Alternatives to Kimi.

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Kimi is Watch. Moonshot's Kimi models, including open-weight checkpoints.

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DeepSeek weights

DeepSeek

Open-weight DeepSeek models. The license lives on the model card.

Weights are posted per model. There is no single price that covers every DeepSeek checkpoint.

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Llama

Meta

Meta's Llama open-weight models.

Weights are free under the Llama community license, which is not an OSI open-source license.

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MiniMax weights

MiniMax

MiniMax open-weight checkpoints.

Download terms are on the model card. A hosted MiniMax plan is a different product.

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Mistral open weights

Mistral

Mistral models you can download, as distinct from the paid API.

Some Mistral checkpoints are Apache 2.0. The hosted API is a separate bill. Read the card.

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Qwen

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba's Qwen open-weight family.

Many Qwen cards use Apache 2.0. Confirm the card. A hosted DashScope bill is separate.

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