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
81

Nano Banana 2

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
API onlyView
82

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
API onlyView
83

Nano Banana Pro

Google
VisionImage generationStructured JSON output
$2 / $12API only12View
84

Gemini Omni Flash

Google
Text & chatVisionAudio
$1.5 / $9API only9View
85

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

Google
AudioAdjustable thinkingSpeech-to-text
API onlyView
86

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live

Google
AudioAdjustable thinkingSpeech-to-text
API onlyView
87

Grok 4.20 Reasoning

xAI
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$1.25 / $2.51M tokensAPI only2.5View
88

Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning

xAI
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$1.25 / $2.51M tokensAPI only2.5View
89

Grok Build 0.1

xAI
Text & chatAdjustable thinkingWeb search grounding
$1 / $2256K tokensAPI only2View
90

DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek
Text & chatReasoningAdjustable thinking
1M tokensAPI onlyView
91

DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek
Text & chatVisionReasoning
1M tokensAPI onlyView
92

Codestral

Mistral AI
Text & chatCodingStructured JSON output
$0.3 / $0.9128K tokensAPI only0.9View
93

Devstral 2

Mistral AI
Text & chatCodingStructured JSON output
256K tokensAPI onlyView
94

Magistral Medium 1.2

Mistral AI
Text & chatStructured JSON outputPrompt caching
128K tokensAPI onlyView
95

Command A+

Cohere
Text & chatVisionReasoning
$17.50–$32.50 / hr¹128K tokensAPI onlyView
96

Command A Reasoning

Cohere
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
API onlyView
97

Command A Vision

Cohere
Text & chatVisionReasoning
128K tokensAPI onlyView
98

Command A Translate

Cohere
Text & chatReasoningTranslation
API onlyView
99

Command R+

Cohere
Text & chatMultilingualProprietary API
$2.5 / $10API only10View
100

Command R

Cohere
Text & chatMultilingualProprietary API
API onlyView

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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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