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          "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)"
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          "Weights of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, the model behind `deepseek-flash`, are on Hugging Face under the MIT licence",
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          "Personal data trains models unless you email to opt out, and data is stored in the PRC with no retention period stated",
          "Model names move without a pinnable version. V4 Flash names were rerouted on 10 September 2026, and `deepseek-flash` became the 1017 model on 17 October",
          "A V4 Pro shutdown for 14 September 2026 was announced on 13 August and withdrawn on 10 September",
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          "Send only data you'd be happy to publish",
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          "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 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"
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      "name": "Router.com (Ramp Router)",
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      "summary": "Router.com (Ramp Router) is Ramp's LLM gateway. One API key reaches OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models through OpenAI Responses, Chat Completions and Anthropic Messages endpoints, with fallbacks, Flex-tier routing, shadow testing and benchmark aliases.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.md",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/ramp-public/ramp-cli",
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        "http"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A Router API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or `X-Api-Key`. A person signs up in the browser with Sign in with Ramp, or by email or Google with a business email address on a business domain (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Proton and similar are refused); other people can ask router@ramp.com for manual onboarding. Keys are created on the dashboard's API keys page and shown once, or by the Ramp CLI after browser approval. Each key can carry a lifetime or periodic spend cap and be locked, unlocked or revoked (https://docs.router.com/api/endpoint.md, https://docs.router.com/resources/signup-eligibility.md).",
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      "pricingNotes": "Routing is free through 2026, and models are billed at list price per 1M tokens from account credit. Router.com says the first $26 of credits are free. Requests served with the caller's own provider keys carry no Router charge, unless they fall back to Router's shared key. No routing price after 2026 was found. Per-model prices are public at https://router.com/models and https://docs.router.com/supported-models.md.",
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording.",
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          "Fallback lists of up to 15 provider, model and tier candidates, with timeouts that bound each attempt",
          "Every response names the serving provider, and Responses calls return `usage.cost` in USD",
          "Routing is free through 2026, BYOK requests carry no Router charge, and the first $26 of credits are free"
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          "Ramp-side content recording is on by default and keeps prompts, outputs and tool calls for one year",
          "No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog, SLA or published rate limits were found",
          "Signup needs a US business email domain or Sign in with Ramp, in a browser",
          "No batch, embeddings or files routes, and Chat Completions lacks fallback lists and cost",
          "No routing price after 31 December 2026 was found"
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          "Switch off content recording in Settings before sending private data. It is on by default and keeps prompts and outputs for a year",
          "Read model ids from `GET /v1/models` at runtime. Ids are account-specific, an unknown one is a 404, and Gemini ids need your own Google key",
          "Use `POST /v1/responses` with a `models` list for fallbacks. Router stops falling back once a stream has started",
          "Set `fallback_timeout` and `provider_timeout`, or `allow_flex_tier: false`, when latency matters. Flex routing is on by default",
          "Treat both `401 invalid_api_key` and `401 api_key_deactivated` as a possibly locked key, and stop retrying on `402`"
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              "tasks"
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        "install": "curl -fsSL https://router.com/install.sh | sh   # Ramp CLI, configures Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes or Conductor",
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          "item": "GPT-6.1 Sol input",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp-router.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp-router.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 466 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 25\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### Router.com (Ramp Router) (C)\n\nGood for: Teams in the US that want one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and open-weight models, with routing to cheaper tiers and per-request cost, and can switch off content recording.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 58 against 49\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 30\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 59 against 46\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek API loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Ramp-side content recording is on by default and keeps prompts, outputs and tool calls for one year\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek API | Router.com (Ramp Router) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 25 | DeepSeek API +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 58 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 77 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 66 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 59 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 67 | Router.com (Ramp Router) +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.8 · E** | **54.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek API | Router.com (Ramp Router) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Ramp |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | `https://api.router.com/v1` |\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 | Closed service under the Router Terms of Service (last updated 31 August 2026). The Ramp CLI that configures coding agents for Router is MIT. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-27 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |\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| Popularity | none | 1.7k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\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**Router.com (Ramp Router).** Detailed Markdown docs with typed error codes, per-model capability data and routing an agent can set per request. No OpenAPI document, status page, changelog or published rate limits were found. Signup needs a US business email in a browser, and Ramp records prompts and outputs for a year by default unless switched off.\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### Router.com (Ramp Router)\n\n1. Switch off content recording in Settings before sending private data. It is on by default and keeps prompts and outputs for a year\n2. Read model ids from `GET /v1/models` at runtime. Ids are account-specific, an unknown one is a 404, and Gemini ids need your own Google key\n3. Use `POST /v1/responses` with a `models` list for fallbacks. Router stops falling back once a stream has started\n4. Set `fallback_timeout` and `provider_timeout`, or `allow_flex_tier: false`, when latency matters. Flex routing is on by default\n5. Treat both `401 invalid_api_key` and `401 api_key_deactivated` as a possibly locked key, and stop retrying on `402`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Router.com (Ramp Router)?\n\nRouter.com (Ramp Router) scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability.\n\n### Do DeepSeek API and Router.com (Ramp Router) need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Router.com (Ramp Router) without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com and Router.com (Ramp Router) at https://api.router.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-ramp-router.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-ramp-router.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-api\", \"b\": \"ramp-router\"}`. 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