DeepSeek

Open-source AI assistant with advanced reasoning

Description

DeepSeek is a powerful open-source AI model with strong reasoning, coding, and math capabilities. DeepSeek-R1 rivals top proprietary models at a fraction of the cost.

Features

DeepSeek-V3 flagship 671B MoE model with frontier performance
DeepSeek-R1 advanced reasoning model with chain-of-thought
Fully open-source models with downloadable weights
Managed API with competitive per-token pricing
Distilled model variants for efficient local deployment
Free web chat interface at chat.deepseek.com
Multi-modal capabilities including code and math reasoning

Pros

Extremely competitive pricing compared to OpenAI and Anthropic
Fully open-source with weights available for self-hosting
State-of-the-art reasoning capabilities rivaling top models
Efficient MoE architecture enabling cost-effective inference
Free web chat interface available to all users

Cons

-API service can experience high latency during peak demand
-Chinese company may face regulatory concerns in some markets
-Content filtering aligned with Chinese regulations

Pricing

Free web chat at chat.deepseek.com. API pricing: DeepSeek-V3 $0.30/$1.20 per 1M input/output tokens. DeepSeek-R1 $0.70/$2.50 per 1M tokens. Distilled models from $0.03/1M tokens. Self-hosting free with open-source weights.