LOADING COMPARISON
GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
HEAD TO HEAD
DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Step 5 vs Mercury 2.5
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
DeepSeek V4 Flash
LOVE
People feel it is worth the money
COMPLAINT
Outages, errors, or limits get in the way
Step 5
LOVE
People feel it is worth the money
COMPLAINT
Refuses or lectures more than people like
Mercury 2.5
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Coding help disappoints some people
VALUE FOR MONEY
| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| VOICES | 12,741 | 5,589 | 6,994 |
| RANK | #8 of 349 assistants | #14 of 349 assistants | #7 of 349 assistants |
| OVERALL | #13 of 541 ranked | #20 of 541 ranked | #8 of 541 ranked |
| CATEGORY | Text | Multimodal | Text |
| OPEN/CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS | CLOSED |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | $0.065 / 1M | $1.00 / 1M | $0.04 / 1M |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | $0.18 / 1M | $2.70 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| THE CROWD LOVES | People feel it is worth the money | People feel it is worth the money | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Outages, errors, or limits get in the way | Refuses or lectures more than people like | Coding help disappoints some people |
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