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DeepSeek

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.7/5

Open source AI with industry-leading cost efficiency. Latest: V4 Pro

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Developer

DeepSeek

Released

Nov 2023

Users

50M+

API

Available

📊 Rating Breakdown

Functionality 4.8/5

Excellent reasoning, coding abilities, open source models, cost effective

Ease of Use 4.6/5

Clean interface, similar to ChatGPT, easy to use

Performance 4.7/5

Fast for the price, excellent reasoning capabilities

Value for Money 4.9/5

Extremely affordable API, free web access, best cost-performance ratio

Ecosystem 4.5/5

Growing community, open source, API ecosystem expanding

Privacy & Security 4.6/5

No data training by default, open source transparency

Support 4.4/5

Documentation improving, community support, Discord available

Innovation 4.8/5

DeepSeek-V3 competitive with top models, open source approach

✅ Pros

  • Open source with full weights available
  • Exceptional price-performance ratio
  • Strong coding abilities
  • Excellent mathematical reasoning
  • Self-hosting capability on consumer hardware
  • Very cost-effective API pricing
  • Strong Chinese language support
  • Regular model updates and improvements

❌ Cons

  • Less polished UI than competitors
  • Limited multimodal capabilities
  • Documentation primarily in Chinese
  • Smaller ecosystem than Western alternatives
  • Less brand recognition globally
  • Customer support limited
  • English documentation could be better
  • Limited third-party integrations

💰 Pricing

V4 Pro: $0.435/1M input | V3.2: $0.14/1M input

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🧠 Available Models

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Proprietary

DeepSeek's latest flagship model (2026). Massive MoE architecture with cutting-edge reasoning and coding at dramatically lower cost than competitors.

Parameters: ~685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
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✅ Incredible cost-performance ✅ Coding ✅ Math ✅ Chinese+English
Input: $0.435/1M tokens
Output: $0.87/1M tokens
Permanently reduced May 2026
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek V3.2

Open Source

Improved V3 with enhanced multilingual performance and reasoning. 685B MoE architecture with 37B active parameters.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Cost leader ✅ Strong coding ✅ Chinese bilingual ✅ Open model available
Input: ¥1/1M tokens (~$0.14)
Output: ¥2/1M tokens (~$0.28)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek-R1

Open Source

DeepSeek's advanced reasoning model using chain-of-thought. Matches o1-level performance at a fraction of the cost. Open model available.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Advanced reasoning ✅ Math proofs ✅ Science problems ✅ Cost leader
Input: ¥4/1M tokens (~$0.55)
Output: ¥16/1M tokens (~$2.20)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek Coder V2

Open Source

Specialized code model with 236B parameters (21B active MoE). Supports 338 programming languages. Fill-in-the-middle capability.

Parameters: 236B total / 21B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text 💻 code
✅ Massive language support ✅ Fill-in-middle ✅ Coding benchmark leader
Input: ¥1/1M tokens (~$0.14)
Output: ¥2/1M tokens (~$0.28)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek-R1

Open Source

Advanced chain-of-thought reasoning model. Matches OpenAI o1 at much lower cost. Open source, can be deployed locally.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Advanced reasoning ✅ Math ✅ Science ✅ Open source ✅ Low cost
Input: ¥4/1M tokens (~$0.55/1M)
Output: ¥16/1M tokens (~$2.20/1M)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

API Quickstart Guide

Visit the official API documentation to get started with this tool.

🧠 Available Models

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Proprietary

DeepSeek's latest flagship model (2026). Massive MoE architecture with cutting-edge reasoning and coding at dramatically lower cost than competitors.

Parameters: ~685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Incredible cost-performance ✅ Coding ✅ Math ✅ Chinese+English
Input: $0.435/1M tokens
Output: $0.87/1M tokens
Permanently reduced May 2026
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek V3.2

Open Source

Improved V3 with enhanced multilingual performance and reasoning. 685B MoE architecture with 37B active parameters.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Cost leader ✅ Strong coding ✅ Chinese bilingual ✅ Open model available
Input: ¥1/1M tokens (~$0.14)
Output: ¥2/1M tokens (~$0.28)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek-R1

Open Source

DeepSeek's advanced reasoning model using chain-of-thought. Matches o1-level performance at a fraction of the cost. Open model available.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Advanced reasoning ✅ Math proofs ✅ Science problems ✅ Cost leader
Input: ¥4/1M tokens (~$0.55)
Output: ¥16/1M tokens (~$2.20)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek Coder V2

Open Source

Specialized code model with 236B parameters (21B active MoE). Supports 338 programming languages. Fill-in-the-middle capability.

Parameters: 236B total / 21B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text 💻 code
✅ Massive language support ✅ Fill-in-middle ✅ Coding benchmark leader
Input: ¥1/1M tokens (~$0.14)
Output: ¥2/1M tokens (~$0.28)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

DeepSeek-R1

Open Source

Advanced chain-of-thought reasoning model. Matches OpenAI o1 at much lower cost. Open source, can be deployed locally.

Parameters: 685B total / 37B active (MoE)
Context: 128K tokens
📝 text
✅ Advanced reasoning ✅ Math ✅ Science ✅ Open source ✅ Low cost
Input: ¥4/1M tokens (~$0.55/1M)
Output: ¥16/1M tokens (~$2.20/1M)
🔌 API Availablevia DeepSeek API

API Quickstart Guide

Visit the official API documentation to get started with this tool.

📜 Version History

Oct 2025 DeepSeek V4

DeepSeek V4

Major architecture upgrade with enhanced MoE design, 1M context window, and native multimodal support.

Nov 2024 DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek R1 Reasoning Model

Launched R1 reasoning model with chain-of-thought capabilities, rivaling OpenAI's o1 at significantly lower cost.

Nov 2023 DeepSeek Coder

DeepSeek Coder Launch

DeepSeek released open-source coding models that rivaled GPT-4 on coding benchmarks, gaining rapid attention.

May 2025 DeepSeek R2

DeepSeek R2 Launch

Next-gen reasoning model with improved mathematical reasoning, coding, and multimodal understanding.

May 2024 DeepSeek V2

DeepSeek V2 Launch

Released DeepSeek V2 with Mixture-of-Experts architecture, achieving GPT-4 class performance at fraction of cost.

Mar 2026 DeepSeek R3

DeepSeek R3 & Enterprise

Released R3 with agentic capabilities, enterprise deployment suite, and custom model fine-tuning platform.

Jan 2025 DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3 Launch

Released V3 with 671B total parameters (37B activated), surpassing GPT-4 on multiple benchmarks.

Jan 2024 DeepSeek LLM

DeepSeek LLM Release

Launched general-purpose LLM with 67B parameters, demonstrating strong performance at very low cost.