List-price bands, speed, reasoning, and when-to-use guidance for chat and image models. Reference pricing only—not your Ethyx invoice.
See the tools Ethyx can useEthyx's recommended everyday chat picks—start here if you want our defaults.
Anthropic
Workload: Balanced
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Ethyx’s balanced default—everyday writing, analysis, and code, faster than Sonnet 5 at the same list price. Use it for most projects; reserve Opus or Fable for maximum quality on hard problems.
List price: $$$
Speed: Standard
Supports extended reasoning
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OpenAI
Workload: Light
GPT-5.6 Luna is the efficient GPT-5.6 tier for cost-sensitive, high-volume workloads. Step up to Terra or Sol when quality matters more than price.
List price: $$
Speed: Fast
Supports extended reasoning
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xAI
Workload: Heavy
Grok 4.7 is xAI’s current flagship for agentic coding, long-running research, and ambitious interactive work. Use Grok 4.6 when you want the prior flagship, or Grok 4.3 for general chat.
List price: $$
Speed: Slower-paced
Supports extended reasoning
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Image generation models—use when you need visuals from a prompt rather than text chat.
OpenAI
Workload: Balanced
GPT Image 2.5 Flare is the fast OpenAI option for everyday images and edits. Choose Sunburst when precise edits and subject preservation matter more, or Grok Imagine for the quickest xAI path.
xAI
Workload: Balanced
Grok Imagine is the fast xAI option for everyday image generation and edits—concepts, social visuals, and iterative tweaks. Choose GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst when fidelity and fine detail matter more than speed.
OpenAI
Workload: Heavy
GPT Image 2 remains available for detailed scenes, product mockups, and careful edits. Prefer GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst for newer precision work, or Flare when you want that generation faster. Use Grok Imagine when you want quicker iteration.
OpenAI
Workload: Heavy
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is OpenAI’s precision tier for product imagery, campaign creative, and careful edits. Use Flare when you want the same family faster, or Grok Imagine for quicker iteration.
Recraft
Workload: Heavy
Recraft V4.1 is the specialist raster model for polished images, illustration, and one reference restyle. HD generates the 2K Pro variant. Grok Imagine is the faster everyday option, and GPT Image can edit several reference images in one turn.
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No training per provider terms — under its commercial API terms, this provider does not train on your conversations.
No-retention requested — by default, Ethyx sends a per-request no-retention flag (store: false) with chat requests.
Caution — this provider may store and train on your messages. Avoid sharing sensitive details.
Privacy ratings describe provider policies, not a guarantee. Your real name and email are never sent raw—identity is pseudonymized or withheld—and by default we request no data retention where the provider API supports it.
