{ "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 the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses 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": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.8, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 974, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 60, "schema": 49, "security": 30, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "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 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.", "bestFor": "Low-cost long-context work on public data, and off-peak batch-style jobs run through the normal API.", "strengths": [ "Accepts the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses 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", "Weights of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, the model behind `deepseek-flash`, are on Hugging Face under the MIT licence", "`deepseek-chat` and `deepseek-reasoner` got three months' notice before their 24 July 2026 shutdown" ], "weaknesses": [ "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", "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", "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 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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 46, "payments": 20, "reliability": 60, "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 \"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" }, "sameCompany": [ "deepseek-search-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": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.json", "live": { "slug": "deepseek-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.deepseek.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:35.939166808Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 263, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 282, "p95ms24h": 361, "samples24h": 253, "samples30d": 5389, "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 }, 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"https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/deepseek.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:12:06.891286899Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:56:11.796811339Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-17T22:44:52.344061247Z", "fingerprint": "9f18435fe97b" }, { "url": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:56:09.022944392Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-17T22:44:48.805574455Z", "fingerprint": "3cfed9c635c9" }, { "url": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:57:20.155483095Z", "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": "2026-10-17T22:57:18.133449142Z", "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": "2026-10-17T22:59:30.229550312Z" }, "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": "2026-10-17T22:59:30.229550312Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:35.939166808Z" } }, "answer": "Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "reflection-beam", "name": "Beam 1.0", "vendor": "Reflection", "vendorUrl": "https://reflection.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "inference", "summary": "Beam 1.0 is Reflection's open-weight text model for coding, reasoning and agentic work, with 501B total and 23B active parameters and a 1M-token context, served by the Reflection API in public beta and released as Apache-2.0 weights.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-beam.json", "repo": "https://huggingface.co/reflection/Beam-1.0-501B-A23B", "license": "Weights under Apache-2.0. 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The beta pricing page gives no allocation figures and still carries template placeholders for the reset time and the dashboard location. No per-token price for after the beta was found. The commercial terms promise 30 days' notice before fees rise. Hosted copies on OpenRouter cost $0.25 to $1.30 input and $1.00 to $4.30 output per million tokens (Nebius, Together, CoreWeave, Baseten, checked 2026-10-17). The weights are free to self-host under Apache-2.0.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Reflection docs, llms.txt, OpenAPI document or terms. Access needs a browser sign-up on platform.reflection.ai and an API key (checked 2026-10-17).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/introduction", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://developers.reflection.ai/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.reflection.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.reflection.ai/api-reference/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "model", "open-weights", "self-hosted", "free", "beta", "openai-compatible", "openapi", "llms-txt", "status-page", "apache-2.0", "gpu", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 786, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 18, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 20, "reliability": 40, "schema": 84, "security": 46, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The Reflection API is OpenAI-compatible, with an OpenAPI document, strict structured outputs and tool calls, and error codes that say when to retry, and the weights are Apache-2.0. It is a free public beta with unpublished daily limits and no per-token price, reasoning can't be turned off, and three API incidents were posted between 14 and 16 October 2026.", "bestFor": "An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0.", "strengths": [ "OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions with `tool_choice`, parallel tool calls, strict tool schemas and `json_schema` structured outputs", "Error reference lists every status and code with whether to retry, and responses carry `Retry-After`, `x-should-retry` and `x-request-id`", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 document, llms.txt, a Markdown copy of every page and a docs MCP endpoint at developers.reflection.ai/mcp", "1,048,576-token context and up to 131,072 output tokens, with reasoning returned in its own `reasoning_content` field", "Weights in BF16, FP8 and NVFP4 under Apache-2.0, ungated, with Reflection's guides for SGLang, vLLM, TokenSpeed, Transformers, Helm and Dynamo" ], "weaknesses": [ "The API is a public beta with no SLA, and per-organisation rate limits and the daily allocation are not published as numbers", "Reasoning is mandatory and defaults to `max`, and a tool-call turn returned without `reasoning_content` makes every later request in that session fail", "The commercial terms grant Reflection a training licence over content sent to free or discounted services, while its API safety page says content isn't used for training by default", "Flagged content retention is 12 months in the terms but two years on the API safety page, and zero data retention is not yet available", "Three API incidents in its first three days, two rated critical, with no changelog or model deprecation notice period found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `reasoning_effort` `low` or `medium` for short tasks. The default is `max`, and `none` or `minimal` return `400 unsupported_value`", "Return every assistant message with its `reasoning_content` unchanged. If a turn comes back without it, start a new conversation, since later requests fail with `missing_required_parameter`", "Don't rely on `stop` or `seed`. Both are accepted and ignored, so truncate output in your own code", "Honour `x-should-retry: false` on a 429. It means a daily limit is spent and `Retry-After` counts to 00:00 UTC", "Set `max_completion_tokens` yourself on long prompts. The default budget isn't reduced to fit the prompt and includes reasoning tokens" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 20, "reliability": 40, "schema": 84, "security": 46, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install openai # or: npm install openai, with base URL https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1", "http": "curl https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REFLECTION_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\n \"model\": \"Beam-1.0-501B-A23B\",\n \"messages\": [\n {\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Why is the sky blue?