LOADING COMPARISON
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HEAD TO HEAD
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
Starcoder
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Coding help disappoints some people
Qwen3.8 Flash
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Outages, errors, or limits get in the way
Step 1
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Sometimes makes things up
Discovery
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Outages, errors, or limits get in the way
4 IS THE MAX. SWAP ONE OUT TO ADD ANOTHER.
| Metric | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 5.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
| VOICES | 39 | 6,013 | 3,811 | 10,083 |
| RANK | #268 | #4 | #13 | #3 |
| CATEGORY | Code | Text | Text | Text |
| OPEN/CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS | CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | N/A | $0.15 / 1M | N/A | N/A |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | N/A | $0.47 / 1M | N/A | N/A |
| THE CROWD LOVES | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Coding help disappoints some people | Outages, errors, or limits get in the way | Sometimes makes things up | Outages, errors, or limits get in the way |