DeepSeek is a large language model and chat product from China, offering a general chat model and a reasoning model that shows its thinking. Its model weights are open, and its API pricing sits at the low end of its class.
Best for
Cost-sensitive individuals and developers, people working mainly in Chinese, and teams that want to self-host an open model.
Highlights
- The reasoning model shows its thought process, which suits math, logic and coding questions.
- The API follows the OpenAI format, so migrating an existing app takes little work.
- Open model weights can be deployed in your own environment.
Watch for
The official service can queue or become unstable at peak times. Data is stored on servers in China, so teams with compliance requirements should assess that themselves.
- Category
- Chat & Search
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Tags