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 $0.280/M · target score 47.7.

Price
Free
Score
68.7
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131K
Save 100%·144% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
Free
Score
66.4
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131K
Save 100%·139% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.015
Score
55.4
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1.0M
Save 95%·116% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.018
Score
53.1
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131K
Save 94%·111% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.025
Score
61.6
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1.0M
Save 91%·129% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.030
Score
44.4
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33K
Save 89%·93% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.037
Score
49.3
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131K
Save 87%·103% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.048
Score
55.3
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262K
Save 83%·116% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.068
Score
46.0
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262K
Save 76%·96% of DeepSeek V3.2
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Price
$0.070
Score
57.0
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131K
Save 75%·119% 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 144% of the benchmark score.