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DeepSeek APIby DeepSeekRemove DeepSeek API from this comparisonKevby Jared PalmerRemove Kev from this comparisonMiniMax API Platformby MiniMax AIRemove MiniMax API Platform from this comparison
Sets it apart
  • Official DeepSeek listing
  • Streams responses
  • No auth required
  • Official MiniMax listing
  • Streams responses
What it isServes DeepSeek models through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs with thinking mode, tool calls, JSON output, and context caching, for developers using existing SDKs.Answers yes/no, multiple-choice, and rating questions about text with calibrated probabilities, for developers self-hosting a Jev-compatible decision API.Serves MiniMax's M-series coding and agent models through Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIs, plus video, speech, image and music generation, for developers building agents.
ProviderDeepSeekJared PalmerMiniMax AI
Official vendorDeepSeekNot an official listingMiniMax
VerifiedYesSame for all
AccessAPISame for all
AuthAPI KeyNoneAPI Key
API base URLhttps://api.deepseek.comIn its docshttps://api.minimax.io
SkillsThinking Mode, Tool Calls, JSON Output, Anthropic API Compatibility, Context CachingMulti-Question Decisions, Jev-Compatible API, Long Documents, Fine-Tuning, Endpoint DeployTool Use and Interleaved Thinking, Video Generation, Text to Speech and Voice Cloning, Image Generation, Music Generation
StreamingYesNoYes
Push notificationsNoSame for all
CategoriesLanguage & Translation, Infrastructure & OpsSame for all
Tagsdeepseek, llm-api, openai-compatible, anthropic-compatible, thinking-mode, json-output, context-cachingdecision-models, text-classification, calibrated-probabilities, self-hosted, open-weights, fine-tuning, qwenminimax, llm-api, anthropic-compatible, openai-compatible, text-to-speech, video-generation, music-generation
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deepseek-apiapiOfficial DeepSeek listing; Streams responseskevapiNo auth requiredminimax-apiapiOfficial MiniMax listing; Streams responses
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descriptionServes DeepSeek models through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs with thinking mode, tool calls, JSON output, and context caching, for developers using existing SDKs. | Answers yes/no, multiple-choice, and rating questions about text with calibrated probabilities, for developers self-hosting a Jev-compatible decision API. | Serves MiniMax's M-series coding and agent models through Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIs, plus video, speech, image and music generation, for developers building agents.
providerDeepSeek | Jared Palmer | MiniMax AI
officialDeepSeek | Not an official listing | MiniMax
verified (same)Yes
access (same)API
authAPI Key | None | API Key
apihttps://api.deepseek.com | In its docs | https://api.minimax.io
skillsThinking Mode, Tool Calls, JSON Output, Anthropic API Compatibility, Context Caching | Multi-Question Decisions, Jev-Compatible API, Long Documents, Fine-Tuning, Endpoint Deploy | Tool Use and Interleaved Thinking, Video Generation, Text to Speech and Voice Cloning, Image Generation, Music Generation
streamingYes | No | Yes
push (same)No
categories (same)Language & Translation, Infrastructure & Ops
tagsdeepseek, llm-api, openai-compatible, anthropic-compatible, thinking-mode, json-output, context-caching | decision-models, text-classification, calibrated-probabilities, self-hosted, open-weights, fine-tuning, qwen | minimax, llm-api, anthropic-compatible, openai-compatible, text-to-speech, video-generation, music-generation
addedOct 10, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026
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