Guides
Best AI for every use case
Ranked picks with opinionated takes. No benchmark-chasing — we weight the dimensions that actually matter per task.
coding
Best AI models for coding
Which LLM ships the most working code per dollar in 2026.
Current winner: Claude Opus 4.7
writing
Best AI models for writing
Long-form, marketing, and editorial — ranked by style not benchmarks.
Current winner: GPT-5
chat
Best AI models for chat
Conversational assistants that feel fast and natural.
Current winner: Claude Haiku 4.5
agents
Best AI models for agents
Tool use, planning, long-horizon reliability.
Current winner: Claude Opus 4.7
summarization
Best AI models for summarization
Distill big inputs down, cheaply and faithfully.
Current winner: Claude Haiku 4.5
translation
Best AI models for translation
Multilingual quality that holds up across languages.
Current winner: Claude Haiku 4.5
reasoning
Best AI models for reasoning
Math, logic, proofs, hard planning.
Current winner: Claude Opus 4.7
research
Best AI models for research
Long documents, citations, grounded answers.
Current winner: Claude Sonnet 4.6
vision
Best AI models for vision and multimodal
Image and video understanding, diagram reading, OCR.
Current winner: DeepSeek V3
cheap-bulk
Cheapest AI models for bulk workloads
High-throughput workloads where cost dominates.
Current winner: Claude Haiku 4.5