GPT-6 Sol and Luna
Shares rank 56 of 72 language models by recommenders
Recommended for strong performance at about half the cost, and Luna is seen as a possible step for computer use automation. Main caveat: opaque subscription pricing.
Recommended for strong performance at about half the cost, and Luna is seen as a possible step for computer use automation. Main caveat: opaque subscription pricing.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong performance at lower cost
“OpenAI kind of is trolling Anthropic by simply going into a price war with impressive performance.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” “This is exactly what people need - cutting edge intelligence at half the cost.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” “a bit better and also 50% cheaper”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Unreal Agent” - Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Overhyped branding and claims
“one of the greatest demonstrations of chutzpah, by some of the greatest hucksters, in the history of the human race”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” “their announcements, product names, and everything else looks and sounds like LLM-slop”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” “Rarely have I seen such hogwash.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” - Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna”
Opaque or high pricing
“I hate the opaqueness around subscription rates but at least it will show up in some way there too”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna” “This Luna pricing is obscene man.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “GPT-6 Sol and Luna”
Other language models people recommend
The four most recommended other language models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus | 3,331 | 2,746 | 55% | 13 | 4 mo156 owners | — |
| OpenAI GPT | 1,205 | 987 | 55% | 13 | 6 mo47 owners | — |
| Claude Sonnet | 854 | 586 | 59% | 13 | 6 mo46 owners | — |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 828 | 223 | 79% | 8 | 1 mo24 owners | Approved |
| GPT-6 Sol and LunaThis page | 8 | 8 | 50% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It usually gets the UI somewhat wrong, so there are followups to fix it.”
“Rarely have I seen such hogwash.”
“This is exactly what people need - cutting edge intelligence at half the cost.”
“they are incredibly aggravating to work with”
“Anything China-related gets censored without hesitation. Some random stuff got censored too.”
“I hate the opaqueness around subscription rates but at least it will show up in some way there too”
“OpenAI kind of is trolling Anthropic by simply going into a price war with impressive performance.”
“This Luna release might potentially be a big deal for computer use automation at scale”
“a bit better and also 50% cheaper”
“one of the greatest demonstrations of chutzpah, by some of the greatest hucksters, in the history of the human race”
“Yup more like a 5.7 than a 6”
“This Luna pricing is obscene man.”
“Luna uses was more tokens and fills the context up way to fast.”
“their announcements, product names, and everything else looks and sounds like LLM-slop”
“intelligence to cheap to meter”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.