MakerGoogle
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2026
API price (per 1M tokens)$2 in / $10 out
Open weightsNo
Introductory price until Nov 30, 2026; $4 / $20 from Dec 1. Not on the free API tier.
Best for
- Long, multi-step reasoning
- Work where a wrong answer costs more than no answer
- Gemini and Google Workspace users
Strengths
- #2 on Arena's text leaderboard (1520), behind only Gemini 4 Carbon
- Lowest hallucination rate of the frontier models in Artificial Analysis's testing
- Introductory $2 / $10 pricing, with Batch at half that
Watch out for
- Price doubles to $4 / $20 on December 1
- Outside the Arena WebDev top five
- Not available on free plans or the free API tier
Ranking history
| Edition | Power Rankings | Coding | Best Value | Open-Weight Watch | Image Generation | Video Generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 45, 2026 | #6 (91) | #7 (87) | #5 (88) | — | — | — |
| Week 44, 2026 | #2 (95) | #6 (88) | #3 (92) | — | — | — |
| Week 43, 2026 | #2 (95) | #6 (88) | #3 (92) | — | — | — |
| Week 42, 2026 | #3 (94) | #6 (88) | — | — | — | — |
| Week 41, 2026 | #3 (94) | #6 (88) | — | — | — | — |