Best Open-Weight LLMs
Open-weight LLMs publish their model weights, so you can run them on your own infrastructure, fine-tune them, and avoid vendor lock-in. The table below lists open-weight models ranked by context window and price. These models give you the most control over deployment, privacy, and cost.
Ranked list (top 25)
| # | Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek V4 Flash LLM GatewayOpen weights | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1.1M |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Pro LLM GatewayOpen weights | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1.1M |
| 3 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro SiliconFlow (China)Open weights | $1.74 | $3.48 | 1M |
| 4 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Deep InfraOpen weights | $0.10 | $0.20 | 1M |
| 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash CortecsOpen weights | $0.13 | $0.27 | 1M |
| 6 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Hugging FaceOpen weights | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M |
| 7 | DeepSeek V4 Flash NvidiaOpen weights | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M |
| 8 | DeepSeek V4 Flash NovitaAIOpen weights | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M |
| 9 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeekOpen weights | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M |
| 10 | Coding Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 AIHubMixOpen weights | $0.08 | $0.40 | 1M |
| 11 | Coding Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro AIHubMixOpen weights | $0.20 | $0.60 | 1M |
| 12 | DeepSeek V4 Pro NvidiaOpen weights | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1M |
| 13 | DeepSeek V4 Pro OpenRouterOpen weights | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1M |
| 14 | DeepSeek V4 Pro Hugging FaceOpen weights | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1M |
| 15 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeekOpen weights | $0.44 | $0.87 | 1M |
| 16 | DeepSeek V4 Pro Deep InfraOpen weights | $1.30 | $2.60 | 1M |
| 17 | DeepSeek V4 Pro GMI CloudOpen weights | $1.39 | $2.78 | 1M |
| 18 | DeepSeek V4 Pro CortecsOpen weights | $1.55 | $3.11 | 1M |
| 19 | DeepSeek V4 Pro NovitaAIOpen weights | $1.69 | $3.38 | 1M |
| 20 | DeepSeek V4 Pro DigitalOceanOpen weights | $1.74 | $3.48 | 1M |
| 21 | DeepSeek V4 Flash GMI CloudOpen weights | $0.11 | $0.22 | 1M |
| 22 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Alibaba Token Plan (China)Open weights | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1M |
| 23 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Alibaba Token PlanOpen weights | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1M |
| 24 | DeepSeek V4 Pro Alibaba Token PlanOpen weights | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1M |
| 25 | DeepSeek V4 Pro Alibaba Token Plan (China)Open weights | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1M |
Prices are per 1M tokens (USD); confirm with the provider. Updated regularly.