Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) by DeepSeek? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 16 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM Intelligence 63 64K context
Llama 3.2 11B Vision54% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Llama 3.1 8B54% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Palmyra Vision97% CHEAPER
Writer
Same category
$0.005 in · $0 out / 1M Tokens 76%
Qwen Image Plus75% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.03 in · $0.03 out / image 78%
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B45% CHEAPER
Google
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k52% CHEAPER
Groq
Larger contextSame category
$0.05 in · $0.08 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Imagen 467% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.04 in · $0.04 out / image 80%
Qwen2.5 3B Instruct45% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.044 in · $0.13 out / 1M Tokens 78%
Qwen Turbo27% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Larger contextSame category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 45 131K ctx 78%
GPT OSS 20B27% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextSame category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 68%
Ministral 3 3B17% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
Qwen 7B25% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Larger contextSame category
$0.072 in · $0.144 out / 1M Tokens 131K ctx 78%
o3
OpenAI
Smarter (78 vs 63)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
Qwen Image MAX38% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.075 in · $0.075 out / image 78%
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google
Smarter (76 vs 63)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$1.25 in · $10 out / 1M Tokens 76 1.0M ctx 80%
Ministral 317% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextSame category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 78%
Ministral17% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextSame category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 78%
Qwen3.5 9B6% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 262K ctx 98%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.