Qwen and more
Alibaba
from $0.015 / 1M
52 models · typical $0.2663 · top 92.7% GPQA, xhigh reasoning
Developer head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
Alibaba vs DeepSeek
Qwen vs DeepSeek: every model's API price, compared
Alibaba starts cheaper ($0.015 vs $0.025 per 1M tokens); Alibaba's typical model costs less ($0.2663 vs $0.30); Alibaba has the more accurate top model (92.7% vs 91.7% GPQA).
DeepSeek and more
DeepSeek
from $0.025 / 1M
23 models · typical $0.30 · top 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning
- Cheaper entry modelAlibaba
- More accurate top modelAlibaba
- Cheaper 85%+ GPQA modelDeepSeek
- More modelsAlibaba
The matchups that matter
| Alibaba | DeepSeek | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest model | qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct $0.015 via Nscale | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b $0.025 via Nscale |
| Most accurate (GPQA) | Qwen3.8 Max $2.48 via DeepInfra · 92.7% GPQA, xhigh reasoning | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.63 via DeepInfra · 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Cheapest with 85%+ GPQA | Qwen3.7 Plus $0.56 via Together AI · 87.9% GPQA | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.105 via DeepInfra · 91.0% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Typical model price | $0.2663 | $0.30 |
| Models we track | 52 | 23 |
Flagships: Qwen3.8 Max vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813Cheapest: qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct vs deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8bQwen3.8 Max vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Blended list price per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output) at each model's cheapest provider; only models at least two providers sell. GPQA Diamond by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting.
Every model, cheapest first
Alibaba
- qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct$0.015 via Nscale
- qwen2.5-coder-7b$0.015 via Nebius Token Factory
- qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct$0.015 via Nscale
- qwen2-vl-7b-instruct$0.03 via Nebius Token Factory
- Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct35.5% GPQA$0.05 via SiliconFlow
- Qwen3-8B56.8% GPQA$0.06 via SiliconFlow
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0.0625 via Lambda
- qwen3-32b-fp8$0.0625 via Lambda
- qwen2.5-32b-instruct46.1% GPQA$0.095 via Nebius Token Factory
- Qwen3.5 9B79.0% GPQA$0.1125 via DeepInfra
- Qwen3-14B63.8% GPQA$0.12 via Nebius Token Factory
- qwen3-4b52.3% GPQA$0.12 via Nebius Token Factory
DeepSeek
- deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b$0.025 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b44.7% GPQA$0.07 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b33.6% GPQA$0.09 via Nscale
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 073191.0% GPQA, max reasoning$0.105 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash$0.1125 via DeepInfra
- Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 32B64.1% GPQA$0.15 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-7b$0.20 via Fireworks AI
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.21 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash89.8% GPQA, max reasoning$0.21 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V3.2$0.29 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-R1-052876.3% GPQA$0.30 via Lambda
- deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b55.7% GPQA$0.30 via DeepInfra
Questions people ask
Is Alibaba cheaper than DeepSeek?
Yes at the cheap end: Alibaba's cheapest model, qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct, starts at $0.015 per 1M tokens, against $0.025 for DeepSeek's deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b. The typical (median) model costs $0.2663 at Alibaba and $0.30 at DeepSeek.
Which has the more accurate model, Alibaba or DeepSeek?
Alibaba's most accurate model we track, Qwen3.8 Max, scores 92.7% GPQA, xhigh reasoning (GPQA Diamond, Epoch AI) for $2.48 per 1M tokens; DeepSeek's DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 scores 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning for $1.63.
How many Alibaba and DeepSeek models can I buy through APIs?
We track 52 Alibaba and 23 DeepSeek models that at least two providers sell, with prices from each provider's pricing page.