China's open-weights LLM that shocked the industry
Category: Text & Copy. Pricing: current comparable pricing is not verified; check the vendor's website. 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.
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Models & Pricing | DeepSeek API DocsBasis: per 1M tokens; TimeBands: off-peak; peak; Dimensions: cache hit input; cache miss input; output
Models & Pricing | DeepSeek API DocsNot currently confirmed
Date: 2024-12-26; Model: DeepSeek-V3; Source: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news1226; Version: V3 launch release; Throughput: 60; Methodology: Provider-stated generation speed in the dated launch announcement; workload, hardware, and percentile distribution are not disclosed.; ThroughputUnit: tokens_per_second
Introducing DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek is a text & copy tool. China's open-weights LLM that shocked the industry.
DeepSeek is current comparable pricing is not verified; check the vendor's website. 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.