Use case

Best open-source AI models

Open-weight models you can run on your own infrastructure. No vendor lock-in, no per-token cost.

Top 25 models for open weights

#ModelProviderContextInput price / 1MTier
1DeepSeek Reasoner (legacy id)DeepSeek1M
Ultra context (1M+)
CustomVariable
2DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.09Budget
3DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.02Budget
4DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.11Budget
5DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (free)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.00Budget
6DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.22Budget
7DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.11Budget
8DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.96Budget
9DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$1.32Standard
10DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.66Budget
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.04Budget
12DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.11Budget
13Meta: Llama 4 MaverickMeta1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.19Budget
14Meta: Llama 4 ScoutMeta1.3M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.18Budget
15Mistral: Mistral Large 4Mistral AI1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.68Budget
16MoonshotAI: Kimi K3Moonshotai1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.70Budget
17MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshotai1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$2.28Standard
18Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728Qwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.26Budget
19Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Qwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.26Budget
20Qwen: Qwen-PlusQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.26Budget
21Qwen: Qwen3 Coder FlashQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.20Budget
22Qwen: Qwen3 Coder PlusQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.65Budget
23Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Qwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.26Budget
24Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Qwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.30Budget
25Qwen: Qwen3.5-FlashQwen1M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.07Budget

Frequently asked questions

What does 'open-weight' mean?

The trained model weights are publicly downloadable and you can run them on your own hardware. Different from 'open source' which would also include training code and data — most open-weight models are not fully open source.

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