Provider Capabilities

Comprehensive comparison of features and capabilities across all OneLLM providers.

Feature Matrix

Provider	Chat	Stream	Functions	JSON	Vision	Audio	Embed	Search	Local
OpenAI	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Anthropic	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Google	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Mistral	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
Groq	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Together	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Fireworks	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Anyscale	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
X.AI	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Perplexity	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
DeepSeek	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Cohere	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
OpenRouter	✅	✅	Varies	Varies	Varies	❌	Varies	❌	❌
Azure	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Bedrock	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Vertex AI	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Ollama	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
llama.cpp	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

Legend

• ✅ Supported
• ❌ Not Supported
• Varies: Depends on underlying model

Notable Models by Category

Through these providers, you gain access to hundreds of models across different categories:

Model Family	Notable Models
OpenAI Family	GPT-4o, GPT-4 Turbo, o3
Claude Family	Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Sonnet, Claude 3 Haiku
Llama Family	Llama 3 70B, Llama 3 8B, Code Llama
Mistral Family	Mistral Large, Mistral 7B, Mixtral
Gemini Family	Gemini Pro, Gemini Ultra, Gemini Flash
Embeddings	Ada-002, text-embedding-3-small/large, Cohere embeddings
Multimodal	GPT-4 Vision, Claude 3 Vision, Gemini Pro Vision

Detailed Capabilities

Chat Completions

All providers support basic chat completions with:

• System messages
• Multi-turn conversations
• Temperature control
• Max tokens limit

Streaming

All providers support streaming responses for better UX.

Function Calling

Providers with function calling support:

• OpenAI: Full support with parallel calls
• Mistral: Full support
• Groq: Basic support
• Together: Basic support
• Fireworks: Basic support
• Anyscale: Single function calls only
• Azure: Full support (same as OpenAI)
• Vertex AI: Full support

JSON Mode

Force structured JSON output:

• OpenAI: response_format={"type": "json_object"}
• Anthropic: Via prompting
• Google: Native support
• Mistral: Native support
• Groq: Native support
• Anyscale: With schema specification

Vision/Multimodal

Process images alongside text:

• OpenAI: GPT-4V models
• Anthropic: Claude 3 models
• Google: All Gemini models
• Azure: GPT-4V deployments
• Bedrock: Claude 3, select others
• Vertex AI: Gemini models

Audio Processing

• OpenAI: Whisper (transcription), TTS
• Google: Speech services
• Azure: Full audio support
• Vertex AI: Speech services

Embeddings

Generate text embeddings:

• OpenAI: text-embedding-3-small/large
• Google: text-embedding models
• Mistral: mistral-embed
• Cohere: embed-v3 models
• Azure: OpenAI embeddings
• Bedrock: Titan, Cohere embeddings
• Vertex AI: text-embedding models

Web Search

Real-time internet access:

• Perplexity: All Sonar models with “online” suffix

Local Execution

Run models on your hardware:

• Ollama: Model management included
• llama.cpp: Direct GGUF execution

Context Windows

Provider	Model	Max Context
Google	Gemini 1.5 Pro	2,000,000 tokens
Google	Gemini 1.5 Flash	1,000,000 tokens
Anthropic	Claude 3	200,000 tokens
X.AI	Grok-2	128,000 tokens
Perplexity	Sonar models	128,000 tokens
OpenAI	GPT-4 Turbo	128,000 tokens
Mistral	Large	32,000 tokens
Groq	Mixtral	32,768 tokens
Most others	-	4,096-16,384 tokens

Performance Characteristics

Response Speed (First Token)

1. Groq: <100ms (LPU acceleration)
2. Fireworks: ~200ms
3. Together: ~300ms
4. OpenAI: ~500ms
5. Anthropic: ~800ms
6. Local: Varies by hardware

Throughput (Tokens/Second)

1. Groq: 300+ tokens/sec
2. Local (with GPU): 50-200 tokens/sec
3. Fireworks: 100+ tokens/sec
4. Together: 80+ tokens/sec
5. OpenAI: 50-80 tokens/sec
6. Anthropic: 40-60 tokens/sec

Pricing Comparison

Input Tokens (per 1M)

• Local (Ollama/llama.cpp): $0 (your hardware)
• Anyscale: $1 flat rate
• Groq: $0.10-0.80
• Together: $0.20-4.00
• Fireworks: $0.20-0.90
• OpenRouter: Varies by model
• Mistral: $2-8
• OpenAI: $0.50-30.00
• Anthropic: $3-15

Output Tokens (per 1M)

• Local: $0
• Anyscale: $1 flat rate (same as input)
• Groq: $0.10-0.80
• Together: $0.20-4.00
• OpenAI: $1.50-60.00
• Anthropic: $15-75

Special Features

OpenAI

• DALL-E image generation
• GPT-4 with vision
• Whisper transcription
• Text-to-speech
• Fine-tuning API

Anthropic

• Constitutional AI
• 200K context window
• Careful reasoning
• XML tag support

Google

• 1M+ context window
• Native multimodal
• Multiple response candidates
• Safety settings

Perplexity

• Real-time web search
• Source citations
• Current information
• Fact checking

Groq

• Ultra-fast LPU inference
• Consistent low latency
• High throughput
• Deterministic performance

Anyscale

• Ray integration
• Schema-based JSON
• Simple flat pricing
• 30 concurrent request limit

Local Providers

• Complete privacy
• No internet required
• Custom models
• Hardware acceleration

Model Recommendations

For General Use

• OpenAI GPT-4o-mini: Best balance
• Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Complex reasoning
• Google Gemini 1.5 Flash: Fast and capable

For Speed

• Groq Llama 3: Ultra-fast
• Fireworks: Optimized inference
• Local: No network latency

For Long Context

• Google Gemini 1.5: Up to 2M tokens
• Anthropic Claude: 200K tokens
• X.AI Grok: 128K tokens

For Cost

• Local models: Free
• Anyscale: Predictable pricing
• Groq: Competitive rates

For Privacy

• Ollama: Fully local
• llama.cpp: Complete control
• Azure/Vertex: Enterprise privacy

Provider Limitations

OpenAI

• Rate limits on popular models
• Higher pricing
• US-based data processing

Anthropic

• No function calling
• Limited availability
• Higher pricing

Google

• Limited function calling
• Beta features
• Region restrictions

Groq

• Limited model selection
• Context window limits
• No vision support

Local

• Requires capable hardware
• Setup complexity
• No built-in scaling

Choosing the Right Provider

Consider these factors:

1. Features Needed
   • Function calling → OpenAI, Mistral
   • Vision → OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
   • Search → Perplexity
   • Local → Ollama, llama.cpp
2. Performance Requirements
   • Ultra-low latency → Groq
   • High throughput → Groq, Local GPU
   • Consistent performance → Major providers
3. Budget
   • Unlimited budget → OpenAI, Anthropic
   • Cost-conscious → Anyscale, Groq
   • Zero cost → Local providers
4. Compliance
   • GDPR → Mistral (EU), Azure
   • HIPAA → Azure, Vertex AI
   • Data residency → Local, Azure regions

Next Steps

• Provider Setup - Set up providers
• Examples - Provider-specific code
• Best Practices - Optimization tips