Best Practice: Hybrid Model Strategy

For optimal performance and cost efficiency:

Use lightweight models as the default for most queries.
Escalate to high-accuracy models only when needed.
Use retry or fallback mechanisms for ambiguous or failed queries.

The following is a summary of the best practice guidelines.

Best Practice Guideline Summary

Use Case Complexity

Example

Recommended Model

Simple

Usage report, basic filters.

Lightweight models:

Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT 5.0 mini.

Medium

Aggregations, multi-condition queries.

Hybrid (lightweight > high accuracy)

GPT‑5.x
Claude Opus 4.5
GPT 5.3 codex

Complex

Predictive insights, ambiguous queries

High-accuracy models.

GPT‑5.x
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7