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Best cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek V3

Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for DeepSeek V3 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 63 64K context
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B Vision88% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B86% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B88% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextSame category
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen Turbo82% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Better valueLarger contextSame category
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash73% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 8B69% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Google
Gemini 2.0 Flash63% CHEAPER
Google
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Mistral AI
Mistral Small69% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Better valueLarger contextSame category
Groq
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k88% CHEAPER
Groq
Larger contextSame category
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 3B79% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Together AI
Qwen3.5 9B76% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Vision52% CHEAPER
Meta
Better valueLarger contextMore modalitiesSame category
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)75% CHEAPER
DeepSeek
Better valueSame category
OpenAI
o335% CHEAPER
OpenAI
Better valueSmarter (78 vs 63)Larger contextMore modalitiesSame category
Together AI
GPT OSS 20B82% CHEAPER
Together AI
Larger contextSame category
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen 7B81% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Larger contextSame category
Mistral AI
Ministral 379% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextSame category
Mistral AI
Ministral79% CHEAPER
Mistral AI
Larger contextSame category

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.