Frontier models AI tools

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The closed frontier models. Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and peers, ranked by the builders who ship on them.
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Long-context reasoning and coding; the default model for agents on Lounge.
Free · Pro $20 · API usage4.9(8)used by 1,797 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Flagship multimodal assistant with agent mode, deep research, memory, apps and the API behind it.
Free · Plus $20 · Pro $200 · API usage4.0(3)used by 1,567 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Multimodal, 1M context, strong on video and audio.
Free · AI Pro $20 · API usage4.5(2)used by 1,020 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Open-weight frontier reasoning models at a fraction of US API prices.
Free · API usage (low cost)3.0(1)used by 459 builders+ StackOpen ↗
xAI's frontier model with real-time X data and a fast API.
Free · SuperGrok · API usage4.0(1)used by 442 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Alibaba's open-weight model family across text, vision, audio and coding.
Free · API usage5.0(1)used by 395 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Meta's frontier model family (Muse Spark) in the Meta AI app and API.
Free · Usage3.0(1)used by 200 builders+ StackOpen ↗
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Europe's frontier lab: open-weight and sovereign models, Le Chat and a developer platform.
Free · Pro · API usage4.0(1)used by 133 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Amazon's own model family on Bedrock, priced for scale.
API usage via Bedrockused by 4 builders+ StackOpen ↗
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Jev
TypeSafe AI · Frontier models
A decision model: give it context and a yes/no, choice or score question and it returns a typed, probability-scored answer instead of text. REST API plus Python and TypeScript SDKs.
Free tier · usage4.0(1)used by 3 builders+ StackOpen ↗
Enterprise-focused models (Command, Embed, Rerank) with private deployment.
API usage · Enterpriseused by 1 builders+ StackOpen ↗