Side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek-V4-Pro (DeepSeek · China) and SmolLM3 3B (Hugging Face · USA) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. DeepSeek-V4-Pro is rated conditional; SmolLM3 3B is EU-ready. They part ways on licence: DeepSeek-V4-Pro is "MIT", SmolLM3 3B is "Apache 2.0".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Per the published LICENSE file, DeepSeek-V4-Pro ships under MIT with no commercial restrictions, so the weights themselves are deployable. The caveats are non-EU jurisdiction and a training corpus described only by aggregate token count (32T+) without a dataset list — both should be documented in any GDPR or AI Act compliance file before regulated use. | EU-ready Fully open small model: Apache 2.0 weights, training data published, engineering blueprint public. 6 native languages (EN/FR/ES/DE/IT/PT) covers major EU markets. 128K context via YARN. Strong default for edge or on-prem EU deployments where transparency matters. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-28 | 2026-04-16 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | MIT | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Yes |
| Training data | Categories only | Disclosed |
| Origin | China | USA |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 52/100 | — |
| Speed | 36 tok/s | — |
| Blended price | $2.17/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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