131K$0.0800$0.1600
11Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instructmeta-llama823.3131K$0.3450$0.3450
12Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle8229.4262K$0.1200$0.3500
13Claude InstantAnthropic822.1FreeFree
14OpenAI: GPT-5 Miniopenai8225.3400K$0.2500$2.00
15Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama823.58K$0.5100$0.7400
16Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon8218.2$0.3000$2.50
17Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba827.9FreeFree
18AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai826.466K$0.1500$0.5000
19Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06google8229.51M$1.25$10.00
20Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama829.4131KFreeFree
21Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen8221.4262K$0.1000$0.1500
22Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning)Nous Research826.9$0.1300$0.4000
23Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructqwen8210262K$0.1300$0.5200
24Claude 2.1Anthropic823.9FreeFree
25MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5moonshotai8238.1262K$0.3750$2.03
26Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic8233.7200K$15.00$75.00
27Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon8216.6$0.3000$2.50
28Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba8212FreeFree
29AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai82466K$0.1200$0.2000
30Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon827.7300K$0.8000$3.20
31xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai8248.52M$2.00$6.00
32Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen8231.6262K$0.1400$1.00
33Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic8236.41M$3.00$15.00
34Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity8211.7128K$2.00$8.00
35Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral823.6$1.00$3.00
36Anthropic: Claude 3 Haikuanthropic823.9200K$0.2500$1.25
37Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon8219$0.3000$2.50
38Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba828.4$0.1100$1.26
39Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)google8239.666K$2.00$12.00
40Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama8214.31M$0.1500$0.6000
41Mistral: Mistral Small 4mistralai8219.6262K$0.1500$0.6000
42Qwen3.5 Omni PlusAlibaba8230.6$0.4000$4.80
43Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025google8223.81M$0.1000$0.4000
44Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity829.3200K$3.00$15.00
45Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch825.1131K$0.7000$0.7000
46Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta826.2$1.38$1.38
47Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Non-reasoning)Upstage8210FreeFree
48Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle8211.41M$0.1000$0.4000
49Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai826.933K$0.0500$0.0800
50Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning)Amazon8211.8$0.3000$2.50
#1NewTop Pick93.3
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic
AI 59.91M ctx$10.00/M in
#2NewIn-House Pick93
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5anthropic
AI 53.41M ctx$2.00/M in
#3Top PickIn-House Pick92.3
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic
AI 55.71M ctx$5.00/M in
#489.8
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 46.51M ctx$2.00/M in
#589.4
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic
AI 53.51M ctx$5.00/M in
#688.9
Google: Gemini 3.5 Flashgoogle
AI 50.21M ctx$1.50/M in
#785.1
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic
AI 47.21M ctx$3.00/M in
#883
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6anthropic
AI 37.81M ctx$5.00/M in
#982
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 19.7131K ctx$0.1300/M in
#1082
Google: Gemma 3 27Bgoogle
AI 7.4131K ctx$0.0800/M in
#1182
Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instructmeta-llama
AI 3.3131K ctx$0.3450/M in
#1282
Google: Gemma 4 31Bgoogle
AI 29.4262K ctx$0.1200/M in
#1382
Claude InstantAnthropic
AI 2.1Free/M in
#1482
OpenAI: GPT-5 Miniopenai
AI 25.3400K ctx$0.2500/M in
#1582
Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama
AI 3.58K ctx$0.5100/M in
#1682
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon
AI 18.2$0.3000/M in
#1782
Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 7.9Free/M in
#1882
AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai
AI 6.466K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1982
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06google
AI 29.51M ctx$1.25/M in
#2082
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama
AI 9.4131K ctxFree/M in
#2182
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bqwen
AI 21.4262K ctx$0.1000/M in
#2282
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning)Nous Research
AI 6.9$0.1300/M in
#2382
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructqwen
AI 10262K ctx$0.1300/M in
#2482
Claude 2.1Anthropic
AI 3.9Free/M in
#2582
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5moonshotai
AI 38.1262K ctx$0.3750/M in
#2682
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.1anthropic
AI 33.7200K ctx$15.00/M in
#2782
Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon
AI 16.6$0.3000/M in
#2882
Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 12Free/M in
#2982
AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai
AI 466K ctx$0.1200/M in
#3082
Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon
AI 7.7300K ctx$0.8000/M in
#3182
xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai
AI 48.52M ctx$2.00/M in
#3282
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen
AI 31.6262K ctx$0.1400/M in
#3382
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic
AI 36.41M ctx$3.00/M in
#3482
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity
AI 11.7128K ctx$2.00/M in
#3582
Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral
AI 3.6$1.00/M in
#3682
Anthropic: Claude 3 Haikuanthropic
AI 3.9200K ctx$0.2500/M in
#3782
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon
AI 19$0.3000/M in
#3882
Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 8.4$0.1100/M in
#3982
Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)google
AI 39.666K ctx$2.00/M in
#4082
Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama
AI 14.31M ctx$0.1500/M in
#4182
Mistral: Mistral Small 4mistralai
AI 19.6262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4282
Qwen3.5 Omni PlusAlibaba
AI 30.6$0.4000/M in
#4382
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025google
AI 23.81M ctx$0.1000/M in
#4482
Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity
AI 9.3200K ctx$3.00/M in
#4582
Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch
AI 5.1131K ctx$0.7000/M in
#4682
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta
AI 6.2$1.38/M in
#4782
Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Non-reasoning)Upstage
AI 10Free/M in
#4882
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle
AI 11.41M ctx$0.1000/M in
#4982
Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai
AI 6.933K ctx$0.0500/M in
#5082
Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning)Amazon
AI 11.8$0.3000/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 592 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.