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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek OCR 2 vs Tiny Aya Fire

Too close to call on our weighted score (DeepSeek OCR 2 15, Tiny Aya Fire 15). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek OCR 2

    Released Jan 27, 2026

    15/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.89 / $1.47
    • Context8K
    Full specs Remove DeepSeek OCR 2

  2. Cohere

    Tiny Aya Fire

    Released Feb 17, 2026

    15/100
    • ECI—
    • Price—
    • Context8K
    Full specs Remove Tiny Aya Fire

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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (DeepSeek OCR 2 15/100, Tiny Aya Fire 15/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: DeepSeek OCR 2 on price and DeepSeek OCR 2 for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceDeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek OCR 2 $1.03 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Tiny Aya Fire unpriced
  • Longest contextDeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek OCR 2 8,192 · Tiny Aya Fire 8,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsDeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek OCR 2: Text, Images · Tiny Aya Fire: Text
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek OCR 2Tiny Aya Fire
Inputs & features60%2525
Context window40%00
Overall100%15/10015/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek OCR 2 vs Tiny Aya Fire specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeekTiny Aya FireCohere
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.89—
Output$1.47—
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$1.03—
Long-context rateSame rate—
Price sourceMedian of 1 providers—
Limits
Context window8,192 tokens (best)8,000 tokens
Max output8,192 tokens (best)8,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenCC-BY-NC-4.0
API model ID—tiny-aya-fire
API providers2 (best)1
ReleasedJan 27, 2026Feb 17, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • DeepSeek OCR 2$11.83
  • Tiny Aya Fire—
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek OCR 2 or Tiny Aya Fire?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (DeepSeek OCR 2 15/100, Tiny Aya Fire 15/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: DeepSeek OCR 2 on price and DeepSeek OCR 2 for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek OCR 2 or Tiny Aya Fire?

DeepSeek OCR 2 is cheaper at $0.89 input / $1.47 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.03 per million tokens for DeepSeek OCR 2 versus . Tiny Aya Fire has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. DeepSeek OCR 2 has not been scored yet and Tiny Aya Fire has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek OCR 2 and Tiny Aya Fire yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that DeepSeek OCR 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek OCR 2 has the largest context window at 8,192 tokens, against 8,000 for Tiny Aya Fire. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek OCR 2 up to 8,192, Tiny Aya Fire up to 8,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek OCR 2 accepts text and images; Tiny Aya Fire accepts text. DeepSeek OCR 2 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, both publish their weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

Tiny Aya Fire is the newest, released Feb 17, 2026. DeepSeek OCR 2 came out Jan 27, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

05 — Keep comparing

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