of DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731's tool calls fail on Alibaba Cloud Int.
Updated October 29, 2026
Tool-call index
Not all models are served equally by all providers. On a typical model, the worst provider breaks tool calls 19× as often as the best. Find the best one for your agents.
| # | Provider | Broken tool calls | Tool calls a day | $ in / out per M | Tokens/s | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sail Researchfp4# | 0.04% | 95k | $0.15 / $0.30 | 41 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Wafernvfp4/fast# | 0.24% | 676k | $0.09 / $0.23 | 150 | 100.0% |
| 3 | Relacefp4# | 0.41% | 882k | $0.03 / $0.19 | 90 | 99.3% |
| 4 | Inceptronfp4# | 0.56% | 23k | $0.13 / $0.38 | 63 | 100.0% |
| 5 | CoreWeavefp8# | 1.01% | 423k | $0.13 / $0.28 | 134 | 100.0% |
| 6 | AtlasCloudfp4# | 1.17% | 1.1k | $0.44 / $1.32 | 77 | 99.9% |
| 7 | NovitaAIfp8# | 1.27% | 106k | $0.41 / $1.23 | 65 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Cloudflare# | 1.38% | 12k | $0.44 / $1.32 | 71 | 99.9% |
| 9 | GMICloudfp8# | 1.45% | 76k | $0.29 / $0.86 | 62 | 100.0% |
| 10 | DigitalOcean# | 1.61% | 1.0M | $0.12 / $0.24 | 166 | 100.0% |
| 11 | Venice# | 1.79% | 41k | $0.13 / $0.26 | 61 | 99.9% |
| 12 | Cohere# | 1.82% | 192k | $0.14 / $0.28 | 178 | 99.8% |
| 13 | Parasailfp8# | 1.84% | 135k | $0.14 / $0.28 | 88 | 99.9% |
| 14 | StreamLakefp8# | 2.09% | 455k | $0.13 / $0.40 | 43 | 100.0% |
| 15 | Baidu Qianfanfp8# | 2.09% | 754k | $0.05 / $0.14 | 155 | 99.5% |
| 16 | Basetenfp8# | 2.31% | 103k | $0.13 / $0.26 | 134 | 99.9% |
| 17 | Basetenfp32# | 2.65% | 36k | $0.13 / $0.26 | 94 | 99.9% |
| 18 | SiliconFlowfp8# | 2.94% | 4.1k | $0.22 / $0.66 | 31 | 100.0% |
| 19 | DeepInfrafp8# | 4.03% | 587k | $0.06 / $0.18 | 46 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Phala# | 7.10% | 9.8k | $0.31 / $0.92 | 93 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Reka AI# | 10.07% | 225k | $0.10 / $0.28 | 147 | 99.7% |
| 22 | Alibaba Cloud Int.# | 15.01% | 24k | $0.18 / $0.53 | 82 | 98.7% |
Also ignored, under 1,000 tool calls a day: Mancer (fp8) 6.93%.
Recommended OpenRouter settings for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
{
"provider": {
"order": [
"sail-research/fp4",
"sail-research/us",
"wafer/fast",
"relace/fp4"
],
"ignore": [
"deepinfra/fp8",
"mancer/fp8",
"phala",
"reka",
"alibaba"
]
}
}Point your agent at llms.txt
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