# DeepInfra vs Gemini 4 Carbon (slim)

> DeepInfra scores 63.7 (B) to Gemini 4 Carbon's 62.6 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeepInfra scores 63.7 (B) on agent readiness against Gemini 4 Carbon's 62.6 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Gemini 4 Carbon leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do llm inference.

- DeepInfra: B 63.7, rank #503 of 1518 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.min.md
- Gemini 4 Carbon: B 62.6, rank #555 of 1518 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-4-carbon.min.md
- DeepInfra, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 40; Security & auth, 64 against 55.
- Gemini 4 Carbon, good for Agents on the hardest long tasks (multi-step debugging, large codebases, open-ended research, security work) that can pay frontier prices and already use the Gemini API. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 93 against 77; Maintenance & community, 83 against 61.

| Category | DeepInfra | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 93 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 61 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepInfra | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Deep Infra Inc. | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai` | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT | Closed model, used through the Gemini API and Google's apps under Google's terms |
| Last release | 2026-10-26 | 2026-11-10 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-17 | 2026-04-28 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-15 | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 21 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 50 PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, DeepInfra +35: DeepInfra 75 (Hosted reading.); Gemini 4 Carbon 40 (Model reading for gemini-4-carbon on the Gemini API.)
- Maintenance & community, Gemini 4 Carbon +22: DeepInfra 61 (Model reading.); Gemini 4 Carbon 83 (Model reading for gemini-4-carbon on the Gemini API.)
- Schema & documentation, Gemini 4 Carbon +16: DeepInfra 69 (Model reading.); Gemini 4 Carbon 85 (Model reading for gemini-4-carbon on the Gemini API.)
- Agent ergonomics, Gemini 4 Carbon +16: DeepInfra 77 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).); Gemini 4 Carbon 93 (Model reading for gemini-4-carbon on the Gemini API.)
- Security & auth, DeepInfra +9: DeepInfra 64 (Model reading.); Gemini 4 Carbon 55 (Model reading for gemini-4-carbon on the Gemini API.)