Best AI Provider
AI API providers ranked by the quality of their best available model. Quality is measured by Arena ELO and benchmark scores.
| # | Provider | Models | Cheapest In/M | Cheapest Out/M | Best Model | Best ELO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic API | 8 | $0.80 | $4.00 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 1504 |
| 2 | AWS Bedrock | 8 | $0.50 | $1.50 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 1504 |
| 3 | Google Vertex AI | 3 | $1.25 | $10.00 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 1504 |
| 4 | Google AI Studio | 3 | $0.10 | $0.40 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1449 |
| 5 | OpenAI API | 8 | $0.15 | $0.60 | o3 | 1440 |
| 6 | Azure OpenAI | 4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | o3 | 1440 |
| 7 | xAI API | 2 | $0.30 | $0.50 | Grok 3 | 1402 |
| 8 | Fireworks AI | 3 | $0.12 | $0.35 | DeepSeek R1 | 1398 |
| 9 | DeepSeek API | 2 | $0.14 | $0.28 | DeepSeek R1 | 1398 |
| 10 | Together AI | 4 | $0.10 | $0.30 | DeepSeek R1 | 1398 |
| 11 | Groq | 2 | $0.10 | $0.30 | Llama 4 Maverick | 1327 |
| 12 | Mistral API | 2 | $0.06 | $0.18 | Mistral Large 3 | 1305 |