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Same-model provider benchmark

Parasail vs Venice: LLM provider comparison

Compare Parasail and Venice on 18 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Parasail

35 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
N/a
Model types
34 text, 1 embeddings

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

1.06× typical advantage

18 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.9794 / 1M

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

Most models available

35 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricParasailVenice
Typical 500-token response16.13 s14.51 s
Typical response start0.72 s1.28 s
Typical output speed33.0 tok/s38.0 tok/s
Blended token price$0.9794 / 1M$1.0114 / 1M
Typical route uptime98.97%99.22%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

ParasailVenice
500-token response by shared model

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

Parasail has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 18 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

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

Parasail has the lower typical price ratio across 18 priced shared models.

Shared text models

18 exact models · newest first

ModelParasailVenice
GLM 5.2Winner · Parasail

z-ai/glm-5.2

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
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
Kimi K2.7 CodeWinner · Venice

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code

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
Venice
Blended price
$1.6667 / 1M
500-token response
8.94 s
Response starts
1.25 s
Output speed
65.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
256K
Route
venice/int4
MiniMax M3Winner · Venice

minimax/minimax-m3

Parasail
Blended price
$0.6 / 1M
500-token response
10.69 s
Response starts
0.69 s
Output speed
50.0 tok/s
Route uptime
97.91%
Context
1M
Route
parasail/fp8
Venice
Blended price
$0.6 / 1M
500-token response
5.09 s
Response starts
1.21 s
Output speed
129.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.07%
Context
524.3K
Route
venice/fp8
DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · Venice

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

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
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 · Parasail

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

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
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
MiMo-V2.5Winner · Venice

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5

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
Venice
Blended price
$0.1867 / 1M
500-token response
10.97 s
Response starts
1.17 s
Output speed
51.0 tok/s
Route uptime
91.56%
Context
1M
Route
venice/fp8
Kimi K2.6Winner · Venice

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

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
Venice
Blended price
$1.6667 / 1M
500-token response
12.06 s
Response starts
1.43 s
Output speed
47.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.22%
Context
256K
Route
venice/int4
GLM 5.1Winner · Parasail

z-ai/glm-5.1

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
Venice
Blended price
$2.64 / 1M
500-token response
14.61 s
Response starts
1.46 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Route uptime
88.98%
Context
200K
Route
venice/fp8
Gemma 4 26B A4BWinner · Parasail

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Parasail
Blended price
$0.22 / 1M
500-token response
17.86 s
Response starts
0.61 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.97%
Context
262.1K
Route
parasail/bf16
Venice
Blended price
$0.22 / 1M
500-token response
19.60 s
Response starts
1.08 s
Output speed
27.0 tok/s
Route uptime
97.85%
Context
256K
Route
venice/bf16
Gemma 4 31BWinner · Venice

google/gemma-4-31b-it

Parasail
Blended price
$0.2333 / 1M
500-token response
29.80 s
Response starts
2.03 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Route uptime
92.85%
Context
262.1K
Route
parasail/fp8
Venice
Blended price
$0.2 / 1M
500-token response
15.38 s
Response starts
1.49 s
Output speed
36.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.93%
Context
256K
Route
venice/bf16
Qwen3.5-9BWinner · Venice

qwen/qwen3.5-9b

Parasail
Blended price
$0.15 / 1M
500-token response
19.91 s
Response starts
0.68 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
parasail/bf16
Venice
Blended price
$0.1167 / 1M
500-token response
9.33 s
Response starts
0.85 s
Output speed
59.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.92%
Context
256K
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BWinner · Parasail

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Parasail
Blended price
$0.4333 / 1M
500-token response
11.69 s
Response starts
0.82 s
Output speed
46.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
parasail/fp8
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 · Parasail

qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b

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
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
MiniMax M2.5Winner · Parasail

minimax/minimax-m2.5

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
Venice
Blended price
$0.4967 / 1M
500-token response
9.78 s
Response starts
1.16 s
Output speed
58.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
198K
Route
venice
GLM 5Winner · Parasail

z-ai/glm-5

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
Venice
Blended price
$1.7333 / 1M
500-token response
20.55 s
Response starts
1.32 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
198K
Route
venice/fp8
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructWinner · Parasail

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

Parasail
Blended price
$0.7733 / 1M
500-token response
26.12 s
Response starts
1.12 s
Output speed
20.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.69%
Context
131.1K
Route
parasail/fp8
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

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507

Parasail
Blended price
$0.36 / 1M
500-token response
16.05 s
Response starts
0.42 s
Output speed
32.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.90%
Context
131.1K
Route
parasail/fp8
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
Mistral Small 3.2 24BWinner · Venice

mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct

Parasail
Blended price
$0.16 / 1M
500-token response
25.47 s
Response starts
0.47 s
Output speed
20.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.46%
Context
131.1K
Route
parasail/bf16
Venice
Blended price
$0.1458 / 1M
500-token response
14.44 s
Response starts
0.55 s
Output speed
36.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.12%
Context
256K
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.

Parasail vs Venice analysis

How Parasail and Venice compare for AI inference

Parasail and Venice share 18 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, MiniMax M3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash. Parasail has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

18 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

18 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

Parasail has 35 indexed models and lists no published server regions; Venice has 29 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.