Question 1

How is this different from a manually curated deprecation list?

Accepted Answer

Nothing here is hand-typed. VendorSpies’ model-catalog sweep re-checks OpenAI’s, Anthropic’s, Google’s, Mistral’s, and OpenRouter’s published model lists on a regular schedule and diffs each model’s lifecycle status automatically. A status change is only recorded once it holds across two consecutive sweeps, which filters out a vendor’s own transient glitches before it reaches this page.

Question 2

What counts as a "deprecation" here?

Accepted Answer

Three distinct lifecycle events, each labeled separately in the table below: Deprecated (the vendor has flagged the model for retirement but it may still be callable), Removed (the model is no longer available), and Restored (a vendor reversed a deprecation or removal). Model launches, renames, and price or spec changes are tracked too, but live on the full changelog rather than this page.

Question 3

Which vendors does this cover?

Accepted Answer

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and OpenRouter today — the vendors VendorSpies runs a structured model-catalog sweep against, as opposed to the 30+ vendors covered by the separate pricing and rate-limit monitor. Coverage expands as more vendors publish a stable, machine-readable model catalog.

Question 4

My model was just deprecated — what should I do first?

Accepted Answer

Check the vendor’s own migration guidance before changing anything — a deprecated model usually still works for a defined window, and vendors typically publish a recommended replacement. From there, VendorSpies’ vendor pricing pages show whether that replacement costs more or less per token, so you can judge the migration’s cost impact before you commit to it.

Question 5

How do I get alerted the moment a model I use is deprecated?

Accepted Answer

Create a free account and add a watch on the vendor — VendorSpies emails you the moment a launch, rename, deprecation, or removal is detected on a watched vendor’s model catalog, rather than requiring you to keep checking this page.

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