/best/chatbotsupdated August 2026136 models evaluated
Best AI for chatbots
Customer-facing conversational AI, support agents, and interactive assistants.
Chatbot quality hinges on three things most benchmarks ignore: persona consistency (does it stay in character when users push back?), safety calibration (does it refuse harmful requests without refusing legitimate ones?), and multilingual fluency (can it handle non-English users without degrading?).
What matters: a model that maintains character across long conversations, handles adversarial inputs gracefully, and produces natural-sounding responses in multiple languages. Latency matters too — users expect sub-second responses in a chat interface.
Our chatbots rank weights persona consistency (2×), safety calibration (1.5×), and multilingual (1×). For customer support specifically, add structured output weight if the model needs to trigger actions (refunds, escalations, ticket creation) based on conversation context.
Full rankings
All 136 models, scored for chatbots
| # | Model | Provider | Task score | $/in | $/out | Context |
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| 01 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DDeepSeek | 5.00/5.0 | $0.140 | $0.280 | 1.3M |
| 02 | MiMo-V2.5 | XXiaomi | 5.00/5.0 | $0.140 | $0.280 | 1.1M |
| 03 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Flash | XXiaomi | 5.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 04 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Mini | BBytedance-seed | 5.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 262K |
| 05 | KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 | KKwaipilot | 5.00/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 256K |
| 06 | inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T | IInclusionai | 5.00/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.625 | 262K |
| 07 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-1T | IInclusionai | 5.00/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.625 | 262K |
| 08 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B | QQwen | 5.00/5.0 | $0.140 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 09 | Nex-N2-Pro | NNex AGI | 5.00/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.00 | 262K |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.20 | 1.1M |
| 11 | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small | TThinkingmachines | 5.00/5.0 | $0.450 | $1.20 | 1.0M |
| 12 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | GGoogle | 5.00/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 13 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 5.00/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.50 | 1.0M |
| 14 | GLM-4.7 | ZZhipu AI | 5.00/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.75 | 205K |
| 15 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 5.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1.0M |
| 16 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B | QQwen | 5.00/5.0 | $0.320 | $3.20 | 262K |
| 17 | Kimi K2.7 Code | MMoonshot AI | 5.00/5.0 | $0.670 | $3.40 | 262K |
| 18 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 | ZZhipu AI | 5.00/5.0 | $1.19 | $3.74 | 1.0M |
| 19 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | MMoonshotAI | 5.00/5.0 | $0.950 | $4.00 | 262K |
| 20 | Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 | MMeta | 5.00/5.0 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1.0M |
| 21 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $1.00 | $6.00 | 1.1M |
| 22 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview | QQwen | 5.00/5.0 | $1.03 | $6.16 | 262K |
| 23 | Grok 4.6 | XXAI | 5.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| 24 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 | AAnthropic | 5.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M |
| 25 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.1M |
| 26 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.1M |
| 27 | GPT-5.2 | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K |
| 28 | GPT-5.4 | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1.1M |
| 29 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | OOpenAI | 5.00/5.0 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1.1M |
| 30 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | AAnthropic | 5.00/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M |
| 31 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 | AAnthropic | 5.00/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 32 | Claude Opus 4.6 | AAnthropic | 5.00/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 33 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) | AAnthropic | 5.00/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 34 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | QQwen | 4.67/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 35 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | NNVIDIA | 4.67/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 36 | GLM-4.7 Flash | ZZhipu AI | 4.67/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.400 | 203K |
| 37 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2 | MMinimax | 4.67/5.0 | $0.255 | $1.02 | 205K |
