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DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B alternatives

Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.

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Top 15 alternatives

#ModelProviderWhyContextInput price / 1MCompare
1Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.25
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2Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Qwenshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier82K
Short/standard context
$0.20
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3AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B ThinkAllenaishares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.15
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4AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B ThinkAllenaishares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.12
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5AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B ThinkAllenaishares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.15
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6Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1Perceptronshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier33K
Short/standard context
$0.15
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7Reka Flash 3Rekaaishares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier66K
Short/standard context
$0.10
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8Google: Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.30
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9Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.15
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10Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.10
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11Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.05
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12Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.10
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13Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.25
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14Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.25
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15Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Googleshares reasoning, structured-output · similar price tier1.0M
Ultra context (1M+)
$0.13
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