Compare OpenRouter-style multi-model access for Singapore and Southeast Asia teams with cost control, BYOK, regional provider coverage, and team reporting.
OpenRouter is fine if you mainly want many models behind one API. Production teams often hit the next wall: BYOK, project budgets, domestic sources, and someone asking what last month cost by key. Treat NextModel as a cost-control gateway, not a discount clone of a marketplace. You keep multi-model access and OpenAI-compatible calls, and you get spend controls in the same path. Cross-check /best/openai-compatible-gateway, /pricing, and /docs/openai-compatible when you decide whether to move traffic.
Source basis: NextModel positioning, curated model catalog, and OpenRouter public metadata when available. · Updated 2026-08-05
How to use this shortlist
Catalog activity
Start with the shortlist, then test real prompts and compare monthly cost before production routing in Singapore.
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.3 / 1M tokens in / $1.18 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.
Claude Haiku 4.5 via NextModel: 200k-token context; $1 / 1M tokens in / $5 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Claude Haiku 5.5 via NextModel: 1M-token context; Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens in / $0.5 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro via NextModel: 1M-token context; $1.65 / 1M tokens in / $3.31 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Comparison table
Use this view when narrowing a production shortlist, building a fallback policy, or comparing model economics for Singapore-based teams.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash | DeepSeek | $0.3 / 1M tokens | $1.18 / 1M tokens | 1M | Streaming | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 4553-6187ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 | Anthropic | $1 / 1M tokens | $5 / 1M tokens | 200k | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1327-2183ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 | Anthropic | Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens | $0.5 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1321-2017ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| DeepSeek-V4-Prodeepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | DeepSeek | $1.65 / 1M tokens | $3.31 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeLong context | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 2503-4012ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-lite | $0.25 / 1M tokens | $1.50 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 936-1952ms | Catalog | Platform curated | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.5-flash-lite | $0.3 / 1M tokens | $2.50 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 5379-9492ms | Catalog | Platform curated | |
| GPT-4.1 Nanoopenai/gpt-4.1-nano | OpenAI | $0.1 / 1M tokens | $0.4 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 844-2401ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| GPT-4oopenai/gpt-4o | OpenAI | $2.50 / 1M tokens | $10 / 1M tokens | 128k | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1065-2456ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
It can cover multi-model API access. The emphasis is different: cost control, BYOK, budgets, and mixing domestic and global sources under one gateway.
No. Pages describe model sources and catalog data. Partnership claims only appear when they are separately verified.
If the target is OpenAI-compatible, you usually change base_url and the key. Keep the SDK. See /docs/openai-compatible and compare cost on /pricing before cutover.
Spend visibility, cache discounts, domestic coverage, BYOK, budget policy, and whether you can audit a request after the fact. A long model list without controls often costs more.
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