ChatGPT
OpenAIThe best-known general-purpose AI assistant: writing, analysis, code, images and web search in a single interface.
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DeepSeek
The lab that shook the market: frontier-level open-weight models (MIT license) at a fraction of the usual cost.
Pricing
Freemium
Platforms
Web, API, Mobile
Publisher
Origin
China · 2023
Overview
DeepSeek became famous overnight by proving that frontier-level models could be trained at a fraction of the expected cost — and released with open weights under an MIT license. Its R1 reasoning models and V3 general models power a free assistant and one of the cheapest APIs on the market. For teams wanting to self-host a top-tier model, DeepSeek is a reference choice.
Editorial review
Strengths
- Open weights under MIT license, self-hostable
- Excellent reasoning (R1) for the price
- Among the cheapest APIs on the market
Weaknesses
- Hosted service stores data in China
- Sparse ecosystem and tooling
Pricing
Chat
€0
- · Free assistant (V3 / R1)
API
usage-based
- · Very low per-token prices
Self-hosted
€0 (MIT weights)
- · Run V3/R1 on your infrastructure
Prompt examples
Prove that the sum of the first n odd numbers equals n². Show your reasoning step by step, then give a one-line intuitive explanation a high-schooler would understand.
Here is a function that is too slow [paste]. Reason through its time complexity, identify the bottleneck, and propose an optimized version with the new complexity.
News
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