DeepSeek

Name: DeepSeek
Rating: 4.0

Free, open-source AI with near-GPT-4 quality and ultra-low API pricing.

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Provider: DeepSeekFree tier: YesAPI: YesStarting price: $0

80/100

Open-source models • Near-GPT-4 quality • Free to use

How we rate

Pros

Completely free to use
Open-source models
Strong reasoning capabilities
Very competitive API pricing

Cons

Slower response times
Data privacy concerns (Chinese company)
Less polished UI
Limited multimodal features

What Real Users Say

Mixed (62% positive)

Reddit users are impressed by DeepSeek's free quality and API pricing. Privacy concerns as a Chinese company and slower speeds are common complaints. Popular among developers on a budget.

“DeepSeek R1 is free and nearly as good as GPT-4 for coding. How is this sustainable?”
r/LocalLLaMA↑ 2156

“API pricing is absurdly cheap. Migrated from OpenAI and cut costs by 90%.”
r/MachineLearning↑ 987

“Chinese company = data concerns. Not using it for anything sensitive.”
r/privacy↑ 412

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Last updated: 2026-03-15

Specifications

Context Window	128K tokens
Max Output	64K tokens
Models	DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3

Features

Text Generation

Image Input

Image Generation

Voice Mode

Web Search

Code Execution

Api Access

File Upload

Memory

Custom G P Ts

Pricing

Plan	Price	Limits	Key Features
Free	$0	Generous limits	DeepSeek V3, Full access, Web search, Code execution
API	From $0.14/1M tokens	Pay per use	DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek V3, Very low cost, Enterprise support

Last verified: 2026-03-15