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Prioritized coding tools/models for "low-cost coding models" using benchmark quality, cost, and setup friction.

OpenAI GPT-5 Mini (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
5
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Final commercial and safety requirements depend on provider policy and deployment setup.
  • High-context prompts require strict prompt budgeting for cost control.
$0.25/$2 per 1M
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DeepSeek V3.1 (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • Shorter context window versus latest high-context frontier models.
  • Needs prompt constraints for compliance-sensitive outputs.
$0.15/$0.75 per 1M
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Gemini 2.5 Flash (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
4
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Output modality is text-first in OpenRouter routing.
  • High multimodal context can increase latency and spend.
$0.3/$2.5 per 1M
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LangGraph v1

agent • code • search • text

Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • Graph design complexity rises with broad tool sets and branching conditions.
  • Requires dedicated testing harness to prevent regression in agent paths.

Kimi K2 (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: medium
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • Long contexts still require careful retrieval and chunking strategy.
  • Quality varies for domain-specific enterprise policy tasks without examples.
$0.5/$2.4 per 1M
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LlamaIndex AgentWorkflow

agent • code • search • text

Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • Complex retrieval-heavy flows need careful memory and context controls.
  • Reliability depends on external model/tool stack quality.

Qwen3 Coder 480B (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: medium
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • May need stronger instruction scaffolding for strict enterprise style guides.
  • Use evaluation harness for critical production refactors.
$0.22/$1 per 1M
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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

agent • code • search

Updated 25/2/2026

Health: medium
Avg rating
4
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Requires engineering effort for production-grade observability and governance.
  • Feature surface evolves quickly; pin versions in production.

OpenAI Agents SDK

agent • code • search • text

Updated 25/2/2026

Health: medium
Avg rating
5
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Production governance still requires external policy and approval layers.
  • Agent complexity can grow quickly without strict scope controls.

OpenAI GPT-5 (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
5
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Higher output token cost needs strict budget controls.
  • For latency-sensitive UX, route simple prompts to smaller model tiers.
$1.25/$10 per 1M
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Gemini 2.5 Pro (OpenRouter)

text • code • image • audio • video

Updated 25/2/2026

Health: low
Avg rating
4
Reviews
1

Top limitations

  • Complex multimodal prompts may increase latency at peak load.
  • For routine tasks, flash-tier routing is generally more cost-effective.
$1.25/$10 per 1M
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Claude Sonnet 4 (OpenRouter)

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Updated 25/2/2026

Health: medium
Avg rating
-
Reviews
0

Top limitations

  • Premium output pricing can grow quickly for long responses.
  • Use guardrails for sensitive workflow automation.
$3/$15 per 1M
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