Multilingual AI models: all 239 handle more than English

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026
All 239 models in the rating work beyond English, including Arabic. The difference is how efficiently they tokenise it. Output prices run from $0.059 to $180 per 1M tokens across the 199 models with a paid per-token price; 80 have a free tier and 88 ship open weights.
Multilingual
Services found: 239
#AI modelCapabilitiesAPI $/1M (in / out)Context windowPrice / moOutput $/1MOverviewVisit site
41

MiMo-V2.5-Pro

Xiaomi
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.435 / $0.871.05M tokensAPI only0.87View
42

Kimi K2.7 Code

Moonshot AI
Text & chatVisionCoding
$0.71 / $3.5262.1K tokensAPI only3.5View
43

Inkling Small

Thinkingmachines
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.45 / $1.21.05M tokensAPI only1.2View
44

Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$0.32 / $1.281M tokensAPI only1.28View
45

Inkling

Thinkingmachines
Text & chatVisionAudio
$1.87 / $4.68²1.05M tokensAPI only4.68View
46

Grok 4.3

xAI
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$1.25 / $2.51M tokensAPI only2.5View
47

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

DeepSeek
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$0.088606 / $0.1772121.05M tokensAPI only0.177View
48

GPT-5.4 Mini

OpenAI
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$0.75 / $4.5400K tokensAPI only4.5View
49

Nemotron 3 Ultra

NVIDIA
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.625 / $3.125262.1K tokensAPI only3.125View
50

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
$0.3 / $1.2204.8K tokensAPI only1.2View
51

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.3 / $2.51.05M tokensAPI only2.5View
52

MiMo-V2.5

Xiaomi
Text & chatVisionAudio
$0.14 / $0.281.05M tokensAPI only0.28View
53

Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.3 / $2262.1K tokensAPI only2View
54

GPT-5.4 Nano

OpenAI
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$0.2 / $1.25400K tokensAPI only1.25View
55

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$3 / $151M tokensAPI only15View
56

LongCat 2.0

Meituan
Text & chatLong context 1M+Multilingual
$0.75 / $2.951.05M tokensAPI only2.95View
57

Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.55 / $3.5262.1K tokensAPI only3.5View
58

Claude Haiku 4.5

Anthropic
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$1 / $5200K tokensAPI only5View
59

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Qwen
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.29 / $2.4262.1K tokensAPI only2.4View
60

Gemma 4 31B

Google
Text & chatVisionVideo
$0.09 / $0.34262.1K tokensAPI only0.34View

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Reasoning models169 modelsCoding assistants17 modelsVision and images156 modelsLong context 1M+82 modelsFree tier available80 modelsOpen weights88 models

Multilingual capability is now table stakes: all 239 models in this rating handle languages beyond English at production quality, Arabic included. The interesting question is no longer whether a model speaks your language but how efficiently it tokenises it.

Non-Latin scripts consume more tokens per word than English, so the same Arabic text costs more to process than its English equivalent. That makes the cheap end of this list - output from $0.25 per million - disproportionately attractive for high-volume multilingual work, and it makes prompt caching worth checking if your system prompt is long.

Tokenisation, not fluencyEvery model speaks the language; the difference is how many tokens it burns doing it.
Arabic costs moreNon-Latin scripts inflate token counts, so the same text bills higher than its English version.
Caching helps most hereA long multilingual system prompt is exactly what prompt caching was designed for.

Models with this capability

The 239 models below all support this capability. Prices are input and output per 1M tokens from the vendor official price list; for dirhams multiply by 3.6725. Tap a card to open the model page.

Claude Fable 5.1
#1
Anthropic
in $10out $501M tokens
GPT-6 Astra
#2
OpenAI
in $10out $501.05M tokens
GPT-6.1 Sol
#3
OpenAI
in $2out $101.05M tokens
GPT-6 Sol
#4
OpenAI
in $2out $101.05M tokens
GPT-6 Luna
#5
OpenAI
in $0.1out $0.51.05M tokens
Claude Opus 5.5
#6
Anthropic
in $4out $201M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5.5
#7
Anthropic
in $2out $101M tokens
Grok 4.7
#8
xAI
in $2out $6500K tokens

How to choose

  • Measure cost on real text in your language, not on English benchmarks.
  • Check output quality on dialect and register, not just on literal accuracy.
  • Prefer models with a free tier so you can test on your own corpus before paying.
  • For regulated translation, compare against a dedicated translation model.

Common mistakes

Assuming English pricing appliesA budget that works in English can overrun by half again in Arabic.
Skipping native reviewFluent output hides subtle register errors that only a native reader catches.

Who this suits

Gulf-facing productsArabic and English in one interface, with pricing that survives both.
Global supportOne model covering the whole ticket queue instead of per-language routing.
Content teamsDrafting in one language and adapting rather than translating.

Related filters

TranslationFaithful translation with terminology control
Prompt caching147 models with cheap repeated context
Frontier tier41 flagship models, the best each vendor sells
Free tier80 models with a free API allowance
All 239 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

Does Arabic cost more than English?

Yes. Non-Latin scripts use more tokens per word, so the same text bills higher. Budget models and prompt caching offset it.

Which models are strongest in Arabic?

The frontier tier handles it best, and regional families — Qwen, GLM, Falcon — are trained with heavier non-English weighting.

Is a translation model better than a multilingual one?

For contracts and regulated text, yes. For everyday work a general mid-tier model is cheaper and good enough.

Which languages are weakest?

Low-resource languages remain uneven across all vendors. Test rather than assume.

Does a bigger model speak better?

Usually yes on nuance, but the gap narrows for straightforward everyday text.

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