DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and what to use instead
For coding help for non-developers, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 scores 74 and costs $2.70 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.
Cheaper at similar quality
At least 30% cheaper and within 5 points.
Nothing we track fits this today.
Better at a similar price
At least 5 points stronger and no more than 20% dearer.
Nothing we track fits this today.
Open weights you can host
Ranked by value: quality for the money.
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · open weightsAbout 56% cheaper per request, and 5 points weaker.$1.20 per 1,000 requests · score 69Compare side by side →
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weightsAbout 1067% dearer per request, and as strong.$31.50 per 1,000 requests · score 74Compare side by side →
GLM-5.3Z.ai · open weightsAbout 300% dearer per request, and 6 points weaker.$10.80 per 1,000 requests · score 68Compare side by side →
Scores are provisional (Arena and Epoch AI) and prices are list prices. Rankings never take money into account. Thresholds are in the methodology.