| 38 | Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V2 | KKwaipilot | 4.67/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 262K |
| 39 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | QQwen | 4.67/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.80 | 1M |
| 40 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | GGoogle | 4.67/5.0 | $0.300 | $2.50 | 1.0M |
| 41 | Thinking Machines: Inkling | TThinkingmachines | 4.67/5.0 | $0.950 | $4.05 | 1.0M |
| 42 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | MMoonshotAI | 4.67/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M |
| 43 | GPT-5.5 | OOpenAI | 4.67/5.0 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M |
| 44 | GPT-5 Nano | OOpenAI | 4.33/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.400 | 400K |
| 45 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 | MMinimax | 4.33/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 205K |
| 46 | GPT-5.4 Nano | OOpenAI | 4.33/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.25 | 400K |
| 47 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus | QQwen | 4.33/5.0 | $0.320 | $1.28 | 1M |
| 48 | GPT-5 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.33/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 400K |
| 49 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite | BBytedance-seed | 4.33/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 50 | o4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.33/5.0 | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K |
| 51 | Claude Opus 4.7 | AAnthropic | 4.33/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 52 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | OOpenAI | 4.33/5.0 | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1.1M |
| 53 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash | IInclusionai | 4.00/5.0 | $0.010 | $0.030 | 262K |
| 54 | StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash | SStepfun | 4.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 55 | Gemma 4 31B | GGoogle | 4.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.340 | 262K |
| 56 | DeepSeek V3.2 | DDeepSeek | 4.00/5.0 | $0.260 | $0.380 | 164K |
| 57 | GPT-4o-mini | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 128K |
| 58 | Mistral Small 4 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.600 | 262K |
| 59 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | XXiaomi | 4.00/5.0 | $0.435 | $0.870 | 1.1M |
| 60 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $0.188 | $1.13 | 1M |
| 61 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | SStepfun | 4.00/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.15 | 262K |
| 62 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | MMinimax | 4.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 1.0M |
| 63 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 | MMinimax | 4.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 205K |
| 64 | GPT-4.1 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.400 | $1.60 | 1.0M |
| 65 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | DDeepSeek | 4.00/5.0 | $0.790 | $1.58 | 1.0M |
| 66 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $0.325 | $1.95 | 1M |
| 67 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $0.400 | $2.00 | 131K |
| 68 | R1 0528 | DDeepSeek | 4.00/5.0 | $0.500 | $2.15 | 164K |
| 69 | MiniMax: MiniMax M1 | MMinimax | 4.00/5.0 | $0.550 | $2.20 | 1M |
| 70 | R1 | DDeepSeek | 4.00/5.0 | $0.700 | $2.50 | 64K |
| 71 | KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 | KKwaipilot | 4.00/5.0 | $0.740 | $2.96 | 256K |
| 72 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra | NNVIDIA | 4.00/5.0 | $0.600 | $3.60 | 512K |
| 73 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GGoogle | 4.00/5.0 | $0.750 | $3.75 | 1.0M |
| 74 | GPT-5.4 Mini | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $0.750 | $4.50 | 400K |
| 75 | Qwen 3.7 Max | QQwen | 4.00/5.0 | $1.48 | $4.42 | 1M |
| 76 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | AAnthropic | 4.00/5.0 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K |
| 77 | Grok 4.5 | XXAI | 4.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| 78 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MMistral | 4.00/5.0 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 262K |
| 79 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | GGoogle | 4.00/5.0 | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1.0M |
| 80 | GPT-5 | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 81 | GPT-5.1 | OOpenAI | 4.00/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K |
| 82 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | GGoogle | 4.00/5.0 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.0M |
| 83 | Grok 4 | XXAI | 4.00/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 256K |
| 84 | Grok 3 | XXAI | 4.00/5.0 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 131K |
| 85 | Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 | PPoolside | 3.67/5.0 | $0.060 | $0.120 | 262K |
| 86 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | QQwen | 3.67/5.0 | $0.030 | $0.130 | 1M |
| 87 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | DDeepSeek | 3.67/5.0 | $0.089 | $0.177 | 1.0M |
