39% offParticle AI: Particle-1 API
DeepSeek·Vision
Particle-1 is a token-efficient agentic coding model from Particle AI, post-trained on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. It is suited for software engineering work such as terminal workflows, codebase changes, and data...
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.250 OpenRouter
Output / 1M tokens
$1.00 OpenRouter
Capabilities · 9
Specifications
- Context window
- 1.0M
- Max output
- 131K
- Type
- Vision
- Creator
- DeepSeek
- Live sellers
- 1
- Requests / 24h
- —
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="particle-1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About Particle AI: Particle-1
Particle AI: Particle-1 is a multimodal language model developed by DeepSeek. It's particularly well-suited for analyzing images, screenshots, and visual content, tackling complex, multi-step reasoning problems, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 1.0M tokens. Its 1.0M-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 131K tokens in a single response.
As of Oct 30, 2026, Particle AI: Particle-1 costs $0.154 per 1M input tokens and $0.615 per 1M output tokens on Qubax, versus $0.250 / $1.00 on OpenRouter (38% less on input). A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $0.62. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 350+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Particle AI: Particle-1 API cost?
On Qubax, Particle AI: Particle-1 costs $0.154 per 1M input tokens and $0.615 per 1M output tokens. This is 38% cheaper than OpenRouter's price of $0.250 per 1M input tokens.
Is the Particle AI: Particle-1 API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Particle AI: Particle-1 as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
Why is Particle AI: Particle-1 cheaper on Qubax than OpenRouter?
Qubax sources AI inference from an open compute marketplace on the Base blockchain where GPU providers compete on price. We pass the savings to you — 38% cheaper than OpenRouter's price for Particle AI: Particle-1.
How do I pay for Particle AI: Particle-1 API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 350+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of Particle AI: Particle-1?
Particle AI: Particle-1 supports a context window of 1.0M tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with Particle AI: Particle-1?
You can use Particle AI: Particle-1 to analyze images and visual content, tackle complex multi-step reasoning tasks, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is Particle AI: Particle-1 on Qubax?
Responses stream token by token. Latency depends on the provider and prompt length.
Particle AI: Particle-1 vs Moondream: Moondream 3.1: which should I choose?
Particle AI: Particle-1 by DeepSeek and Moondream: Moondream 3.1 by Other are both strong models in a similar price tier. Particle AI: Particle-1 excels at complex reasoning and supports vision/image inputs. Moondream: Moondream 3.1 comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Particle AI: Particle-1 starts at $0.154/1M input tokens while Moondream: Moondream 3.1 comes in at $0.135/1M, so Moondream: Moondream 3.1 may be worth considering if you need to minimize per-token cost. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use Particle AI: Particle-1 for commercial projects?
Yes. Particle AI: Particle-1 on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use Particle AI: Particle-1 on Qubax?
39% cheaper
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
350+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI & Anthropic compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.