DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
See also: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 model details · DeepSeek V3 family · DeepSeek provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohere: Command A+ | Cohere | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 192K Long context (128K+) | $0.30 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.02 Budget | vs → |
| 4 | Qwen: Qwen3 14B | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.12 Budget | vs → |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3 32B | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.08 Budget | vs → |
| 6 | Qwen: Qwen3 8B | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.12 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (exacto) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.04 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch) | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.02 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b | OpenAI | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.07 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.46 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.23 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.12 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.40 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, tool-use, structured-output · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.18 Budget | vs → |