| 88 | Poolside Laguna S 2.1 | PPoolside | 3.67/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.180 | 1.0M |
| 89 | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GGoogle | 3.67/5.0 | $0.070 | $0.340 | 262K |
| 90 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super | NNVIDIA | 3.67/5.0 | $0.085 | $0.400 | 1M |
| 91 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | GGoogle | 3.67/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 92 | GPT-4.1 Nano | OOpenAI | 3.67/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.400 | 1.0M |
| 93 | Grok 4.1 Fast | XXAI | 3.67/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.500 | 2M |
| 94 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 3.67/5.0 | $0.090 | $0.550 | 262K |
| 95 | Grok 3 Mini | XXAI | 3.67/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.500 | 131K |
| 96 | Llama 4 Maverick | MMeta | 3.67/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.800 | 1.0M |
| 97 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | QQwen | 3.67/5.0 | $0.250 | $1.25 | 262K |
| 98 | DeepSeek V3.1 | DDeepSeek | 3.67/5.0 | $0.550 | $1.65 | 164K |
| 99 | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 | BBytedance-seed | 3.67/5.0 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 262K |
| 100 | xAI: Grok Build 0.1 | XXAI | 3.67/5.0 | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K |
| 101 | Devstral 2 2512 | MMistral | 3.67/5.0 | $0.440 | $2.20 | 262K |
| 102 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | BByteDance | 3.67/5.0 | $0.500 | $2.50 | 262K |
| 103 | Grok 4.20 | XXAI | 3.67/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 2M |
| 104 | Grok 4.3 | XXAI | 3.67/5.0 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M |
| 105 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GGoogle | 3.67/5.0 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 1.0M |
| 106 | ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Code | BBytedance-seed | 3.67/5.0 | $0.500 | $3.00 | 262K |
| 107 | GPT-4.1 | OOpenAI | 3.67/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 1.0M |
| 108 | o3 | OOpenAI | 3.67/5.0 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K |
| 109 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GGoogle | 3.67/5.0 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1.0M |
| 110 | Claude Opus 5 | AAnthropic | 3.67/5.0 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M |
| 111 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 | AAnthropic | 3.67/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 112 | Claude Opus 5 (Fast) | AAnthropic | 3.67/5.0 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M |
| 113 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b | OOpenAI | 3.33/5.0 | $0.030 | $0.130 | 131K |
| 114 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | OOpenAI | 3.33/5.0 | $0.037 | $0.170 | 131K |
| 115 | Ministral 3 8B 2512 | MMistral | 3.33/5.0 | $0.150 | $0.150 | 262K |
| 116 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | QQwen | 3.33/5.0 | $0.048 | $0.193 | 262K |
| 117 | Ministral 3 14B 2512 | MMistral | 3.33/5.0 | $0.200 | $0.200 | 262K |
| 118 | Inception: Mercury 2 | IInception | 3.33/5.0 | $0.250 | $0.750 | 128K |
| 119 | Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking | AArcee-ai | 3.33/5.0 | $0.220 | $0.850 | 262K |
| 120 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DDeepSeek | 3.33/5.0 | $0.270 | $1.00 | 164K |
| 121 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 | MMinimax | 3.33/5.0 | $0.270 | $1.08 | 205K |
| 122 | Grok Code Fast 1 | XXAI | 3.33/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.50 | 256K |
| 123 | GPT-4o | OOpenAI | 3.33/5.0 | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K |
| 124 | IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro | IIbm-granite | 3.00/5.0 | $0.017 | $0.112 | 131K |
| 125 | Ministral 3 3B 2512 | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.100 | 131K |
| 126 | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | BBytedance-seed | 3.00/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.300 | 262K |
| 127 | Llama 4 Scout | MMeta | 3.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.300 | 1.3M |
| 128 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | MMeta | 3.00/5.0 | $0.100 | $0.320 | 131K |
| 129 | Codestral 2508 | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.300 | $0.900 | 256K |
| 130 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | MMistral | 3.00/5.0 | $0.500 | $1.50 | 262K |
| 131 | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | IIbm-granite | 2.67/5.0 | $0.050 | $0.100 | 131K |
| 132 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | MMistral | 2.67/5.0 | $0.075 | $0.200 | 131K |
| 133 | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | QQwen | 2.67/5.0 | $0.070 | $0.280 | 262K |
| 134 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2-her | MMinimax | 2.67/5.0 | $0.300 | $1.20 | 66K |
| 135 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | MMistral | 2.33/5.0 | $0.351 | $0.555 | 128K |
| 136 | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | MMinimax | 2.33/5.0 | $0.200 | $1.10 | 1.0M |
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