DeepSeek

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Category: assistants • Released 2024

High-efficiency open-architecture reasoning and coding frontier models

Developed with Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and DeepSeekMoE architecture, DeepSeek models rival top proprietary LLMs at a fraction of the compute cost. Offers free chat and competitive API rates.

Pricing Structure & Model AccessFree web interface with DeepSeek-V3 and R1; open weights freely downloadable on Hugging Face.

freemiumOfficial Pricing

Free Access QuotaFree web chat with DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 reasoning models.

Free Tier LimitsOccasional queue waits during peak worldwide traffic; API billed by tokens at low cost.

Requirements & Verification

Account RequiredVerified: 2026-10-18

Core Capabilities & Features

DeepSeek-R1 chain-of-thought

DeepSeek-V3 671B MoE

Mathematical reasoning

Coding excellence

Who It's Best Suited For

Ideal for practitioners focused on Complex math proof verification, Algorithmic programming, Cost-effective inference.

Execution Environment

Web browser cloud SaaS. No local GPU or installation required.

Tags & Keywords

#deepseek #reasoning #open-weights #coding #math

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