Model providers

The companies that make language models — what their models are good at, whether they work from Russia and how to connect them in SKILLOK.

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An article about each major provider: what models it has, what they are good for, whether there is access from Russia and how to connect them in SKILLOK. Most models connect with one OpenRouter key; DeepSeek can also be connected directly with its own key.

In this section

  • OpenAI: GPT models

    OpenAI is the American company behind ChatGPT and the GPT models. What models there are, what they are good at, whether they work from Russia and how to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • Anthropic: Claude models

    Anthropic makes the Claude models, strong in code, long documents and careful agent work. The Haiku, Sonnet and Opus lines, access from Russia and connecting in SKILLOK.

  • Google: Gemini models

    Gemini is Google's family of models — fast Flash and strong Pro, a huge context window and work with images. What they are good at, access from Russia and how to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • DeepSeek: V and R models

    DeepSeek is a Chinese lab with strong and very cheap models, open weights and direct access from Russia. How to connect a DeepSeek key in SKILLOK.

  • Meta: Llama models

    Llama is Meta's family of open models — they can run on your own hardware or through providers. What they are good at, limitations and how to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • Mistral AI: Mistral models

    Mistral AI is a French company with fast and economical models, some of them open. Models, strengths and connecting in SKILLOK.

  • xAI: Grok models

    Grok is the family of models from xAI — strong in reasoning and code. How they differ, access from Russia and how to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • Alibaba: Qwen models

    Qwen is Alibaba's family of models — open and commercial, from small to flagship, strong in code. How to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • Yandex: YandexGPT models

    YandexGPT is Yandex's family of Russian models for text and code, available through Yandex Cloud. What they are good at for the Russian language and what to do with them in SKILLOK.

  • Sber: GigaChat models

    GigaChat is Sber's family of Russian models for text and code. What they are good at, where they work and what to do with them in SKILLOK.

  • Moonshot AI: Kimi models

    Kimi is the family of models from the Chinese company Moonshot AI — strong in agent work and code, with open weights. How to connect them in SKILLOK.

  • Zhipu AI: GLM models

    GLM is the family of models from the Chinese company Zhipu AI (Z.ai) — open, inexpensive, strong in code and agent work. How to connect them in SKILLOK.