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Meta Llama vs DeepSeek vs Alibaba Cloud Qwen vs Mistral AI Mistral

“Which open-weight model family do you deploy?”

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1. Candidate 1

   Meta Llama

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   Llama

   Model families

   Llama 4, Llama 3, Llama 2

   Llama 4 models

   Scout, Maverick

   Llama 4 architecture

   Mixture-of-experts, natively multimodal

   Scout parameters

   17B active / 109B total, 16 experts

   Maverick parameters

   17B active / 400B total, 128 experts

   Scout context window

   10M tokens

   Scout hardware

   Single H100 GPU (Meta's claim)

   Access channels

   Download, Hugging Face, Kaggle

   License

   Llama 4 License and Llama 4 Use Policy

   Llama 3 range

   3.1, 3.2, 3.3 text models

   • Llama is Meta's open-model line; the developer site now leads with the Muse model family and Meta Model API.
   • Meta's $0.19/Mtok (3:1 blended) figure for Llama 4 Maverick is a cost estimate assuming distributed inference, not a…
   • Llama 4 Scout is described by Meta as fitting a single H100 GPU; no other hardware requirements are published on the…

   Sources: Llama (official) · Llama Docs: Get started with Llama (dev.meta.ai) (official) · Llama 4 model page (dev.meta.ai) (official) · Meta Model API home (dev.meta.ai) (official) · The Llama 4 herd blog post (ai.meta.com) (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

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2. Candidate 2

   DDeepSeek

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   DeepSeek

   Consumer access

   Web chat, iOS and Android app, Harness desktop

   Consumer price

   Free (official app page)

   deepseek-flash input (miss)

   CNY 1 off-peak / 2 peak per 1M tokens

   deepseek-flash output

   CNY 4 off-peak / 8 peak per 1M tokens

   deepseek-v4-pro input (miss)

   CNY 4.5 off-peak / 9 peak per 1M tokens

   deepseek-v4-pro output

   CNY 13.5 off-peak / 27 peak per 1M tokens

   Context length

   1M tokens (both models)

   Max output

   384K tokens (both models)

   Search and Fetch APIs

   CNY 5 per 1,000 successful requests each

   Image understanding

   deepseek-flash only; V4-Pro not supported

   • Official pricing lists API prices in CNY per 1M tokens; off-peak is half the peak price…
   • Search and Fetch calls made through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex are unbilled until 00:00 Beijing time on 1…
   • deepseek-v4-flash is a legacy name that now routes to the deepseek-flash model at Flash prices.

   Sources: DeepSeek (official) · DeepSeek homepage (English) (official) · DeepSeek Download page (English) (official) · DeepSeek API Docs - Models & Pricing (zh-cn) (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

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3. Candidate 3

   Alibaba Cloud Qwen

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   Qwen

   Free access

   Free to use (qwen.ai homepage)

   Platforms

   Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows

   Main features

   Thinking, search, Deep Research, Web Dev, Artifacts

   Image and video

   Image Edit, Image and Video Generation

   API format

   OpenAI API compatible

   API price: Qwen3.8-Max

   $2 input / $6 output per 1M tokens (Singapore)

   API price: Qwen3.7-Plus

   $0.4 input / $1.6 output per 1M tokens (up to 256K)

   API free quota

   1M tokens per model, 90 days (Singapore only)

   • The qwen.ai homepage describes Qwen as free to use and lists the Qwen API platform and apps for web, phone and desktop.
   • Alibaba Cloud Model Studio bills API calls pay-as-you-go by default; the listed prices are standard prices and vary by…
   • Free API quota applies only in Singapore, per the official pricing page.

   Sources: Qwen (official) · Qwen home (official) (official) · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio model inference pricing (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

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4. Candidate 4

   Mistral AI Mistral

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   Mistral

   Free plan

   Yes, limited access to Vibe; includes Mistral Studio

   Pro plan

   $14.99/mo excluding taxes

   Student plan

   $5.99/mo for verified students, max 12 months

   Team plan

   $24.99/user/mo excluding taxes

   Enterprise plan

   Custom pricing, contact sales

   Platforms

   Web, iOS, Android, CLI, IDE (VS Code, JetBrains)

   API pricing example

   Mistral Large $0.5 in / $1.5 out per M tokens

   Self-hosting

   Yes; open-weight models, Apache 2.0 for research/individual use

   • The pricing page covers the Vibe chat and coding plans plus API pricing; USD is the default view with a EUR option.
   • Batch processing cuts API prices by 50%; cached input tokens can cost up to 90% less for repeated prompts.
   • Commercial self-hosted deployments require a Mistral license with separate terms, per the official FAQ.

   Sources: Pricing | Mistral (official pricing page) (official)

   Checked 2026-10-30

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