Alternatives to DeepSeek

Every llm apis provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers DeepSeek's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from DeepSeek's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

1. Google Gemini APIvs DeepSeekEntry paid plan: $5 minimum prepaid credit to move from the Free Tier to the Paid Tier; the minimum credit…67#1/8→
2. Novita AIvs DeepSeekEntry paid plan: No plan fee — credit is prepaid, and a manual top-up must be greater than $10.66#2/8→
3. Basetenvs DeepSeekEntry paid plan: $0 per month on the Basic plan — pay as you go, with dedicated deployments, model APIs an…65#3/8→
4. Fireworks AIvs DeepSeekPricing model: Three products on one bill. Serverless inference is per token, per model. Fine-tuning is…64#4/8→
5. DeepInfravs DeepSeekEntry paid plan: No minimum spend and no seat fees - billing is pay-per-token usage only, with no charge f…63#5/8→
6. OpenAIvs DeepSeekMax output tokens: 128,000 tokens on gpt-6-astra. vs 384K tokens maximum.60#6/8→
7. Anthropicvs DeepSeekPricing model: Per million tokens, priced separately for input and output and per model, with multiplier…53#8/8→

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A rank whose 80% interval overlaps its neighbour's is an ordering, not a finding; the intervals are on each provider's page and in /scores.json.