Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want cheap, high-volume open-weight agent steps. Choose Kimi K2.7 Code if you want cheap, capable open-weight coding agents.
Editorially it's close: each model leads in 2 of our five dimensions. On price, DeepSeek V4 Flash runs about $0.12 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; Kimi K2.7 Code is about $1.35 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.