China's open-weights LLM that shocked the industry
Category: Text & Copy. Pricing: free. Last modified: 2026-09-07.
DeepSeek's V3 and R1 reasoning models are free to chat with and open-weights for self-hosting. Famous for matching GPT-4 class quality at a fraction of the cost.
Not editorially tested: One AI Guide has not published a complete hands-on test record for this tool.
Published by LUMIVEX for One AI Guide.
Editorial lead: Said El Moussaoui. Our methodology is published at /how-we-rate.
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DeepSeek is a text & copy tool. China's open-weights LLM that shocked the industry.
The One AI Guide catalog currently records DeepSeek as free. This is a directory summary, not a current vendor quote; always check the vendor's site for the latest plans before signing up.
The catalog currently records DeepSeek's pricing model as Free. Check the vendor's site because availability, limits, and plan terms can change.
Common use cases include Reasoning tasks, Cheap API usage, and Self-hosting.
The One AI Guide catalog currently highlights these strengths: Open weights; Extremely cheap API; Strong reasoning.