\"}\n ]\n }'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/reflection-beam" }, "sameCompany": [ "reflection-mirror" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Reflection AI, Inc.", "domain": "reflection.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "domainNote": "RDAP gives a registration date of 16 December 2017 and a transfer on 15 March 2024, so the domain predates the current owner.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://reflection.ai/legal/commercial-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://reflection.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.reflection.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The commercial terms, last updated 5 October 2026, name Reflection AI, Inc. and New York law. The privacy policy was last updated 28 August 2026. The DPA uses Irish law for its EU clauses.", "reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt, developers.reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt and api.reflection.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 17 October 2026. platform.reflection.ai answers every path with its app page. The model card names reports@reflection.ai for security vulnerabilities.", "No changelog or release notes found in the docs, llms.txt or sitemap, and /changelog returned 404.", "reflection.ai's robots.txt disallows /docs and /api/, which were not fetched. platform.reflection.ai is a sign-in app and was not read beyond its public shell." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.json", "live": { "slug": "reflection-beam", "probe": { "target": "https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:53.341061714Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 357, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 347, "p95ms24h": 529, "samples24h": 24, "samples30d": 24, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.reflection.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T00:09:05.711143546Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://reflection.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:08:49.802729824Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9c7c5b230f4e" }, { "url": "https://reflection.ai/legal/commercial-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:08:47.345492008Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a23138fc242a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:53.341061714Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "Reflection", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.deepseek.com", "b": "https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Beam 1.0?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do DeepSeek API and Beam 1.0 need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com and Beam 1.0 at https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Beam 1.0 without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 40" ], "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": "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 49", "Security \u0026 auth, 46 against 30" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5", "No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek API loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0.", "slug": "reflection-beam", "watchFor": "The API is a public beta with no SLA, and per-organisation rate limits and the daily allocation are not published as numbers" } ], "job": { "capability": "inference.llm", "name": "LLM inference" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Claude API vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Claude API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Antseed vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Antseed vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "BlockRun.AI vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "BlockRun.AI vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Cloudflare Workers AI vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Cloudflare Workers AI vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-workers-ai-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Cohere Chat API (Command models) vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cohere-chat-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-deepseek-api.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs DeepSeek API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-deepseek-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "DeepInfra vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepinfra-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-elorian-glimpse.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Glimpse", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-elorian-glimpse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-gemini-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Gemini Developer API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-gemini-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-groq.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs GroqCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-groq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-jais-3.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Jais 3", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-jais-3" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-meta-model-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Meta Model API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-meta-model-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Mistral AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-mistral-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-muse-spark-open.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Muse Spark Open", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-muse-spark-open" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Novita AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-novita-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openai-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs OpenAI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openai-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openrouter.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs OpenRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-openrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-prism-inference.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Prism Inference", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-prism-inference" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-routerplus.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs RouterPlus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-routerplus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-siliconflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-stepfun-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs StepFun API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-stepfun-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "DeepSeek API vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Glimpse vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elorian-glimpse-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Gemini Developer API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "GroqCloud vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jais-3-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Jais 3 vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jais-3-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/meta-model-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Meta Model API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/meta-model-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Mistral AI API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Muse Spark Open vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-spark-open-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Novita AI vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/novita-ai-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "OpenAI API vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-api-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openrouter-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "OpenRouter vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openrouter-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Prism Inference vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prism-inference-vs-reflection-beam" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-routerplus.