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Starcoder vs Qwen3 Coder Next vs Step 1
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
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| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 5.7 | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| VOICES | 39 | 147 | 3,729 |
| RANK | #264 | #157 | #11 |
| CATEGORY | Code | Code | Text |
| OPEN/CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS | CLOSED |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | N/A | $0.12 / 1M | N/A |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | N/A | $0.80 / 1M | N/A |
| THE CROWD LOVES | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Coding help disappoints some people | Coding help disappoints some people | Refuses or lectures more than people like |
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