{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "antseed", "name": "Antseed", "vendor": "Antseed Foundation", "vendorUrl": "https://antseed.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Antseed is an open-source peer-to-peer network for buying and selling AI inference. A buyer runs a local proxy with OpenAI and Anthropic format endpoints, which routes each request to an independent seller and pays in USDC on Base.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed", "license": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@antseed/cli" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account and no API key. The local proxy at 127.0.0.1:8377 doesn't check a key, so clients that need one send a placeholder such as `antseed-p2p`. Identity is a secp256k1 key the CLI creates on first run. Its EVM address is the peer id and the paying wallet. A public tunnel or the gateway (`antseed gateway`, `antseed tunnel start`) needs a generated `antseed_...` bearer key, with optional spend limits and expiry per key.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Sellers set their own prices per 1M input, cached-input and output tokens, published without login at https://network.antseed.com/stats. Buyers pre-deposit USDC on Base and pay per request. Some models are free, with nine free ids in the 8 October 2026 snapshot. The FAQ sets network fees at 4 per cent, and a gasless deposit costs a fixed $0.05 relay fee. The software is free.", "priceSummary": "4% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Inference isn't paid by x402. Sellers answer HTTP 402 and the buyer signs Antseed's own EIP-712 ReserveAuth and SpendingAuth against an on-chain USDC channel (https://antseed.com/blog/the-402-flow/). x402 v2 appears only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, off until enabled per key (CHANGELOG.md, checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 106, "npmWeekly": 1823, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://antseed.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "p2p", "usdc", "base", "no-signup", "no-card", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "cli", "desktop", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 599, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The buyer proxy forwards a client's `Authorization`, `x-api-key` and cookie headers to the seller it routes to, confirmed in apps/cli/src/proxy/buyer-proxy.ts at commit 10a1f6b. The repository's own review of 8 March 2026 lists it as VULN-002, and issue #1104 (4 October 2026) is open. Clients started through `antseed claude` or `antseed codex` send a placeholder, so the deduction is 4 of a possible 15. https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104" ], "verdict": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.", "bestFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.", "strengths": [ "No sign-up. `npm install -g @antseed/cli` and `antseed buyer start` give a local endpoint at http://localhost:8377, and nine model ids were free in the 8 October snapshot", "One proxy accepts Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses requests and translates between them when the seller speaks another format", "Seller prices per 1M tokens are public JSON at https://network.antseed.com/stats with no login, and `antseed network browse --json` reads them live", "Non-streaming responses carry `x-antseed-peer-id`, token counts and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd`, and `antseed buyer metering` gives totals per channel", "GPL-3.0 source with CI passing on main on 8 October 2026 and 28 tagged releases since 19 August 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open", "Sellers are independent and unvetted. The FAQ says a standard seller can read the prompt it serves, and each sets its own data practices", "Pre-1.0 everywhere. The CLI is 0.1.173, the release tag is v0.2.51, and CHANGELOG.md keeps everything since August under one Unreleased heading", "No OpenAPI document, security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty or contract audit report was found", "The buyer key is also the wallet, and the CLI stores it in plain text at ~/.antseed/identity.key unless `ANTSEED_IDENTITY_HEX` is set" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller", "Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected", "Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base", "Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed", "Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 52 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @antseed/cli \u0026\u0026 antseed buyer start", "http": "curl http://localhost:8377/v1/chat/completions -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"model\": \"deepseek-v4-flash\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/antseed" }, "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Network fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 4, "note": "Per the FAQ. Model prices are set by each seller" }, { "item": "Gasless deposit relay", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Fixed fee per sweep on Base mainnet" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Antseed Foundation", "domain": "antseed.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-02-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The site footer reads © 2026 Antseed Foundation. The foundation post of 17 July 2026 calls it a non-profit and gives no jurisdiction or registration number.", "The terms (last updated 15 May 2026) say the protocol is not a company and that supporting entities don't operate or control the network. Their contact section points to the repository's issues.", "https://antseed.com/privacy/ is a product page about anonymity, not a privacy policy. Section 16 of the terms covers data, and docs/telemetry.md in the repository covers the desktop app.", "The endpoint an agent calls is on the owner's machine. The price snapshot is at network.antseed.com, and https://antseed.com/network shows live network data with no incident history.", "antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt both return 404, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.", "RDAP gives 2026-02-23 as the registration date for antseed.com. @antseed/cli was first published to npm on 2026-02-24." ], "score": 52 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.json", "live": { "slug": "antseed", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Antseed/antseed", "version": "v0.2.51", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:58:43.119163816Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@antseed/cli", "version": "0.1.173", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:58:39.375087215Z" } ], "githubStars": 109, "npmWeekly": 1823, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://antseed.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:32.487292893Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antseed/antseed/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:37.539347164Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7beb610d0657" }, { "url": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:12.029803409Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a494a37d507a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:37.539347164Z" } }, "answer": "DeepInfra scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Antseed's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antseed leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "deepinfra", "name": "DeepInfra", "vendor": "Deep Infra Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://deepinfra.com", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "DeepInfra is a hosted inference API for open-weight and some third-party models, covering chat, embeddings, reranking, image, video and speech. It answers OpenAI-style and Anthropic-style calls at api.deepinfra.com with a Bearer key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepinfra.json", "repo": "https://github.com/deepinfra/deepinfra-python", "license": "Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deepinfra" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "deepinfra" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from the dashboard at https://deepinfra.com/dash/api_keys after a browser sign-up with Google, GitHub, email or Okta SSO. The Anthropic-style routes also take the key in `x-api-key`. Keys can carry an IP allowlist and a monthly spending limit, and a key can mint scoped JWTs limited by model, expiry and spend.