The closest alternative to DeepSeek V3 0324 is Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 — comparable intelligence (22.4 vs 22.3); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.200/M; for more speed, gpt-oss-120b (free) hits 554 t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is the closest alternative to DeepSeek V3 0324, with an Intelligence Index of 22.4 (DeepSeek V3 0324 scores 22.3) at $0.080 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.200 for DeepSeek V3 0324, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to DeepSeek V3 0324 — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.