Substitutes · DeepSeek V3.210 alternatives · within 10% performance · lower price

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 $0.269/M · target score 51.2.

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Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·134% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·130% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.030
Score
67.4
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131K
Save 89%·132% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.030
Score
46.9
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131K
Save 89%·92% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.048
Score
55.3
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262K
Save 82%·108% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.070
Score
57.0
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131K
Save 74%·111% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.075
Score
64.2
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1.0M
Save 72%·125% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.080
Score
58.2
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131K
Save 70%·114% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.090
Score
73.3
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262K
Save 67%·143% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.090
Score
54.4
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262K
Save 67%·106% 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 134% of the benchmark score.