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay per token, image, audio minute or GPU-hour, with no free tier. An account must add a card or prepay. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 costs $0.06 in and $0.18 out per 1M tokens, the priority tier is 1.5x, flex 0.8x and batch 20 per cent off (https://deepinfra.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "from $0.06 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the docs repository, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 21, "npmWeekly": 1250, "pypiWeekly": 50, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.deepinfra.com/", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.deepinfra.com/account/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.deepinfra.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.deepinfra.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "rerank", "image.generate", "speech.stt", "speech.tts", "compute.batch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "usage-based", "card-required", "openapi", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "batch", "prompt-caching", "python", "typescript", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 371, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 69, "security": 64, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The model list, context sizes and per-token prices are readable without a key, and keys can carry an IP allowlist, a monthly spending cap and model-limited JWTs. Deprecated models get one week's notice and are then redirected to another model, there is no changelog or SLA, and an account needs a card or prepayment before any call.", "bestFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models, embeddings, image and speech behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, with spend-capped tokens.", "strengths": [ "`GET /v1/openai/models` answered without a key on 8 October 2026 with 181 models, each with context length, output cap and per-token prices", "Scoped JWTs limit a token to named models, an expiry and a USD spending limit, and each API key can carry an IP allowlist and a monthly cap", "The terms commit to zero data retention and no training on Customer Data, and say that clause controls over the privacy policy and docs", "Batch API at 20 per cent off, a flex tier at 0.8x, prompt caching with cached-input prices and server-side fallback across up to four models", "Status page with 90-day history for the API, the website and 154 models, plus a dated list of scheduled deprecations" ], "weaknesses": [ "A deprecated model gets at least one week's notice, and requests are then forwarded to a replacement model under the old id", "The status feed lists 50 automated major-outage observations on single models since 3 August 2026, several longer than 24 hours, with no written incident notes", "No free tier. The pricing page says an account must add a card or prepay before using the service", "No changelog, SLA, error reference or `Retry-After` header was found in the reviewed documentation", "The sub-processor list names three companies and is dated 6 September 2024, while the docs say Google and Anthropic receive data for their models" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `GET https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai/models` at start-up for ids, context sizes and prices. No key is needed", "Check the `model` field of each response. After a deprecation date, requests to the old id are served by a replacement model", "Ask the account owner for a scoped JWT limited to the models and spend the task needs, not the full API key", "Stay under 200 concurrent requests per model. On 429 `engine_overloaded`, retry after a delay, or send `models` with up to four fallbacks", "Never inspect a JWT with `GET /v1/scoped-jwt?jwtoken=`, which puts the token in the URL. Keep credentials in the `Authorization` header" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 69, "security": 64, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai # or: npm install openai", "http": "curl \"https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai/chat/completions\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEEPINFRA_API_KEY\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepinfra" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Deep Infra Inc.", "domain": "deepinfra.com", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://deepinfra.com/terms", "privacy": "https://deepinfra.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.deepinfra.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service, last modified 17 August 2026, name Deep Infra Inc., a Delaware corporation, with California law and JAMS arbitration in San Francisco. They are written around Service Orders and govern the services, the API included.", "The Privacy Policy, last modified 15 August 2026, names DeepInfra, Inc., a Delaware corporation, covers the website and the APIs, and has a section on data sent to and returned by the inference service.", "No changelog or release notes page was found in the docs index or the site map.", "https://deepinfra.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for deepinfra.com gives a registration date of 2017-12-08.", "The API answers at api.deepinfra.com, the docs at docs.deepinfra.com and the status page at status.deepinfra.com.", "No SLA or published DPA was found. The terms mention a DPA only where the parties execute one." ], "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.json", "live": { "slug": "deepinfra", "probe": { "target": "https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:41.174794945Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 424, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 377, "p95ms24h": 506, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepinfra.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:57:47.5406023Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:41.174794945Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model router", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Antseed Foundation", "b": "Deep Infra Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field", "b": "Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-05-15", "b": "2026-08-17", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-08-15", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk", "b": "21 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 50 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "DeepInfra scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Antseed's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antseed leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or DeepInfra?" }, { "answer": "Antseed needs no key. DeepInfra needs an API key.", "question": "Do Antseed and DeepInfra need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. DeepInfra has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai.", "question": "Can an agent call Antseed and DeepInfra without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Antseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for DeepInfra.", "question": "Are Antseed and DeepInfra open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 70 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 65" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.", "slug": "antseed", "watchFor": "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 62", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 56", "Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 45", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 59" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models, embeddings, image and speech behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, with spend-capped tokens.", "slug": "deepinfra", "watchFor": "A deprecated model gets at least one week's notice, and requests are then forwarded to a replacement model under the old id" } ], "job": { "capability": "inference.llm", "name": "LLM inference" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-antseed.json", "title": "Claude API vs Antseed", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-antseed" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepinfra.json", "title": "Claude API vs DeepInfra", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepinfra" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-blockrun-ai.json", "title": "Antseed vs BlockRun.AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-blockrun-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Antseed vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-gemini-api.json", "title": "Antseed vs Gemini Developer API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-gemini-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-groq.json", "title": "Antseed vs GroqCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-groq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-mistral-api.json", "title": "Antseed vs Mistral AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-mistral-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openai-api.json", "title": "Antseed vs OpenAI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-openai-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "Antseed vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Antseed vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepinfra.json", "title": "BlockRun.AI vs DeepInfra", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepinfra" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-gemini-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs Gemini Developer API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-gemini-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-groq.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs GroqCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-groq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-mistral-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs Mistral AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-mistral-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-openai-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs OpenAI API", "url": 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Antseed leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do llm inference.", "verdicts": { "antseed": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.", "deepinfra": "The model list, context sizes and per-token prices are readable without a key, and keys can carry an IP allowlist, a monthly spending cap and model-limited JWTs. Deprecated models get one week's notice and are then redirected to another model, there is no changelog or SLA, and an account needs a card or prepayment before any call." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.min.md" }, "markdown": "DeepInfra scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Antseed's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antseed leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do llm inference.\n\n- Antseed: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #599 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json\n- DeepInfra: grade B, 63/100, rank #371 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepinfra.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Antseed (C)\n\nGood for: Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 70 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open\n\n### DeepInfra (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that want many open-weight models, embeddings, image and speech behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, with spend-capped tokens.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 62\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 56\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 45\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where Antseed loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: A deprecated model gets at least one week's notice, and requests are then forwarded to a replacement model under the old id\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Antseed | DeepInfra | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 70 | DeepInfra +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 69 | DeepInfra +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 77 | DeepInfra +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 64 | DeepInfra +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 70 | 20 | Antseed +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 65 | Antseed +14 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 67 | DeepInfra +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.1 · C** | **63 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Antseed | DeepInfra |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model router | Model API |\n| Vendor | Antseed Foundation | Deep Infra Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field | Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-15 | 2026-08-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-15 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 106 stars, 1.8k npm/wk | 21 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 50 PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Antseed.** A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.\n\n**DeepInfra.** The model list, context sizes and per-token prices are readable without a key, and keys can carry an IP allowlist, a monthly spending cap and model-limited JWTs. Deprecated models get one week's notice and are then redirected to another model, there is no changelog or SLA, and an account needs a card or prepayment before any call.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Antseed\n\n1. Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller\n2. Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected\n3. Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base\n4. Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed\n5. Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer\n\n### DeepInfra\n\n1. Call `GET https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai/models` at start-up for ids, context sizes and prices. No key is needed\n2. Check the `model` field of each response. After a deprecation date, requests to the old id are served by a replacement model\n3. Ask the account owner for a scoped JWT limited to the models and spend the task needs, not the full API key\n4. Stay under 200 concurrent requests per model. On 429 `engine_overloaded`, retry after a delay, or send `models` with up to four fallbacks\n5. Never inspect a JWT with `GET /v1/scoped-jwt?jwtoken=`, which puts the token in the URL. Keep credentials in the `Authorization` header\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Antseed or DeepInfra?\n\nDeepInfra scores 63 (B) on agent readiness against Antseed's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Antseed leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Antseed and DeepInfra need an API key?\n\nAntseed needs no key. DeepInfra needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Antseed and DeepInfra without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Antseed. DeepInfra has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai.\n\n### Are Antseed and DeepInfra open source?\n\nAntseed is open source (GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field). No open-source release is listed for DeepInfra.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepinfra.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"antseed\", \"b\": \"deepinfra\"}`. 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