I gotta say, the local models are catching up quick. Claude is definitely still ahead, but things are moving right along.

Which models perform anywhere close to Opus 4.5? In my experience none of the local models are even in the same ballpark.

This week: look at Qwen3 Coder Next and GLM 4.7 but it's changing fast.

I wrote this for the scenario you've run out of quota for the day or week but want a back up plan to keep going to give some options with obvious speed and quality trade-offs. There is also always the option to upgrade if your project and use case needs Opus 4.5.