Fireworks 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

FFireworks

1.23× typical advantage

7 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

PParasail

$1.5343 / 1M

7 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	Fireworks	Parasail
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · Parasail z-ai/glm-5.2	Fireworks Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 11.65 s Response starts 1.23 s Output speed 48.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.00% Context 1M Route fireworks	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
M Kimi K2.7 CodeWinner · Fireworks moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code	Fireworks Blended price $1.9667 / 1M 500-token response 11.81 s Response starts 2.19 s Output speed 52.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route fireworks	Parasail Blended price $1.6733 / 1M 500-token response 14.51 s Response starts 2.01 s Output speed 40.0 tok/s Route uptime 95.80% Context 262.1K Route parasail/int4
D DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · Parasail deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro	Fireworks Blended price $2.32 / 1M 500-token response 34.18 s Response starts 2.93 s Output speed 16.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.35% Context 1M Route fireworks	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 · Fireworks deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash	Fireworks Blended price $0.1867 / 1M 500-token response 7.79 s Response starts 1.04 s Output speed 74.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.04% Context 1M Route fireworks	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
M Kimi K2.6Winner · Fireworks moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	Fireworks Blended price $1.9667 / 1M 500-token response 6.99 s Response starts 0.41 s Output speed 76.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route fireworks	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	Fireworks Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 9.40 s Response starts 1.27 s Output speed 61.5 tok/s Route uptime 87.25% Context 202.8K Route fireworks	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
O gpt-oss-20bWinner · Fireworks openai/gpt-oss-20b	Fireworks Blended price $0.1467 / 1M 500-token response 4.43 s Response starts 0.34 s Output speed 122.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.62% Context 131.1K Route fireworks	Parasail Blended price $0.0933 / 1M 500-token response 8.09 s Response starts 0.52 s Output speed 66.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.25% Context 131.1K Route parasail/fp4

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.