gpt-oss-safeguard-20b vs Seed 1.6 Flash
Prices checked
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b and Seed 1.6 Flash split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
OpenAIgpt-oss-safeguard-20b
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.10/M tokensCheapest price, at Vercel AI Gateway · 5.4¢ per 1,000 pages
ByteDanceSeed 1.6 Flash
262k context · tool calling · reads images
$0.13/M tokensCheapest price, at LLM Gateway · 6¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.07/M
$0.07/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.30/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.10/M at Vercel AI Gateway
$0.13/M at LLM Gateway
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.13/M
$0.13/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
5.4¢
6¢
Context
131k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
29 Oct 2025
23 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
13
7
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 5
Eden AI$0.13 / $0.13
Kilo Gateway$0.13 / $0.13
Nous Portal$0.13 / $0.13
OpenRouter$0.13 / $0.13- AI/ML API$0.14 / $0.14
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, then Seed 1.6 Flash, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-safeguard-20b or Seed 1.6 Flash?
- gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, at $0.10 per million tokens against $0.13 for Seed 1.6 Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- gpt-oss-safeguard-20b: $0.10 at Vercel AI Gateway. Seed 1.6 Flash: $0.13 at LLM Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 5 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, AI/ML API. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- Seed 1.6 Flash, at 262k tokens against 131k.
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.