Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated June 13, 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
9Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1mistralai8221.3131K$0.4000$2.00
10Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity8215.2200K$3.00$15.00
11Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8227.1$0.0300$0.1500
12MiniMax: MiniMax M3minimax New8254.71M$0.3000$1.20
13Nex AGI: DeepSeek V3.1 Nex N1nex-agi8228.1131K$0.1350$0.5000
14Google: Gemini 2.5 Progoogle8234.61M$1.25$10.00
15DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32Bdeepseek8217.2128K$0.2900$0.2900
16Muse SparkMeta8252.2FreeFree
17Magistral Medium 1Mistral8218.8FreeFree
18OpenAI: GPT-5.1openai8247.7400K$1.25$10.00
19Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic8237.11M$3.00$15.00
20Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instructqwen8213.2128K$0.2000$0.6000
21Mistral Large 2407mistralai8213131K$2.00$6.00
22OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai8235.41.1M$2.50$15.00
23Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)Upstage8221.7FreeFree
24Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8214.2$0.1100$1.26
25Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinkingqwen8232.5262K$0.7800$3.90
26AI21: Jamba Large 1.7ai218210.9256K$2.00$8.00
27Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch8210.6131K$0.7000$0.7000
28Qwen3.5 Omni PlusAlibaba8238.6$0.4000$4.80
29Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plusqwen New8253.31M$0.3200$1.28
30Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai8216262K$0.2000$0.2000
31OpenAI: o3 Proopenai8240.7200K$20.00$80.00
32Perplexity: Sonarperplexity8215.5127K$1.00$1.00
33OpenAI: GPT-4 Turboopenai8213.7128K$10.00$30.00
34Ministral 3 8BMistral8214.8$0.1500$0.1500
35Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Non-reasoning)Upstage8216FreeFree
36OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Miniopenai8238.6400K$0.2500$2.00
37Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025google8231.11M$0.1000$0.4000
38DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324deepseek8222.3164K$0.2000$0.7700
39Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411mistralai8214131K$2.00$6.00
40Inception: Mercury 2inception8232.8128K$0.2500$0.7500
41Step3 VL 10BStepFun8215.5FreeFree
42Qwen3 4B 2507 InstructAlibaba8212.9FreeFree
43MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5moonshotai Updated8237.3262K$0.3750$2.03
44OpenAI: GPT-5openai8223.9400K$1.25$10.00
45Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Litegoogle8218.51M$0.0750$0.3000
46Z.ai: GLM 5V Turboz-ai8242.9203K$1.20$4.00
47Qwen3.5 Omni FlashAlibaba8225.9$0.1000$0.8000
48Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Google New8229.2FreeFree
49Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai8214.8262K$0.1500$0.1500
50xAI: Grok 3x-ai8225.2131K$3.00$15.00
#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
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1mistralai
AI 21.3131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#1082
Perplexity: Sonar Properplexity
AI 15.2200K ctx$3.00/M in
#1182
Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 27.1$0.0300/M in
#12New82
MiniMax: MiniMax M3minimax
AI 54.71M ctx$0.3000/M in
#1382
Nex AGI: DeepSeek V3.1 Nex N1nex-agi
AI 28.1131K ctx$0.1350/M in
#1482
Google: Gemini 2.5 Progoogle
AI 34.61M ctx$1.25/M in
#1582
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32Bdeepseek
AI 17.2128K ctx$0.2900/M in
#1682
Muse SparkMeta
AI 52.2Free/M in
#1782
Magistral Medium 1Mistral
AI 18.8Free/M in
#1882
OpenAI: GPT-5.1openai
AI 47.7400K ctx$1.25/M in
#1982
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic
AI 37.11M ctx$3.00/M in
#2082
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instructqwen
AI 13.2128K ctx$0.2000/M in
#2182
Mistral Large 2407mistralai
AI 13131K ctx$2.00/M in
#2282
OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai
AI 35.41.1M ctx$2.50/M in
#2382
Solar Open 100B (Reasoning)Upstage
AI 21.7Free/M in
#2482
Qwen3 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 14.2$0.1100/M in
#2582
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinkingqwen
AI 32.5262K ctx$0.7800/M in
#2682
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7ai21
AI 10.9256K ctx$2.00/M in
#2782
Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch
AI 10.6131K ctx$0.7000/M in
#2882
Qwen3.5 Omni PlusAlibaba
AI 38.6$0.4000/M in
#29New82
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plusqwen
AI 53.31M ctx$0.3200/M in
#3082
Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai
AI 16262K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3182
OpenAI: o3 Proopenai
AI 40.7200K ctx$20.00/M in
#3282
Perplexity: Sonarperplexity
AI 15.5127K ctx$1.00/M in
#3382
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turboopenai
AI 13.7128K ctx$10.00/M in
#3482
Ministral 3 8BMistral
AI 14.8$0.1500/M in
#3582
Solar Pro 2 (Preview) (Non-reasoning)Upstage
AI 16Free/M in
#3682
OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Miniopenai
AI 38.6400K ctx$0.2500/M in
#3782
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025google
AI 31.11M ctx$0.1000/M in
#3882
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324deepseek
AI 22.3164K ctx$0.2000/M in
#3982
Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411mistralai
AI 14131K ctx$2.00/M in
#4082
Inception: Mercury 2inception
AI 32.8128K ctx$0.2500/M in
#4182
Step3 VL 10BStepFun
AI 15.5Free/M in
#4282
Qwen3 4B 2507 InstructAlibaba
AI 12.9Free/M in
#4382
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5moonshotai
AI 37.3262K ctx$0.3750/M in
#4482
OpenAI: GPT-5openai
AI 23.9400K ctx$1.25/M in
#4582
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Litegoogle
AI 18.51M ctx$0.0750/M in
#4682
Z.ai: GLM 5V Turboz-ai
AI 42.9203K ctx$1.20/M in
#4782
Qwen3.5 Omni FlashAlibaba
AI 25.9$0.1000/M in
#48New82
Gemma 4 12B (Reasoning)Google
AI 29.2Free/M in
#4982
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai
AI 14.8262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#5082
xAI: Grok 3x-ai
AI 25.2131K ctx$3.00/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.