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Same-model provider benchmark

Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Venice: LLM provider comparison

Compare Alibaba Cloud Int. and Venice on 11 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Alibaba Cloud Int.

48 indexed models

Headquarters
Singapore
Server regions
SingaporeChina
Model types
45 text, 2 video, 1 transcription

Venice

29 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
United States
Model types
29 text

At a glance

Metric winners

There is no overall score. Each winner answers one specific question using only directly comparable data.

Fastest on shared models

2.23× typical advantage

11 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$1.0252 / 1M

11 exact models using a 1K-input/500-output mix

Most models available

48 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricAlibaba Cloud Int.Venice
Typical 500-token response12.56 s21.60 s
Typical response start1.16 s1.17 s
Typical output speed45.0 tok/s25.0 tok/s
Blended token price$1.0252 / 1M$1.1284 / 1M
Typical route uptime99.78%99.58%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Alibaba Cloud Int.Venice
500-token response by shared model

Estimated seconds using recent median response-start and output-speed data. Lower is better.

Alibaba Cloud Int. has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 11 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

USD per 1 million tokens using a 1,000-input/500-output mix. Lower is better.

Alibaba Cloud Int. has the lower typical price ratio across 11 priced shared models.

Shared text models

11 exact models · newest first

ModelAlibaba Cloud Int.Venice
GLM 5.2Winner · Venice

z-ai/glm-5.2

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$2.1192 / 1M
500-token response
17.65 s
Response starts
1.52 s
Output speed
31.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.88%
Context
1M
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$2.4 / 1M
500-token response
14.33 s
Response starts
1.17 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Route uptime
94.48%
Context
1M
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3.6 27BWinner · Venice

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$1.2 / 1M
500-token response
25.88 s
Response starts
0.88 s
Output speed
20.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.64%
Context
262.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$1.3 / 1M
500-token response
20.54 s
Response starts
0.54 s
Output speed
25.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
256K
Route
venice/fp8
DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$1.888 / 1M
500-token response
11.64 s
Response starts
1.44 s
Output speed
49.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.78%
Context
1M
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$2.2003 / 1M
500-token response
28.55 s
Response starts
2.23 s
Output speed
19.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.91%
Context
1M
Route
venice
DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.1787 / 1M
500-token response
12.56 s
Response starts
1.69 s
Output speed
46.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.67%
Context
1M
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$0.1837 / 1M
500-token response
14.58 s
Response starts
2.08 s
Output speed
40.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.58%
Context
1M
Route
venice
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.5417 / 1M
500-token response
4.44 s
Response starts
0.65 s
Output speed
132.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.89%
Context
262.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$0.625 / 1M
500-token response
21.60 s
Response starts
3.08 s
Output speed
27.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
256K
Route
venice
Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · Venice

qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$1.04 / 1M
500-token response
32.41 s
Response starts
1.16 s
Output speed
16.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.97%
Context
262.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$2 / 1M
500-token response
10.11 s
Response starts
1.49 s
Output speed
58.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
128K
Route
venice
DeepSeek V3.2Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.6175 / 1M
500-token response
28.11 s
Response starts
1.79 s
Output speed
19.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.18%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$0.38 / 1M
500-token response
84.24 s
Response starts
0.90 s
Output speed
6.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.40%
Context
160K
Route
venice
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.52 / 1M
500-token response
18.57 s
Response starts
0.71 s
Output speed
28.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$0.7733 / 1M
500-token response
41.48 s
Response starts
1.48 s
Output speed
12.5 tok/s
Route uptime
99.45%
Context
128K
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.598 / 1M
500-token response
9.12 s
Response starts
0.65 s
Output speed
59.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$1.4667 / 1M
500-token response
28.70 s
Response starts
0.92 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
128K
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BWinner · Venice

qwen/qwen3-coder

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$2.275 / 1M
500-token response
12.51 s
Response starts
1.40 s
Output speed
45.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
alibaba/opensource
Venice
Blended price
$0.7333 / 1M
500-token response
6.23 s
Response starts
0.45 s
Output speed
86.5 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
256K
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int.

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507

Alibaba Cloud Int.
Blended price
$0.299 / 1M
500-token response
10.46 s
Response starts
0.46 s
Output speed
50.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.97%
Context
131.1K
Route
alibaba
Venice
Blended price
$0.35 / 1M
500-token response
31.81 s
Response starts
0.56 s
Output speed
16.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.62%
Context
128K
Route
venice/fp8

A per-model winner combines blended price and estimated 500-token response time with equal proportional weight. Ties and rows missing either measurement receive no badge. Comparison data calculated . Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.

Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Venice analysis

How Alibaba Cloud Int. and Venice compare for AI inference

Alibaba Cloud Int. and Venice share 11 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, Qwen3.6 27B, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. Alibaba Cloud Int. has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

11 shared models currently have complete response-start and output-speed measurements on both providers. The speed comparison uses per-model ratios before taking the median, so naturally faster model catalogs do not improve the result.

Token pricing on one workload

11 shared models have complete input and output prices on both providers. Prices use the same 1,000-input/500-output-token mix and are normalized to one million tokens for readability.

Catalog and deployment differences

Alibaba Cloud Int. has 48 indexed models and lists 2 published server regions; Venice has 29 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.