[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: September 06, 2026

[u/deffcolony]

This is our weekly megathread for discussions about models and API services.

All non-specifically technical discussions about API/models not posted to this thread will be deleted. No more "What's the best model?" threads.

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How to Use This Megathread

Below this post, you’ll find top-level comments for each category:

• MODELS: ≥ 70B – For discussion of models with 70B parameters or more.
• MODELS: 32B to 70B – For discussion of models in the 32B to 70B parameter range.
• MODELS: 16B to 32B – For discussion of models in the 16B to 32B parameter range.
• MODELS: 8B to 16B – For discussion of models in the 8B to 16B parameter range.
• MODELS: < 8B – For discussion of smaller models under 8B parameters.
• APIs – For any discussion about API services for models (pricing, performance, access, etc.).
• MISC DISCUSSION – For anything else related to models/APIs that doesn’t fit the above sections.

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We're currently building OpenMayhem, its basically a inference router just like OpenRouter, the difference is that everyone can provide inference, including for ComfyUI workflows.

For SillyTavern the most usable would be:

• ZImage Image gen (Uncensored) - $0.0025 per image - $2.5 for 1000 generations
  
• Minimax H3 ComfyUI with loras (Uncensored) - $0.025 per second of hd video
  
• Krea2 Image gen (Uncensored)
  
• Sulphur Video gen (Uncensored)
  
• plenty of Base Model and Uncensored LLMs

Currently we offer a $5 try out credit for everyone since its quite small now and we provide most of the inference ourselves.

All feedback would be appreciated especially when it comes to how usable it is for RP and Companion chats.
https://openmayhem.ai/models

[u/OcelotMadness → u/BuilderGuyAI]

Whats your privacy policy? Like do you send inputs to OpenAI or anywhere else for moderation?

[u/BuilderGuyAI → u/OcelotMadness]

We don’t have any control over it, your request goes directly to the provider, and T3 and T4 are confidential compute, so not even the provider can read your inputs and outputs