DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Ling 3.1 Flash: API price and specs

Ling 3.1 Flash is 53% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on input price.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 64% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on output price.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 58% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

DeepSeek V4 Pro has a 4.9% larger context than Ling 3.1 Flash.

Field	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Ling 3.1 Flash
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.16 +111%	$0.075
Median input, per 1M	$1.50 +400.5%	$0.30
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.63 +181.3%	$0.23
Median output, per 1M	$3.25 +261.1%	$0.90
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.28 +137.4%	$0.12
Context	1M	1M +4.6%
Max output	1M	262K +75%
Providers	44	13 +70.5%
Regions	APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US	US
Accepts	file, text	file, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	yes
Cheapest provider	trustedrouter	fastrouter

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, kenari, kilo, novita, opencode, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Ling 3.1 Flash?

Ling 3.1 Flash is 53% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on input price. Ling 3.1 Flash is 64% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on output price. Ling 3.1 Flash is 58% cheaper than DeepSeek V4 Pro on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Ling 3.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 1M tokens; Ling 3.1 Flash: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both DeepSeek V4 Pro and Ling 3.1 Flash?

deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, kenari, kilo, novita, opencode, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux