DeepSeek V3.2 vs Saba

DeepSeek V3.2 at $0.299 in and $0.437 out and Saba at $0.230 in and $0.690 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek

0.18¢

for a client proposal

$0.299 in · $0.437 out / 1M

164K context · released December 2025

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Saba

Mistral AI

0.17¢

for a client proposal

$0.230 in · $0.690 out / 1M

33K context · released February 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.35¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Saba at $0.230 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: DeepSeek V3.2 at $0.437 per million tokens.
Largest context: DeepSeek V3.2 at 164K tokens — about 230 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

DeepSeek V3.2

0.08¢

Saba

0.08¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

DeepSeek V3.2

0.18¢

Saba

0.17¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

DeepSeek V3.2

4.8¢

Saba

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

DeepSeek V3.2

1.1¢

Saba

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

DeepSeek V3.2

needs 250K ctx

Saba

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

DeepSeek V3.2

Saba

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Pricing

DeepSeek V3.2

Saba

Input / 1M tokens

$0.299

$0.230

Output / 1M tokens

$0.437

$0.690

Cached input / 1M

$0.149

$0.023

Specs

DeepSeek V3.2

Saba

Provider

DeepSeek

Mistral AI

Released

December 2025

February 2025

Context window

164K

33K

Max output

164K

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Input

Text

Text and Files

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

—

2024-09-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek

0.08¢

for this task

73% input · 27% output

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Saba

Mistral AI

0.08¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.16¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 3,083 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, DeepSeek V3.2 has the largest context window here — 164K tokens.

On price, Saba is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.17¢.

For images or files, Saba can read them directly; DeepSeek V3.2 is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, DeepSeek V3.2 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Saba?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Saba at 0.17¢; DeepSeek V3.2 at 0.18¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

DeepSeek V3.2 — 164K tokens, about 230 pages.

Can I run DeepSeek V3.2 and Saba side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.35¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.35¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.