Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek R1
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek? We compared every LLM model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: LLM Intelligence 73 64K context
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B93% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.0375 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 36 1.0M ctx 98%
Llama 3.2 11B Vision94% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 38 128K ctx 85%
Gemini 1.5 Flash86% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.075 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 48 1.0M ctx 98%
Ministral 3 8B84% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.15 in · $0.15 out / 1M Tokens 37 128K ctx 98%
Llama 3.1 8B94% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextSame category
$0.055 in · $0.055 out / 1M Tokens 34 128K ctx 85%
Qwen Turbo91% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Better valueLarger contextSame category
$0.05 in · $0.2 out / 1M Tokens 45 131K ctx 78%
Gemini 2.0 Flash82% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.4 out / 1M Tokens 56 1.0M ctx 80%
Mistral Small84% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueLarger contextSame category
$0.1 in · $0.3 out / 1M Tokens 44 128K ctx 95%
Llama 3.2 90B Vision76% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 54 128K ctx 85%
o367% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 73)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 78 200K ctx 82%
Llama 3.1 70B76% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextSame category
$0.23 in · $0.23 out / 1M Tokens 52 128K ctx 85%
GPT-4o67% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 60 128K ctx 82%
GPT-4o Mini67% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25 out / 1M Tokens 42 128K ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Mini67% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 53 1.0M ctx 82%
GPT 4.1 Nano67% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 41 1.0M ctx 82%
o4 Mini67% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.000263 in · $1.25512 out / 1M Tokens 70 200K ctx 82%
Ministral 3 3B90% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
$0.1 in · $0.1 out / 1M Tokens 128K ctx 98%
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)88% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSame category
$0.07 in · $0.27 out / 1M Tokens 63 64K ctx 80%
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.