DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs Saba
Prices checked
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp takes 3 of 5 rounds against Saba. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.25 per million tokens against $0.30.
DeepSeekWins 3 roundsDeepSeek V3.2 Exp
164k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.25/M tokensCheapest price, at ZenMux · $0.15 per 1,000 pages
Mistral AISaba
33k context · tool calling
$0.30/M tokensMistral AI's own price · $0.16 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.27/M
$0.20/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.41/M
$0.60/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.25/M at ZenMux
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.30/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.15
$0.16
Context
164k tokens
33k tokens
Open weights
yes
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
29 Sept 2025
17 Feb 2025
Providers selling it
12
6
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$0.30 / $0.30
Nous Portal$0.30 / $0.30
OpenRouter$0.30 / $0.30
NanoGPT$0.32 / $0.30
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp, then Saba, per million tokens.
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Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or Saba?
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp, at $0.25 per million tokens against $0.30 for Saba, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp: $0.25 at ZenMux. Saba: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.30 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp, at 164k tokens against 33k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.