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Updates, tutorials, and deep dives from the Nova team.
Best OpenAI API Alternatives in 2026: Ranked by Price
We ranked Nova, OpenRouter, Together AI, SiliconFlow, and DeepInfra across price, model selection, reliability, and English support. Nova wins for Chinese models; OpenRouter wins for breadth.
Nova Team
April 25, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Switch from OpenAI to DeepSeek API in 5 Minutes
Step-by-step migration guide with Python, Node.js, and curl examples. Includes real cost comparisons showing 87–96% savings across three production workload profiles.
Nova Team
April 24, 2026 · 8 min read
DeepSeek R1 for Reasoning: Benchmarks, Architecture, and Real Cost
DeepSeek R1 matches or beats OpenAI o1 on MATH-500, AIME 2024, and Codeforces at 27× lower cost. We break down the architecture, benchmark data, and exact pricing for reasoning workloads.
Nova Team
April 23, 2026 · 8 min read
Qwen 3 235B: The Open-Source Model That Benchmarks Above GPT-4o
Alibaba's Qwen 3 235B scores 93.2% on MATH-500 and 92.8% on HumanEval — both above GPT-4o — at $0.35 per million input tokens. Here's what it's best at and how to use it on Nova.
Nova Team
April 22, 2026 · 7 min read
DeepSeek V3 vs GPT-4o: The 14× Cost Gap You Are Missing
DeepSeek V3 outperforms GPT-4o on MMLU, HumanEval, MATH-500, and GPQA while costing 14× less. We ran the numbers on three production workloads to show what that gap means in dollars.
Nova Team
April 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Introducing Nova: Every AI Model, One Platform
Today we're launching Nova — a single API that gives you access to 100+ AI models across text, image, and video with one key and one bill.
Alex Chen
April 20, 2026 · 4 min read
How to Generate Stunning Images with Flux Pro
A practical guide to prompt engineering for Flux Pro and Flux Dev — covering aspect ratios, negative prompts, style anchors, and batch generation via the API.
Lena Müller
April 15, 2026 · 6 min read
DeepSeek vs OpenAI: A Real Cost Comparison
We ran 10,000 representative prompts through both APIs and broke down the cost per million tokens. The results might surprise you.
Raj Patel
April 8, 2026 · 8 min read
Text-to-Video in 2026: Getting Started with Wan 2.6
Wan 2.6 is the best open-weights video model available today. Here's how to use it — from simple prompts to cinematic multi-scene workflows.
Sofia Lima
March 29, 2026 · 7 min read
Building Production AI Apps for Under $10/Month
A real-world breakdown of how indie developers are shipping AI-powered apps by picking the right model for each task rather than defaulting to GPT-4.
James Park
March 18, 2026 · 5 min read
API Key Security: Best Practices Every Developer Should Know
Leaked API keys are one of the most common and costly mistakes in AI development. Here's how to protect yours — at every stage of development.
Mia Torres
March 5, 2026 · 5 min read