Best LLMs for Chatbots (2026)

Fast, affordable large language models ideal for building conversational chatbots with low latency and high throughput at reasonable cost.

#1Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
ELO 1260
Input

$0.100/M

Output

$0.400/M

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#2GPT-4o Mini
OpenAI
ELO 1220
Input

$0.150/M

Output

$0.600/M

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#3Claude Haiku 4
Anthropic
ELO 1220
Input

$0.800/M

Output

$4.00/M

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#4Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
ELO 1290
Input

$0.200/M

Output

$0.600/M

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