DigitalOcean vs Parasail: 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

PParasail

1.61× typical advantage

11 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

DDigitalOcean

$1.0438 / 1M

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

Most models available

PParasail

35 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Model	DigitalOcean	Parasail
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 8.10 s Response starts 0.96 s Output speed 70.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.80% Context 262.1K Route parasail/fp4
D DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · DigitalOcean 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	Parasail Blended price $2.32 / 1M 500-token response 28.29 s Response starts 0.51 s Output speed 18.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.70% Context 1M Route parasail/fp8
D DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $0.1867 / 1M 500-token response 13.46 s Response starts 0.64 s Output speed 39.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.69% Context 1M Route parasail/fp8
X MiMo-V2.5Winner · DigitalOcean 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	Parasail Blended price $0.1867 / 1M 500-token response 34.07 s Response starts 0.74 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s Route uptime 95.38% Context 1M Route parasail/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	Parasail Blended price $1.6667 / 1M 500-token response 16.21 s Response starts 1.50 s Output speed 34.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.45% Context 262.1K Route parasail/int4
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 8.43 s Response starts 2.18 s Output speed 80.0 tok/s Route uptime 85.33% Context 202.8K Route parasail/fp8
Q Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $1.5333 / 1M 500-token response 9.08 s Response starts 0.75 s Output speed 60.0 tok/s Route uptime 87.58% Context 262.1K Route parasail/fp8
M MiniMax M2.5Winner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $0.6 / 1M 500-token response 5.17 s Response starts 0.61 s Output speed 109.5 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 196.6K Route parasail/fp8
ZA GLM 5Winner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $1.7333 / 1M 500-token response 19.93 s Response starts 0.70 s Output speed 26.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.15% Context 202.8K Route parasail/fp8
O gpt-oss-120bWinner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $0.3167 / 1M 500-token response 9.13 s Response starts 0.51 s Output speed 58.0 tok/s Route uptime 92.57% Context 131.1K Route parasail/fp4
ML Llama 4 MaverickWinner · Parasail 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	Parasail Blended price $0.5667 / 1M 500-token response 8.96 s Response starts 0.48 s Output speed 59.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 524.3K Route parasail/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.