Reasoning
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
The top tier of the Claude family, for the most demanding reasoning and long-horizon agent work, priced above Opus.
- Anthropic
- Vision
- Tool calling
AI model category
Vision and multimodal AI models
For invoices, forms, photos, screenshots and other inputs that are not plain text.
- 25 models
Multimodal models accept images, and sometimes audio or video, together with text. In business systems they read scanned invoices, forms and receipts, describe site photos, check screenshots and extract tables from PDFs. Many general purpose models now include vision, so this category overlaps with others.
For documents, a multimodal model often replaces a separate OCR step. For high volumes of the same document type, a dedicated OCR model can still be cheaper.
Vision and multimodal
All vision and multimodal ai models
Reasoning
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Anthropic's recommended starting point for most serious work: long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, with a 1M token context window.
- Anthropic
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic
Anthropic's balance of speed and intelligence: a strong everyday model for assistants, document work, tool calling and coding.
- Anthropic
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic
Anthropic's fastest and lowest-cost Claude model, with near-frontier intelligence for high-volume and real-time work.
- Anthropic
- Vision
- Tool calling
Reasoning
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google's most advanced Gemini model for reasoning, software engineering and agent work, reading text, images, audio, video and PDFs. Available as a preview.
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google's most capable Flash model, stable since September 2026, for agents, software engineering and enterprise workflows with full multimodal input.
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google's lowest-cost current Gemini model for high-throughput work such as sub-agent tasks and document parsing.
- Vision
- Tool calling
Open weights
Gemma 4
Google's open-weight model family under Apache 2.0, in sizes from phone-friendly to 31B, with image input and function calling.
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Embeddings
Gemini Embedding 2
Google's current embedding model, multimodal: it embeds text, images, video, audio and PDFs for search and retrieval.
- Vision
Open weights
Llama 4 Scout
Meta
An open-weight Llama 4 model with image input and a very long context window, for teams that want to host a capable model themselves.
- Meta
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Open weights
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
The larger Llama 4 open-weight model, with image input and a 1 million token context window, for self-hosted assistants and analysis.
- Meta
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Meta Muse Spark
Meta
Meta's newer proprietary model family, offered through the Meta Model API, with text, image, video and PDF input, tool calling and a 1 million token window.
- Meta
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
Mistral's open-weight general-purpose flagship under Apache 2.0, with image input, tool calling, structured outputs and a 256K token window.
- Mistral AI
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Coding
Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral AI
A newer open-weight Mistral model for agent and coding work, with image input, tool calling, structured outputs and a 256K window.
- Mistral AI
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Vision and multimodal
Mistral OCR 4.1
Mistral AI
Mistral's document OCR model, turning pages into structured output with bounding boxes, block labels and confidence scores.
- Mistral AI
- Vision
Reasoning
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
OpenAI's most capable model, built for the hardest end-to-end work: complex reasoning, coding, computer use and research.
- OpenAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI
The middle model of the GPT-6 family, positioned for complex coding and agentic workflows at a mid price level.
- OpenAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI
OpenAI's most efficient model for focused, high-volume tasks, with vision, tool calling and structured outputs at the lowest price level in the family.
- OpenAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
GPT-4.1
OpenAI
An older OpenAI model described as its smartest non-reasoning model, strong at following instructions and calling tools, with a very long context window.
- OpenAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI
A compact, low-cost older OpenAI model for focused tasks, with vision, tool calling and structured outputs and a 128K token window.
- OpenAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek
DeepSeek's default, best-value model: open weights under MIT, image input, tool calling, JSON output, optional thinking and a 1 million token window.
- DeepSeek
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Reasoning
Qwen3.8-Max
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba's current Qwen flagship for long autonomous coding and professional work, with image and video input, tool calling, JSON Schema output and a 1 million token window.
- Alibaba Cloud
- Vision
- Tool calling
Reasoning
Grok 4.7
xAI
xAI's current flagship for coding, agent tasks and knowledge work, with image input, tool calling, structured outputs, reasoning effort levels and a 500K window.
- xAI
- Vision
- Tool calling
General purpose
Cohere Command A+
Cohere
Cohere's enterprise flagship for multimodal, multilingual agent tasks, with 48 languages, tool calling, JSON output and open weights under Apache 2.0.
- Cohere
- Open weights
- Vision
- Tool calling
Embeddings
Cohere Embed v4
Cohere
Cohere's multimodal embedding model for enterprise search, embedding text, images and mixed documents, with flexible vector sizes and long inputs.
- Cohere
- Vision
How to choose
How to choose in this category
Collect fifty real documents or images, including poor scans and unusual layouts, and measure field accuracy for each candidate. Check image size limits, price per page and how the model handles handwriting and tables. Keep a person in the loop for low-confidence results.
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Guides and articles
View all guides and articlesGlossary terms
View all glossary terms- Multimodal model A multimodal model is an AI model that can take in more than one kind of input, such as text with images, audio or video.
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- Structured output Structured output is when an AI model returns its answer in a fixed format, such as JSON matching a schema, so software can use it reliably.