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs RouterPlus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-routerplus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-sambanova.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs SambaCloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-sambanova" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-siliconflow.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs SiliconFlow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-siliconflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-stepfun-api.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs StepFun API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-stepfun-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-vercel-ai-gateway.json", "title": "Beam 1.0 vs Vercel AI Gateway", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-beam-vs-vercel-ai-gateway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-vs-reflection-beam.json", "title": "Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Beam 1.0", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-vs-reflection-beam" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "deepseek-api": 60, "edge": "deepseek-api", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "reflection-beam": 40, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "deepseek-api": 49, "edge": "reflection-beam", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reflection-beam": 84, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "deepseek-api": 70, "edge": "deepseek-api", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reflection-beam": 67, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "deepseek-api": 30, "edge": "reflection-beam", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reflection-beam": 46, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "deepseek-api": 20, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reflection-beam": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "deepseek-api": 46, "edge": "reflection-beam", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reflection-beam": 50, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 3, "deepseek-api": 65, "edge": "reflection-beam", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reflection-beam": 68, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability. Both do llm inference.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "reflection-beam": "The Reflection API is OpenAI-compatible, with an OpenAPI document, strict structured outputs and tool calls, and error codes that say when to retry, and the weights are Apache-2.0. It is a free public beta with unpublished daily limits and no per-token price, reasoning can't be turned off, and three API incidents were posted between 14 and 16 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam.min.md" }, "markdown": "Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability. Both do llm inference.\n\n- DeepSeek API: grade E, 45.8/100, rank #974 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-api.json\n- Beam 1.0: grade D, 53.4/100, rank #786 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-beam.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 40\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### Beam 1.0 (D)\n\nGood for: An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 49\n- Security \u0026 auth, 46 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\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: The API is a public beta with no SLA, and per-organisation rate limits and the daily allocation are not published as numbers\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek API | Beam 1.0 | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 40 | DeepSeek API +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 84 | Beam 1.0 +35 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 67 | DeepSeek API +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 46 | Beam 1.0 +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 50 | Beam 1.0 +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 68 | Beam 1.0 +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.8 · E** | **53.4 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek API | Beam 1.0 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Reflection |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com` | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |\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| 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**Beam 1.0.** The Reflection API is OpenAI-compatible, with an OpenAPI document, strict structured outputs and tool calls, and error codes that say when to retry, and the weights are Apache-2.0. It is a free public beta with unpublished daily limits and no per-token price, reasoning can't be turned off, and three API incidents were posted between 14 and 16 October 2026.\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### Beam 1.0\n\n1. Send `reasoning_effort` `low` or `medium` for short tasks. The default is `max`, and `none` or `minimal` return `400 unsupported_value`\n2. Return every assistant message with its `reasoning_content` unchanged. If a turn comes back without it, start a new conversation, since later requests fail with `missing_required_parameter`\n3. Don't rely on `stop` or `seed`. Both are accepted and ignored, so truncate output in your own code\n4. Honour `x-should-retry: false` on a 429. It means a daily limit is spent and `Retry-After` counts to 00:00 UTC\n5. Set `max_completion_tokens` yourself on long prompts. The default budget isn't reduced to fit the prompt and includes reasoning tokens\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek API or Beam 1.0?\n\nBeam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against DeepSeek API's 45.8 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek API leads on reliability.\n\n### Do DeepSeek API and Beam 1.0 need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek API and Beam 1.0 without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com and Beam 1.0 at https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-api-vs-reflection-beam.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-api\", \"b\": \"reflection-beam\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deepseek-api reflection-beam`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-api.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-beam.json\n\n## Other comparisons with DeepSeek API or Beam 1.0\n\n- [Claude API vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [Claude API vs Beam 1.0](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anthropic-api-vs-reflection-beam.md)\n- [Antseed vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [Antseed vs Beam 1.0](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antseed-vs-reflection-beam.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs DeepSeek API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-deepseek-api.md)\n- [BlockRun.AI vs Beam 1.0](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/blockrun-ai-vs-reflection-beam.md)\n- [Cloudflare AI Gateway vs DeepSeek 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