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Cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek V3.2

Drop-in substitutes within 10% of DeepSeek V3.2's average benchmark, priced lower, sorted by price. Target price $0.260/M · target score 48.3.

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gpt-oss-120b (free)
OpenAI
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Price
Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·142% of DeepSeek V3.2
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gpt-oss-20b (free)
OpenAI
Price
Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·137% of DeepSeek V3.2
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek
Price
$0.006
Score
64.5
Ctx
1.0M
Save 98%·134% of DeepSeek V3.2
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GLM 5.2
z-ai
Price
$0.007
Score
56.3
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1.0M
Save 97%·117% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Qwen
Price
$0.030
Score
44.4
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33K
Save 88%·92% of DeepSeek V3.2
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gpt-oss-20b
OpenAI
Price
$0.030
Score
53.2
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131K
Save 88%·110% of DeepSeek V3.2
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GLM 5.3 Flash
z-ai
Price
$0.040
Score
48.1
Ctx
1.0M
Save 85%·100% of DeepSeek V3.2
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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek
Price
$0.043
Score
55.7
Ctx
1.0M
Save 83%·115% of DeepSeek V3.2
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek
Price
$0.051
Score
54.1
Ctx
1.0M
Save 80%·112% of DeepSeek V3.2
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GLM 5.3
z-ai
Price
$0.070
Score
56.7
Ctx
1.0M
Save 73%·117% of DeepSeek V3.2
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The cheapest drop-in alternative is gpt-oss-120b (free) at Free/M input · 100% cheaper than DeepSeek V3.2 with 142% of the benchmark score.