{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "deepseek-api", "name": "DeepSeek API", "vendor": "DeepSeek", "vendorUrl": "https://www.deepseek.com", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Hangzhou lab's API for the V4 model family, in both OpenAI and Anthropic request formats, with off-peak pricing.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-api.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.deepseek.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer key against a prepaid balance. An Anthropic-format base URL is at `/anthropic`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid balance, and any granted balance is spent first. Prices shown are peak (01:00 to 04:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 UTC, Monday to Friday, except Chinese public holidays). Off-peak is half price. Disk cache on by default, with cache hits at $0.044 per 1M input tokens on V4 Pro and $0.006 on V4.1 Flash at peak (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing).", "priceSummary": "from $0.30 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/rate_limit", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "prepaid" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 47.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 386, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 49, "security": 30, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "On 2026-09-10 DeepSeek retired V4 Flash and routed `deepseek-v4-flash` and `deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp` to V4.1 Flash the same day, so callers pinned to those names got a different model without notice (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates)" ], "verdict": "Accepts both OpenAI and Anthropic request formats. 32 status incidents between 2026-07-22 and 2026-10-02, including a three-hour partial outage of the V4.1 Flash API on 2026-09-14.", "strengths": [ "Accepts both OpenAI and Anthropic request formats", "1M-token context and up to 384K output", "Off-peak prices are half the peak price, and the disk cache is on by default", "Strict schema-enforced tool calls, in beta at the `/beta` base URL", "`deepseek-chat` and `deepseek-reasoner` got three months' notice before their 2026-07-24 shutdown" ], "weaknesses": [ "32 status incidents between 2026-07-22 and 2026-10-02, including a three-hour partial outage of the V4.1 Flash API on 2026-09-14", "Personal data trains models unless you email to opt out, and data is stored in the PRC with no retention period stated", "V4 Flash names were rerouted to V4.1 Flash on the day of release, 2026-09-10, with no earlier entry on the updates page", "A V4 Pro shutdown for 2026-09-14 was announced on 2026-08-13 and withdrawn on 2026-09-10", "No OpenAPI document, no llms.txt, no security.txt, no batch API, no official SDKs and no free tier" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send only data you'd be happy to publish", "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", "Set `max_tokens` yourself. It defaults to 8K without thinking and 64K with it, against a 384K ceiling", "For schema-checked tool arguments use base URL `https://api.deepseek.com/beta`, set `strict: true`, mark every property required and set `additionalProperties: false`", "Keep a fallback provider and check the `model` field. 429 carries no Retry-After, and `deepseek-v4-flash` now answers as V4.1 Flash" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 47.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 49, "security": 30, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEEPSEEK_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"deepseek-v4-pro\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepseek-api" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.", "domain": "deepseek.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-08-13", "domainNote": "deepseek.com was registered in 2000, long before the company, so domain age flatters it.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html", "privacy": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.deepseek.com", "changelog": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.json", "live": { "slug": "deepseek-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.deepseek.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:46.392730101Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 305, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 282, "p95ms24h": 354, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2051, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepseek.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:56.35667203Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:44.182578488Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "deepseek.com", "registered": "2000-08-13", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/deepseek.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:10.74402119Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:16.200226408Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "577ca8c2ab97" }, { "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:13.292918666Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f05e491ec01b" }, { "url": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:48.821877644Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a8cd8da7a4f7" }, { "url": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:46.806765272Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "416212a1efee" } ], "models": { "deepseek-flash": { "openrouterId": "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1048576, "maxOutput": 943718, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" }, "deepseek-v4-pro": { "openrouterId": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1048576, "maxOutput": 384000, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:46.392730101Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "mistral-api", "name": "Mistral AI API", "vendor": "Mistral AI", "vendorUrl": "https://mistral.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Mistral's API for its open-weight and proprietary models, with EU and US regional endpoints.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mistralai/client-python", "license": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mistral.ai/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mistralai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mistralai/mistralai" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer key. Regional EU and US endpoints are opt-in.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free Experiment tier with no card, but a phone number, and its data may be used for training. Cached input 10% of the input price, batch half price, regional endpoints 1.1x. Also resells Z.ai GLM 5.3 at $1.40/$4.40 (https://mistral.ai/pricing/api/).", "priceSummary": "from $0.10 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 769, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mistral.ai", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.mistral.ai/admin/user-management-finops/tier", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mistral.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "model", "eu", "open-weights", "free-tier", "openapi", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 86, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 91, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 40, "reliability": 50, "schema": 93, "security": 66, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public OpenAPI document at docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml and an llms.txt with Markdown twins. Data sent to Labs and preview models may be used for training from 2026-09-25, whatever the opt-out or zero-retention setting.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI document at docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml and an llms.txt with Markdown twins", "Minimum 6 months' notice before a GA model retires, and retired ids return 404", "Workspace-scoped API keys with expiry dates, and service accounts bound to workspace roles", "Opt-in EU and US regional endpoints, at 1.1x", "Free Experiment tier with no card, and Batch at half price" ], "weaknesses": [ "Data sent to Labs and preview models may be used for training from 2026-09-25, whatever the opt-out or zero-retention setting", "The terms don't say whether the paid API trains by default", "Labs, preview and third-party models get only 1 month's notice", "Rate-limit numbers are only in the console, and no SLA found", "17 Completion, Conversations and Batch API incidents on the status page in August 2026, and an elevated error rate for 2 hours 40 minutes on 29 September" ], "agentNotes": [ "Stay off `labs-*` and preview models for anything confidential", "Use the EU endpoint when data has to stay in Europe and budget the 10% uplift", "Treat a 404 on a model id as retirement and read the lifecycle page for the replacement", "Set `tool_choice` to any to force a tool call, and `strict` on the JSON schema for structured output", "Read docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml for the request shapes instead of guessing from OpenAI's" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 91, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 40, "reliability": 50, "schema": 93, "security": 66, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install mistralai # or: npm i @mistralai/mistralai", "http": "curl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"mistral-medium-3-5\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"bonjour\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mistral-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "mistral-embeddings", "mistral-moderation", "mistral-ocr" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mistral AI (RCS Paris 952 418 325)", "domain": "mistral.ai", "domainRegistered": "2019-05-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/commercial-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.mistral.ai", "changelog": "https://docs.mistral.ai/resources/changelogs", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-api.json", "live": { "slug": "mistral-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mistral.ai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:50.782937996Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 62, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 69, "p95ms24h": 130, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2051, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-27", "probes": 132, "ok": 132 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "probes": 285, "ok": 285 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 286, "ok": 286 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mistral.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:15.565985756Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mistralai/client-python", "version": "v3.0.0", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:33:23.051647439Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mistralai/mistralai", "version": "2.7.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:33:22.764694315Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mistralai", "version": "3.0.0", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:33:22.654149935Z" } ], "githubStars": 770, "npmWeekly": 9114363, "pypiWeekly": 3373641, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mistral.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-05-05T23:59:59.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:48.706102345Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.mistral.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:58.92519024Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "mistral.ai", "registered": "2019-05-15", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/mistral.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:59.683466691Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.mistral.ai/resources/changelogs", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:49.308512254Z", "changedAt": "2026-09-30T13:10:08.406218426Z", "fingerprint": "c99ac06ec6e6" }, { "url": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/commercial-terms-of-service", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:28.95518104Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "227daf1e9929" }, { "url": "https://mistral.ai/pricing/api/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:00.312568088Z", "changedAt": "2026-09-30T13:10:31.535464631Z", "fingerprint": "50653a6ec4b5" }, { "url": "https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:31.171440338Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e74211012ef6" } ], "models": { "ministral-3b-2512": { "openrouterId": "mistralai/ministral-3b-2512", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": false, "input": [ "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 104857, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" }, "mistral-large-2512": { "openrouterId": "mistralai/mistral-large-2512", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": false, "input": [ "file", "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 262144, "maxOutput": 209715, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" }, "mistral-medium-3-5": { "openrouterId": "mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "file", "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": false, "contextTokens": 262144, "maxOutput": 209715, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" }, "mistral-small-2603": { "openrouterId": "mistralai/mistral-small-2603", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 262144, "maxOutput": 209715, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:56:15.872733218Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:50.782937996Z" } }, "summary": "Mistral AI API has a score of 71.3 (BB) against DeepSeek API's 47.1 (D). Both do llm inference. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 44 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Mistral AI API has a score of 71.3 (BB) against DeepSeek API's 47.1 (D). Both do llm inference. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 44 points.\n\n- DeepSeek API: grade D, 47.1/100, rank #386 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-api.json\n- Mistral AI API: grade BB, 71.3/100, rank #86 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick DeepSeek API for reliability (+15).\n\nPick Mistral AI API for schema \u0026 documentation (+44), agent ergonomics (+21), security \u0026 auth (+36), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+42), transparency \u0026 trust (+14).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek API | Mistral AI API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 50 | DeepSeek API +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 93 | Mistral AI API +44 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 91 | Mistral AI API +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 66 | Mistral AI API +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Mistral AI API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 88 | Mistral AI API +42 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 82 | Mistral AI API +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **47.1 · D** | **71.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek API | Mistral AI API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | `https://api.mistral.ai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | none | 769 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek API.** Accepts both OpenAI and Anthropic request formats. 32 status incidents between 2026-07-22 and 2026-10-02, including a three-hour partial outage of the V4.1 Flash API on 2026-09-14.\n\n**Mistral AI API.** Public OpenAPI document at docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml and an llms.txt with Markdown twins. Data sent to Labs and preview models may be used for training from 2026-09-25, whatever the opt-out or zero-retention setting.\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 check the `model` field. 429 carries no Retry-After, and `deepseek-v4-flash` now answers as V4.1 Flash\n\n### Mistral AI API\n\n1. Stay off `labs-*` and preview models for anything confidential\n2. Use the EU endpoint when data has to stay in Europe and budget the 10% uplift\n3. Treat a 404 on a model id as retirement and read the lifecycle page for the replacement\n4. Set `tool_choice` to any to force a tool call, and `strict` on the JSON schema for structured output\n5. Read docs.mistral.ai/openapi.yaml for the request shapes instead of guessing from OpenAI's\n\n## Other comparisons with DeepSeek API or Mistral AI API\n\n- [Claude API vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [Claude API vs Mistral AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-mistral-api.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs Mistral AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-mistral-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs Gemini Developer API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-gemini-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs GroqCloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-groq.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs OpenAI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openai-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek API vs OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openrouter.md)\n- [Gemini Developer API vs Mistral AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-mistral-api.md)\n- [GroqCloud vs Mistral AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-mistral-api.md)\n- [Mistral AI API vs OpenAI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-openai-api.md)\n- [Mistral AI API vs OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-openrouter.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "DeepSeek API vs Mistral AI API", "url": "" } ], "description": "Mistral AI API has a score of 71.3 (BB) against DeepSeek API's 47.1 (D). 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