DeepSeek
Frontier Labs · Free · Popularity rank #5
Chinese lab behind high-performance reasoning and open-weight language models
Popularity rank #5
319 million monthly visits; among the top AI chatbots by traffic outside the US (Visual Capitalist, 2026)
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- Made by
- DeepSeek, Inc.
- Korean
- None (English and a few others only)
- API
- Yes
- Available on
- Web, API
What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek offers the DeepSeek web, app, Harness, and API platform. The latest DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash improves text and agent performance and supports native multimodal visual understanding. The API supports both OpenAI and Anthropic formats and provides a 1M-token context. Pricing is pay-as-you-go per 1M tokens and varies by peak/off-peak hours.
- DeepThink (thinking mode) and search
- 1M-token context
- JSON output and tool calling
- OpenAI- and Anthropic-format API compatibility
- Vision (Flash model)
- Agent integration with Claude Code, Codex, and others
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Main limits |
|---|---|---|
| deepseek-flash (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash) | $0.3 | Input (cache miss) per 1M tokens: peak $0.3/off-peak $0.15; output: peak $1.2/off-peak $0.6 |
| deepseek-v4-pro | $1.32 | Input (cache miss) per 1M tokens: peak $1.32/off-peak $0.66; output: peak $3.96/off-peak $1.98 |
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying. · Official pricing page
Combos that work well with DeepSeek
From change detection to publishing after approval
DeepSeek links changes in official URLs to DB records. In Make, the diff summary, review request, and publishing job are orchestrated in order. External publishing and sending are blocked until a human approves.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Self-hosted operations workflow
DeepSeek connects collection, classification, approval, and audit logs into a single flow. In n8n, secrets, permissions, and retry rules are separated by environment. Failed jobs leave the original text and the error reason in the review queue.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Parser, crawler, and test code
DeepSeek implements parsers that handle changes in each site's HTML, JSON-LD, and API responses. In Cursor, unit tests verify the extraction of price, limit, and currency fields. Rules for robots, terms of service, and request rate are reflected in the code.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Structuring official documents and pricing pages
DeepSeek structures the body text, links, and metadata of public official pages. In Firecrawl, the source URL, collection time, and page title are stored in each record. Targets that do not comply with terms of service, robots, or access restrictions are excluded.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: freemium (free + paid subscription)
Pricing data normalization and quality testing
DeepSeek converts source fields into plan, currency, billing cycle, and limit models. In dbt, tests check for duplicate, NULL, relationship, and range errors. Transformation history and documentation make it possible to trace where each number came from.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source + paid cloud-managed plan
State-based review agent
DeepSeek specifies the state transitions for collection, extraction, comparison, and approval. In LangGraph, failure, hold, and re-review paths are kept in the job log. A human approval node is required before automatic publishing.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source (free)
Tool-calling pricing update agent
DeepSeek separates agent roles into collection, extraction, verification, and reporting. In OpenAI Agents SDK, the result of each tool call is recorded together with a structured schema. The publishing tool is not called without a complete source and approval.
Cost: Brain: open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source (free)
Official pricing comparison page and change alerts
DeepSeek collects public official pricing pages and extracts them into plan, currency, billing cycle, and limit fields. In the Firecrawl + dbt + n8n combo, dbt tests filter out missing, duplicate, and abnormal values and compare them against previous values. n8n sends the source URL and a summary of differences to a reviewer, and publishes only after approval.
Cost: Open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
DeepSeek integrations and ecosystem
API hosting platforms
- DeepInfra — The most widely used hosting for production deployment of the latest DeepSeek models (such as V4)
- Clarifai — Provides DeepSeek models as a managed service through an OpenAI-compatible API
- Azure AI Foundry — Cloud integration used for large-scale enterprise deployments
Developer frameworks
- LangChain / LlamaIndex — Connects DeepSeek as a default supported model in RAG and agent pipelines
- LiteLLM — Includes DeepSeek in a gateway that switches between multiple LLM providers without code changes
Model option in AI coding agents
- Claude Code / GitHub Copilot — Thanks to its OpenAI-compatible API, DeepSeek can be connected as an alternative model by changing only the base_url
Automation and collaboration tools
- n8n / Zapier — Connects to automation workflows as a low-cost reasoning model
- Notion / Slack — Integrates the DeepSeek API for summarizing and querying work data
AI tools similar to DeepSeek (alternatives)
DeepSeek vs. alternatives at a glance
| AI | Pricing | Combos on the map | Connected tools | Free | Cheapest monthly | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | Free | 77 | 25 | — | — | No |
| 01.AI | Free | 0 | 5 | No | — | No |
| Google DeepMind | Free + paid | 0 | 5 | Yes | — | Yes |
| Mistral AI | Free | 0 | 5 | Yes | $14.99/mo | No |
| Anthropic | Free + paid | 0 | 25 | Yes | $17/mo | Yes |
3 of these 5 tools have a free plan. Cheapest paid plan: Mistral AI ($14.99/mo).
Combo and connection counts are based on the relationships recorded on AI Galaxy Map (2026-10-26); they are not a quality ranking.
DeepSeek on AI Galaxy Map
- One of 56 AI tools in the Frontier Labs field.
- Connected to 25 other tools — #1 in its field.
- Part of 77 work combos recorded on the map.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use DeepSeek for free?
deepseek-flash (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash) $0.3, deepseek-v4-pro $1.32. Prices can change, so check the official site before paying.
What works well with DeepSeek?
Based on the combos on the map, there is a workflow such as "From change detection to publishing after approval" that uses it together with Make.
What AI can I use instead of DeepSeek?
Tools that do the same job, such as 01.AI, Google DeepMind, Mistral AI, Anthropic, are connected to it on the map.
Can I use DeepSeek in Korean?
None (English and a few others only)
Sources (official pages)
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying.