{ "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": 46.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 842, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 49, "security": 30, "transparency": 65 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Low-cost long-context work on public data, and off-peak batch-style jobs run through the normal API.", "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 46.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 49, "security": 30, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEEPSEEK_API_KEY\" -H 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"probe": { "target": "https://api.deepseek.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:53.110703168Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 284, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 286, "p95ms24h": 379, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 3420, "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepseek.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:25.019645073Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:14.856570571Z" }, "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": "2026-10-09T18:32:32.748726285Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "577ca8c2ab97" }, { "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:29.958908628Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f05e491ec01b" }, { 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"maxOutput": 384000, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:54:53.110703168Z" } }, "answer": "Novita AI scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "novita-ai", "name": "Novita AI", "vendor": "Novita AI", "vendorUrl": "https://novita.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Novita AI is a hosted inference API for open-weight language models, with embeddings, reranking, image, video and speech models on the same key. It answers OpenAI-style calls at api.novita.ai with a Bearer key.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json", "repo": "https://github.com/novitalabs/novita-skills", "license": "Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve Bearer key from Key Management in the console after a browser sign-up. Keys start with `sk_`, are shown once, number up to 10 an account and take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days, 90 days or none. A per-key model access policy and source IP allowlist can be set by API. `auth.md` also describes OAuth with PKCE after the user signs in and approves (https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-api-keys, https://novita.ai/auth.md).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay per token from prepaid credit. `deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash` costs $0.30 in and $1.20 out per 1M tokens, batch is 50 per cent off as an introductory price, and two models are listed as free. A voucher for new users is described without an amount, and whether a card is needed was not found (https://novita.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "from $0.05 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the docs site map, the pricing page or the skill repository (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/introduction", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://docs.novita.ai/guides/llm-rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.novita.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://novita.ai/.well-known/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "rerank", "image.generate", "video.generate", "speech.tts", "compute.batch" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "usage-based", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "batch", "prompt-caching", "changelog" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 706, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 35, "reliability": 28, "schema": 62, "security": 65, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.", "bestFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "strengths": [ "API keys take an expiry of 24 hours, 30 days or 90 days, a per-key model access policy and a per-key source IP allowlist, the last two settable by API", "The pricing page lists input, output and cache-read prices per 1M tokens with context size for each language model, readable without a login", "The terms commit to zero data retention and say content is not used to train Novita's models by default, with stated exceptions", "A billing page states which HTTP statuses are charged. 400, 401, 403, 429, 500, 503 and 504 are not, and 200 and 499 are", "A dated changelog holds 84 entries since February 2024, 11 of them in the 90 days to 9 October 2026, and `llms.txt` links a Markdown copy of every docs page" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document", "The rate limit page explains five tiers by monthly top-up, and the RPM and TPM figures per model are drawn by script and were not readable", "`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash` was retired on 9 October 2026 on a notice dated 28 September 2026, and the named replacement is priced higher", "The Python and JavaScript SDK repositories are archived, last changed in November 2024 and March 2025, and the SDK docs page still tells users to install them", "The terms name the contracting party only as Novita AI, with no corporate form or address, and no DPA or sub-processor list was found", "The Acceptable Use Policy forbids scripts, bots or crawlers that extract data from the Site. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`", "Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`", "On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented", "Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice", "Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. 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They cover the site and the services sold through it, the inference APIs included, under Delaware law with arbitration.", "The Privacy Policy, effective 13 May 2026, covers the website and services and says it does not apply to content processed on behalf of customers, which it leaves to customer agreements.", "The Acceptable Use Policy, effective 5 August 2026, is part of the terms.", "No status page was found on the home page, the pricing page, the docs index or the docs site map.", "https://novita.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for novita.ai gives a registration date of 2023-09-18.", "The API answers at api.novita.ai and the docs at docs.novita.ai. `auth.md` names a token endpoint at api-server.novita.ai.", "No SLA, DPA or sub-processor list was found. The trust centre at trust.novita.ai is drawn by script and was not read." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "novita-ai", "probe": { "target": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:03.538306755Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 175, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 195, "p95ms24h": 301, "samples24h": 115, "samples30d": 115, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@novitalabs/novita-mcp-server", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.708799275Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "novita-sdk", "version": "3.1.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:40.700432938Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "novita-client", "version": "0.7.1", "released": "2024-11-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:08:41.522030178Z" } ], "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": 1363, "pypiWeekly": 540, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:52.275657851Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://docs.novita.ai/changelog/28-09-26", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:54.59372706Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f496fd964c8" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:34.466314386Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fd70ed7ca34a" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:29.861270188Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a91f11239499" }, { "url": "https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:32.628448205Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "94067cded599" } ], "models": { "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-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": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "openai/gpt-oss-120b": { "openrouterId": "openai/gpt-oss-120b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": false, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 117964, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" }, "qwen/qwen3.8-flash": { "openrouterId": "qwen/qwen3.8-flash", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text", "video" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1000000, "maxOutput": 131072, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T22:59:28.49657734Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:03.538306755Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "Novita AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.deepseek.com", "b": "https://api.novita.ai/openai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2026-09-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-08-05", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-05-13", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Novita AI scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Novita AI?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do DeepSeek API and Novita AI need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com and Novita AI at https://api.novita.ai/openai.", "question": "Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Novita AI without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 28", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 56" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Low-cost long-context work on public data, and off-peak batch-style jobs run through the normal API.", "slug": "deepseek-api", "watchFor": "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 49", "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 30", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 46" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek API loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.", "slug": "novita-ai", "watchFor": "No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. 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"edge": "novita-ai", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "novita-ai": 65, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "deepseek-api": 20, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "novita-ai": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "deepseek-api": 46, "edge": "novita-ai", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "novita-ai": 62, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "deepseek-api": 65, "edge": "deepseek-api", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "novita-ai": 56, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Novita AI scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Novita AI scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do llm inference.\n\n- DeepSeek API: grade D, 46.8/100, rank #842 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-api.json\n- Novita AI: grade D, 53.5/100, rank #706 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/novita-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/novita-ai.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 136 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek API (D)\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, 65 against 28\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 56\n\nWatch for: 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### Novita AI (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want many open-weight models at per-token prices behind one OpenAI-style key, with keys that can be limited by model, IP and expiry.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 62 against 49\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 62 against 46\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page or SLA was found on the home page, the docs index or the docs site map. The home page states 99.5% uptime with no supporting document\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek API | Novita AI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 28 | DeepSeek API +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 62 | Novita AI +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 72 | Novita AI +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 65 | Novita AI +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 35 | Novita AI +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 62 | Novita AI +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 56 | DeepSeek API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.8 · D** | **53.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek API | Novita AI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Novita AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | `https://api.novita.ai/openai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Novita AI Terms of Service. The agent skill and the MCP server are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-05 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-05-13 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 6 stars, 1.4k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\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**Novita AI.** Per-token prices for about 140 language models are public, and each key can carry an expiry, a model allowlist and a source IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or security.txt was found, the per-model rate limit figures are drawn by script, and both vendor SDK repositories are archived while the docs still point to them.\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### Novita AI\n\n1. Set the OpenAI client base URL to `https://api.novita.ai/openai` and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`. Keys start with `sk_`\n2. Do not close a connection to stop generation. A request that reached the model is billed in full under status 499, so cap output with `max_tokens`\n3. On 429, check whether the code is `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` or `TOKEN_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` and back off exponentially. No `Retry-After` header is documented\n4. Read the changelog for retirement notices before pinning a model id. One retirement in October 2026 came with 11 days' notice\n5. Ask the account owner for a key with an expiry, a model access policy and an IP allowlist. Keys are created and deleted only in the console\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Novita AI?\n\nNovita AI scores 53.5 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do DeepSeek API and Novita AI need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Novita AI without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com and Novita AI at https://api.novita.ai/openai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-api\", \"b\": \"novita-ai\"}`. 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