Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose Codestral if you want fast completions and lightweight code edits. Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want cheap, high-volume open-weight agent steps.
In our editorial scoring, DeepSeek V4 Flash leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, value for $ and reliability), while Codestral leads in 1. On price, Codestral runs about $0.48 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; DeepSeek V4 Flash is about $0.12 and open-weight.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.