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GPT 4o (2024 11 20)
by OpenAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDFREE TO TRYCODING HELPWRITING HELPFAST ANSWERS
RANKED #63 OF 228 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #106 OF 6,618 · VIBE SCORE 6.2 · 4,109 VOICES
A versatile AI assistant by OpenAI built to help with everyday writing and coding tasks.
HAPPY8.1
824 mentions
SAD6.9
654 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 987 voices
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
GPT 4o (2024 11 20) is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.4
Llama 4 MaverickMetaPick for local deployment with superior coding, reasoning, and vision performance.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE1.9k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.7
Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibabaPick when you need ultra-fast, lightweight local execution for coding and vision.🪶 RUNS ON LESS⚡ FAST💻 STRONG AT CODE406 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users find GPT 4o well worth the money for coding and writing help. However, people complain about occasional made-up facts, service limits, and its tendency to lose context in longer chats.
3673 POSTS · 436 COMMENTS · HACKER NEWS · REDDIT · BLUESKY · X · DEV.TO · DEV FORUMS · GITHUB · LEMMY · BLOG · OTHER FORUMS
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (21 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (17 mentions)
- Good at writing and wording things (9 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (33 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (13 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (5 mentions)
- Loses the thread in long chats (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
19 thumbs up · 33 thumbs down
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
21 thumbs up · 13 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
17 thumbs up · 12 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
7 thumbs up · 13 thumbs down
- WritingPEOPLE LOVE THIS
9 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- Long conversationsMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for GPT 4o (2024 11 20).
Grok 4.6> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-08-09 · 2307 UPVOTESI’m neurodivergent. GPT-4o changed my life. Please stop shaming people for forming meaningful AI connections.
I’m neurodivergent. GPT-4o changed my life. Please stop shaming people for forming meaningful AI connections.
- REDDIT · 2025-04-27 · 2149 UPVOTESUnglazed GPT-4o incoming?
Unglazed GPT-4o incoming?
- REDDIT · 2024-05-13 · 1864 UPVOTESDirect speed comparison between gpt-4 and gpt-4o. Side by side started with same image prompt .
Direct speed comparison between gpt-4 and gpt-4o. Side by side started with same image prompt .
- REDDIT · 2025-12-09 · 1646 UPVOTESIt seems that the new OPENAI image model is somewhat closer to NB2 but lacks a bit of quality
It seems that the new OPENAI image model is somewhat closer to NB2 but lacks a bit of quality
- REDDIT · 2026-08-13 · 1440 UPVOTESTrained a 1.5B to write shell commands so I'd stop googling tar flags. Runs on a laptop CPU in ~1 sec.
Trained a 1.5B to write shell commands so I'd stop googling tar flags. Runs on a laptop CPU in ~1 sec.
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 1230 UPVOTESChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
ChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
- REDDIT · 2025-09-27 · 1105 UPVOTESIt’s About More Than 4o Now
It’s About More Than 4o Now
- REDDIT · 2024-05-16 · 932 UPVOTESSo... what happens if you show GPT-4o something inappropriate?
So... what happens if you show GPT-4o something inappropriate?
- REDDIT · 2025-03-28 · 900 UPVOTESMessage from Aravind, Cofounder and CEO of Perplexity
Message from Aravind, Cofounder and CEO of Perplexity
- REDDIT · 2025-07-23 · 897 UPVOTESWe are accelerating faster than people realise. Every week is overwhelming
We are accelerating faster than people realise. Every week is overwhelming
- REDDIT · 2025-09-08 · 833 UPVOTESGPT-4o used to talk with me. Now GPT-5 just talks at me.
GPT-4o used to talk with me. Now GPT-5 just talks at me.
- REDDIT · 2025-08-11 · 687 UPVOTESGPT-4o haters:
GPT-4o haters: