DigitalOcean vs NovitaAI: LLM provider comparison

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

NNovitaAI

1.57× typical advantage

15 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

NNovitaAI

$0.9739 / 1M

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

Most models available

NNovitaAI

66 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Model	DigitalOcean	NovitaAI
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · DigitalOcean z-ai/glm-5.2	DigitalOcean Blended price $2.1667 / 1M 500-token response 12.22 s Response starts 1.11 s Output speed 45.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.78% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6536 / 1M 500-token response 23.05 s Response starts 3.05 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.45% Context 1M Route novita/fp8
D DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · NovitaAI deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.856 / 1M 500-token response 33.90 s Response starts 0.57 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.92% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.5573 / 1M 500-token response 13.19 s Response starts 1.83 s Output speed 44.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.82% Context 1M Route novita/fp8
D DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · NovitaAI deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.1493 / 1M 500-token response 39.59 s Response starts 1.13 s Output speed 13.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.79% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.1867 / 1M 500-token response 15.08 s Response starts 1.56 s Output speed 37.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.95% Context 1M Route novita/fp8
X MiMo-V2.5-ProWinner · NovitaAI xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.4 / 1M 500-token response 11.70 s Response starts 1.06 s Output speed 47.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.79% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.6403 / 1M 500-token response 14.14 s Response starts 2.52 s Output speed 43.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.91% Context 1M Route novita
X MiMo-V2.5Winner · NovitaAI xiaomi/mimo-v2.5	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.1633 / 1M 500-token response 32.65 s Response starts 1.40 s Output speed 16.0 tok/s Route uptime 97.47% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.224 / 1M 500-token response 12.87 s Response starts 2.45 s Output speed 48.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.20% Context 1M Route novita/fp8
M Kimi K2.6Winner · DigitalOcean moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.5733 / 1M 500-token response 13.08 s Response starts 0.89 s Output speed 41.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.04% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6667 / 1M 500-token response 20.24 s Response starts 3.00 s Output speed 29.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.89% Context 262.1K Route novita
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · NovitaAI z-ai/glm-5.1	DigitalOcean Blended price $2.0833 / 1M 500-token response 29.06 s Response starts 1.28 s Output speed 18.0 tok/s Route uptime 57.53% Context 163.8K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $2.3867 / 1M 500-token response 22.62 s Response starts 2.62 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 67.25% Context 204.8K Route novita/fp8
Q Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · NovitaAI qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.0733 / 1M 500-token response 60.33 s Response starts 4.77 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime 81.67% Context 131.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6 / 1M 500-token response 12.11 s Response starts 2.30 s Output speed 51.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.35% Context 262.1K Route novita
M MiniMax M2.5Winner · DigitalOcean minimax/minimax-m2.5	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.45 / 1M 500-token response 8.35 s Response starts 0.78 s Output speed 66.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 65.5K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.6 / 1M 500-token response 56.73 s Response starts 1.17 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 204.8K Route novita/fp8
ZA GLM 5Winner · DigitalOcean z-ai/glm-5	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.3 / 1M 500-token response 63.85 s Response starts 1.35 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 95.70% Context 64K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.7333 / 1M 500-token response 48.77 s Response starts 7.11 s Output speed 12.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.97% Context 202.8K Route novita/fp8
M Kimi K2.5Winner · NovitaAI moonshotai/kimi-k2.5	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.925 / 1M 500-token response 34.35 s Response starts 1.01 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.45% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $1.33 / 1M 500-token response 21.94 s Response starts 4.70 s Output speed 29.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.56% Context 262.1K Route novita
D DeepSeek V3.2Winner · NovitaAI deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.7367 / 1M 500-token response 57.26 s Response starts 1.71 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime 96.84% Context 163.8K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.3127 / 1M 500-token response 23.97 s Response starts 1.25 s Output speed 22.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.97% Context 163.8K Route novita/fp8
O gpt-oss-120bWinner · NovitaAI openai/gpt-oss-120b	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.21 / 1M 500-token response 25.10 s Response starts 3.36 s Output speed 23.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.90% Context 128K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.1167 / 1M 500-token response 9.33 s Response starts 0.71 s Output speed 58.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.36% Context 131.1K Route novita/fp4
Q Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructWinner · NovitaAI qwen/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.8667 / 1M 500-token response 335.24 s Response starts 1.90 s Output speed 1.5 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.1367 / 1M 500-token response 9.69 s Response starts 0.60 s Output speed 55.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.56% Context 160K Route novita/fp8
ML Llama 4 MaverickWinner · DigitalOcean meta-llama/llama-4-maverick	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.4567 / 1M 500-token response 13.42 s Response starts 0.26 s Output speed 38.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.94% Context 128K Route digitalocean	NovitaAI Blended price $0.4633 / 1M 500-token response 16.07 s Response starts 0.45 s Output speed 32.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.98% Context 1M Route novita/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 Jul 16, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.