HEAD TO HEAD

DeepSeek R1 vs Qwen Plus

Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.

VALUE FOR MONEY

NOT ON THE CHART (NO PUBLIC API PRICE):DeepSeek R1STILL IN THE TABLE BELOW. THE CHART ONLY PLOTS MODELS WITH A KNOWN PRICE PER 1M TOKENS.

Metric	DeepSeek R1 x	Qwen Plus x
VIBE SCORE	6.7	5.2
VOICES	2,271	167
RANK	#55	#376
CATEGORY	Text	Text
OPEN/CLOSED	OPEN WEIGHTS	CLOSED
PRICE IN (per 1M)	N/A	$0.26 / 1M
PRICE OUT (per 1M)	N/A	$0.78 / 1M
THE CROWD LOVES	Popular for coding help	People feel it is worth the money
THE CROWD GRUMBLES	People find it expensive	Sometimes makes things up

Fair fights only: chat and coding models compare with each other.

HEAD TO HEAD

Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.

NOT ON THE CHART (NO PUBLIC API PRICE):DeepSeek R1STILL IN THE TABLE BELOW. THE CHART ONLY PLOTS MODELS WITH A KNOWN PRICE PER 1M TOKENS.

Metric	DeepSeek R1 x	Qwen Plus x
VIBE SCORE	6.7	5.2
VOICES	2,271	167
RANK	#55	#376
CATEGORY	Text	Text
OPEN/CLOSED	OPEN WEIGHTS	CLOSED
PRICE IN (per 1M)	N/A	$0.26 / 1M
PRICE OUT (per 1M)	N/A	$0.78 / 1M
THE CROWD LOVES	Popular for coding help	People feel it is worth the money
THE CROWD GRUMBLES	People find it expensive	Sometimes makes things up

Fair fights only: chat and coding models compare with each other.