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 Qwen3.5 27BAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.677/1Mvia AIHubMix | 262K | $0.30/1M | $2.40/1M | 2K | Feb 24 | |
| Qwen 3.8 Max PrimeAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $12/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1M | $4/1M | $12/1M | 2K | Sep 23 | |
| Qwen3.8 Livetranslate Flash RealtimeAlibabaPrompt caching | $20/1Mvia Alibaba | 53K | $7.50/1M | $20/1M | 2K | — | |
 DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BDeepSeekMIT | $0.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.20/1M | $0.20/1M | 2K | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek Coder V2 InstructDeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.32/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.32/1M | 2K | Jun 14, 2024 | |
| Deepseek 3.2DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $0.308/1Mvia APIMart | 164K | $0.206/1M | $0.308/1M | — | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek ChatDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.28/1Mvia Requesty | 164K | $0.14/1M | $0.28/1M | — | Dec 26, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek Coder 6.7B InstructDeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | Free/1Mvia Nvidia | — | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | Oct 29, 2023 | |
| DeepSeek Llm 67B ChatDeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.16/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.16/1M | — | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| DeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeekApache 2.0 | $0.03/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | — | $0.03/1M | $0.03/1M | — | Jan 27 | |
| DeepSeek Prover V2 671BDeepSeekOpen weights | $0.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.10/1M | $0.10/1M | — | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.23/1Mvia APIMart | 164K | $0.408/1M | $1.23/1M | — | May 28, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BDeepSeekMIT | $0.09/1Mvia Novita AI | — | $0.06/1M | $0.09/1M | — | May 29, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BDeepSeekMITReasoning | $0.13/1Mvia Helicone | 32K | $0.03/1M | $0.13/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BDeepSeekMIT | $0.01/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.01/1M | $0.01/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qianfan Llama 8BDeepSeek | $0.548/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.137/1M | $0.548/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5BDeepSeekMIT | $0.01/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.01/1M | $0.01/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BDeepSeekMIT | $0.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.10/1M | $0.10/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1 ZeroDeepSeekMIT | $2.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $2.20/1M | $2.20/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek R1t ChimeraDeepSeek | $0.02/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.02/1M | $0.02/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.28/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $0.14/1M | $0.28/1M | — | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek TNG R1T2 ChimeraDeepSeek | $1.20/1Mvia Helicone | — | $0.30/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V2 ChatDeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.32/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.32/1M | — | Apr 22, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek V2p5DeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.32/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.32/1M | — | Sep 5, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+2 | $1.14/1Mvia OpenRouter | 164K | $0.29/1M | $1.14/1M | — | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekMITTool calling | $0.822/1Mvia APIMart | 128K | $0.206/1M | $0.822/1M | — | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekMITJSON+2 | $0.95/1Mvia Hugging Face | 164K | $0.27/1M | $0.95/1M | — | Sep 22, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 (Thinking)DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+1 | $0.51/1Mvia Ofox | 1M | $0.19/1M | $0.51/1M | — | Apr 23 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0424DeepSeekReasoningTool calling | $0.20/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | $0.20/1M | — | Apr 24 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $1.32/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $0.44/1M | $1.32/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+4 | $0.48/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | Aug 31 | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.58/1Mvia CometAPI | 1M | $0.66/1M | $1.98/1M | — | Apr 22 | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $4.80/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $2.40/1M | $4.80/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $3.30/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $1.65/1M | $3.30/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON | $4.80/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $2.40/1M | $4.80/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeekPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $2.60/1Mvia Requesty | 1.05M | $1.30/1M | $2.60/1M | — | Apr 23 | |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Economy 261017DeepSeek | $0.48/1Mvia BytePlus | — | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek Vl2DeepSeekOpen weights · with terms | $0.16/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.16/1M | $0.16/1M | — | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| DeepSeek-OCRDeepSeekMITVision | $0.02/1Mvia AIHubMix | 8K | $0.02/1M | $0.02/1M | — | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.1DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $0.798/1Mvia Poe | 164K | $0.212/1M | $0.798/1M | — | Aug 21, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpDeepSeekMITJSON+2 | $0.308/1Mvia APIMart | 164K | $0.206/1M | $0.308/1M | — | Sep 29, 2025 | |
| DeepSeek-V3.2-SpecialeDeepSeekMIT | $1.68/1Mvia Impossibl | — | $0.58/1M | $1.68/1M | — | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| GLM-5.2 Fast PreviewAlibaba | $8.80/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $2.80/1M | $8.80/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen 2.5 VL 32B InstructAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+2 | $0.24/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.24/1M | $0.24/1M | — | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| Qwen Deep ResearchAlibaba | $23.37/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $7.74/1M | $23.37/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen Doc TurboAlibaba | $0.144/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $0.087/1M | $0.144/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen FlashAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+1 | $0.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | 1M | $0.022/1M | $0.216/1M | — | Jul 28, 2025 | |
| Qwen Flash CharacterAlibaba | $0.40/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $0.05/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen LongAlibaba | $0.28/1Mvia APIYI | — | $0.07/1M | $0.28/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen MaxAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $1.38/1Mvia Alibaba | 33K | $0.345/1M | $1.38/1M | — | Jan 25, 2025 |
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