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        "bestFor": "An agent or team that needs Arabic and English reasoning and tool use on its own hardware, from a laptop-sized 0.9B to a cluster-sized 375B, under Apache-2.0.",
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          "Apache-2.0 on every card read, ungated downloads, and the CPT, Cooldown, SFT and FTPO training checkpoints published as branches",
          "With the `k2_horizon` parsers, reasoning returns in `reasoning_content` and tool calls as `tool_calls`, in JSON, XML or typed XML formats",
          "Launch recipes in the vLLM and SGLang projects' own docs, and K2 Horizon support merged into llama.cpp's master branch",
          "The chat template validates tool schemas and rejects unknown options with named errors, such as an unsupported `reasoning_effort`"
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          "Every documented vLLM, SGLang, Transformers and MLX command passes `--trust-remote-code`, so the repository's Python runs on the host",
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          "The technical report and code repository are marked 'coming soon', and IFM's own blog and press release sit behind a bot check",
          "No LICENSE file in the repositories, no changelog, no deprecation policy and no security contact or security.txt found",
          "Released on 15 October 2026, with template fixes on 14 and 15 October, and mlx-lm doesn't yet parse its reasoning or tool calls"
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          "Start vLLM or SGLang with `--reasoning-parser k2_horizon`, and add `--tool-call-parser k2_horizon` (vLLM also `--enable-auto-tool-choice`) for tools, or tool calls come back as raw text",
          "Pass `reasoning_effort` (`high`, `medium` or `low`) and `tool_call_format` inside `chat_template_kwargs`. Other values return a template error",
          "Send each earlier assistant turn back with `reasoning_content` as a string, even an empty one. A missing or null thinking field makes the template raise an error",
          "Send your own system message, or set `default_system_prompt` to an empty string. Without one the template inserts an identity prompt naming IFM, Inception42 and Cerebras",
          "Budget at least 32,768 output tokens at `high` effort, which the cards recommend for every request"
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        "install": "vllm serve inception42/Jais-3-32B \\\n  --trust-remote-code \\\n  --dtype bfloat16 \\\n  --tensor-parallel-size 2 \\\n  --reasoning-parser k2_horizon \\\n  --enable-auto-tool-choice \\\n  --tool-call-parser k2_horizon",
        "http": "curl http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n  -d '{\n    \"model\": \"inception42/Jais-3-32B\",\n    \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Summarise this contract in Arabic.\"}],\n    \"max_tokens\": 32768,\n    \"chat_template_kwargs\": {\"reasoning_effort\": \"high\"}\n  }'"
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        "legalEntity": "Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (Institute of Foundation Models), with Inception42 (a G42 company)",
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        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
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          "The chat template's default system prompt names the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) at MBZUAI, with Inception42 (a G42 company) and Cerebras, and gives MBZUAI's Arabic name, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. The citation names the IFM, Inception42 and Cerebras teams. No registered company name for Inception42 was read first-hand.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 6 September 2022 for ifm.ai. The weights are on huggingface.co under the inception42 and IFM organisations.",
          "The licence is Apache-2.0 in each card's metadata. There is no LICENSE file and no terms or privacy document governing the weights, and no input reaches the makers when the owner serves them.",
          "ifm.ai answered our reader with a Cloudflare bot check on the press release, the blog post and the sitemap, so they weren't read. inceptionai.ai and mbzuai.ac.ae answered with bot or firewall pages too. ifm.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 17 October 2026.",
          "No hosted endpoint, so no status page. No changelog. The Hugging Face commit history is public and was read."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jais-3.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jais-3.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 326 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek API (E)\n\nGood for: Low-cost long-context work on public data, and off-peak batch-style jobs run through the normal API.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 48\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: 36 status incidents from 22 July to 15 October 2026, with partial API outages of three hours on 14 September and 4 hours 52 minutes on 15 October\n\n### Jais 3 (D)\n\nGood for: An agent or team that needs Arabic and English reasoning and tool use on its own hardware, from a laptop-sized 0.9B to a cluster-sized 375B, under Apache-2.0.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 54 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 46\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Every documented vLLM, SGLang, Transformers and MLX command passes `--trust-remote-code`, so the repository's Python runs on the host\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek API | Jais 3 | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 48 | DeepSeek API +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 54 | Jais 3 +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 65 | DeepSeek API +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 31 | Jais 3 +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | Jais 3 +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 62 | Jais 3 +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 50 | DeepSeek API +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.8 · E** | **51.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek API | Jais 3 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Institute of Foundation Models (MBZUAI) and Inception42 |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0, declared in the metadata of every model card read. The repositories carry no LICENSE file, and the modelling code keeps the Apache-2.0 header of the Qwen3-MoE code it was generated from |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-15 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek API.** Accepts the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic request formats at per-token prices that halve off-peak. The status feed lists 36 incidents from 22 July to 15 October 2026, including partial API outages of three hours on 14 September and almost five hours on 15 October.\n\n**Jais 3.** Jais 3 runs on the owner's hardware through OpenAI-compatible servers in vLLM and SGLang, with tool calls, three reasoning levels and a 512K context, from a 2.2 GB 0.9B model to a 758 GB 375B one. The weights download without sign-up under Apache-2.0, but every launch command trusts remote code, and no technical report or security contact is published.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepSeek API\n\n1. Send only data you'd be happy to publish\n2. Schedule bulk work off-peak for half price. Peak runs 01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC on weekdays, except Chinese public holidays\n3. Set `max_tokens` yourself. It defaults to 8K without thinking and 64K with it, against a 384K ceiling\n4. For schema-checked tool arguments use base URL `https://api.deepseek.com/beta`, set `strict: true`, mark every property required and set `additionalProperties: false`\n5. Keep a fallback provider and re-run evals after model changes. 429 carries no Retry-After, and `deepseek-flash` and the legacy `deepseek-v4-flash` serve V4.1-Flash-1017 since 17 October 2026\n\n### Jais 3\n\n1. Start vLLM or SGLang with `--reasoning-parser k2_horizon`, and add `--tool-call-parser k2_horizon` (vLLM also `--enable-auto-tool-choice`) for tools, or tool calls come back as raw text\n2. Pass `reasoning_effort` (`high`, `medium` or `low`) and `tool_call_format` inside `chat_template_kwargs`. Other values return a template error\n3. Send each earlier assistant turn back with `reasoning_content` as a string, even an empty one. A missing or null thinking field makes the template raise an error\n4. Send your own system message, or set `default_system_prompt` to an empty string. Without one the template inserts an identity prompt naming IFM, Inception42 and Cerebras\n5. Budget at least 32,768 output tokens at `high` effort, which the cards recommend for every request\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Jais 3?\n\nJais 3 scores 51.7 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do DeepSeek API and Jais 3 need an API key?\n\nDeepSeek API needs an API key. Jais 3 needs no key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Jais 3 without installing anything?\n\nDeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Jais 3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-jais-3.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-jais-3.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-api\", \"b\": \"jais-3\"}`. 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