Vals Inference Provider Index D
AI benchmark · Agentic
What is Vals Inference Provider Index?
Compares the same open-weight models served by different inference providers against the creator's own API on accuracy, cost, and speed across agentic finance, coding, and legal tasks.
“Financial analysis using company filings”
vals.ai/benchmarks/inference_provider ↗“Building web applications from a specification”
vals.ai/benchmarks/inference_provider ↗“Researching and answering questions about US law”
vals.ai/benchmarks/inference_provider ↗
Who built Vals Inference Provider Index
Led by Vals AI.
Tier D · a leaderboard, listed apart
D
Long tail: little or no usage data yet.
How much stands behind a tier: usage, who backs it, a confirmed line from its own site or paper, and a clear read on X. High with three of the four, medium with two, low otherwise.
- no usage data
- in curated RL directories (1 pt)
How we got to tier D
- Adoption: no usage data. Tier D.
- Not yet read on X.
- In curated RL directories: 1 point, a floor of none.
- Confirmed: a line from its own site or paper places it.
- Judged a leaderboard, arena or index rather than one benchmark (or not a benchmark at all): listed apart.
A clear view on X moves a tier one step up or down; most entries don't move. How tiers work.
Where Vals Inference Provider Index sits
Its domain on the map, live. Hover a logo for its name; click to open it. Open it on the full map
Next: browse all benchmarks. Entry from the RL Research daily scrape of public sources, 2026-10-29 snapshot.