DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B

Practical read: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 costs about a fifth as much and reads eight times more context. One API key runs both.

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Side by side:

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 compared with GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B
Attribute	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 `deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017`	GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B `openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b`
Price, 1M in + out	$0.16 Engy, cheapest route	$0.79 Tinfoil, cheapest route
Best for	Low cost and long documents
Input / output, 1M	$0.032 / $0.13	$0.16 / $0.63
Cached input	$0.01/1M to $0.131875/1M	Not published
Context window	1.05M 1,048,576 tokens	131K 131,072 tokens
AI IQ	IQ 128 #19 on AI IQ	Unrated
Provider routes	19 with failover	1
Privacy	Confidential E2EE and zero retention route	Confidential E2EE and zero retention route
Publisher	DeepSeek	OpenAI
Modes	chat	chat
More detail	Overview Pricing Providers	Overview

Price adds one million input and one million output tokens on the cheapest route. Prices and speed change: see the monthly reports and run a small eval before you choose a default.

Test both with your agent

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Compare DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B in this project through TrustedRouter.

1. Read https://trustedrouter.com/docs/llms.txt
2. Point the OpenAI-compatible client at
   https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1 and read the key from
   TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY.
3. Run our eval prompts on deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017, then on openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b.
4. Show me cost, latency and quality side by side before changing the default.

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
for model in ("deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017", "openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b"):
    response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model=model,
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of France?"}],
    )
    print(model, response.choices[0].message.content)

for model in deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b; do
  curl https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1/chat/completions \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUSTEDROUTER_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"model\": \"$model\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the capital of France?\"}]}"
done

Your agent will need an API key.

Questions

Which should I use, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the lower published input-plus-output rate, more Credits provider routes and the larger context window. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $0.15825/1M for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and $0.79125/1M for GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Can I test DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 and openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-120b. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.

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Try DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 and GPT-OSS Safeguard 120B with one key.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

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