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DeepSeek V3

by DeepSeek AI

Chinese open-source frontier model matching GPT-4 at 95% lower cost

Open-source (free) · Usage-based (extremely low cost) · Pay-per-token·Added March 14, 2026·Updated March 14, 2026
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DeepSeek V3

by DeepSeek AI

AI Models & APIs

Chinese open-source frontier model matching GPT-4 at 95% lower cost

Open-source (free) · Usage-based (extremely low cost) · Pay-per-token

China's leading open-source AI model with frontier performance at breakthrough pricing. DeepSeek V3 offers GPT-4 level quality at $0.14/1M tokens.

At a Glance

Category
AI Models & APIs
Pricing
Open-source (free), Usage-based (extremely low cost), Pay-per-token
Target Market
Cost-conscious enterprises, Chinese market deployments, Open-source advocates, High-volume applications, Research institutions
Deployment
Open-source, Hybrid
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Hangzhou, China
Customers
100K+ developers globally, dominant in China
Integrations
100+

Key Features

  • Breakthrough pricing
  • Open-source
  • Frontier performance
  • 128K context window
  • Strong math/coding
  • Chinese language excellence

Capabilities

text generation
image generation
video generation
code generation
workflow automation
api access
multimodal
function calling
structured outputs
self hosted

Use Cases

  • Cost-optimized production AI
  • Chinese language applications
  • High-volume workloads
  • Math and coding
  • Open-source deployments

Ideal For

Best For

  • Extreme cost optimization
  • High-volume production workloads
  • Chinese language applications
  • Open-source deployments
  • Math and coding tasks

Pricing

Open-source

$0

DeepSeek API

$0.14/1M input tokens, $0.28/1M output tokens

DeepSeek Reasoner (R1)

$0.55/1M input tokens, $2.19/1M output tokens

95% cheaper than GPT-5.4. Open-source variant free. API pricing is revolutionary.

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China's leading open-source AI model with frontier performance at breakthrough pricing. DeepSeek V3 offers GPT-4 level quality at $0.14/1M tokens.

Ideal Buyer

Teams needing frontier performance at breakthrough cost or Chinese language excellence

Key Benefit

GPT-4 level performance at $0.14/1M tokens

At a Glance

Category
AI Models & APIs
Pricing
Open-source (free), Usage-based (extremely low cost), Pay-per-token
Target Market
Cost-conscious enterprises, Chinese market deployments, Open-source advocates, High-volume applications, Research institutions
Deployment
Open-source, Hybrid
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Hangzhou, China
Customers
100K+ developers globally, dominant in China
Integrations
100+

Key Features

  • Breakthrough pricing

    95% cheaper than GPT-5.4

  • Open-source

    MIT license, free to use and modify

  • Frontier performance

    Competitive with GPT-4 on benchmarks

  • 128K context window

    Large context for documents

  • Strong math/coding

    Excellent STEM performance

  • Chinese language excellence

    Best Chinese language model

Capabilities

text generation
image generation
video generation
code generation
workflow automation
api access
multimodal
function calling
structured outputs
self hosted

Use Cases

  • Cost-optimized production AI

    Replace GPT-4 at 95% lower cost

    $0.14/1M vs $2.50/1M (GPT-5.4)
  • Chinese language applications

    Native Chinese understanding

    Better Chinese performance than US models
  • High-volume workloads

    Scale to billions of tokens affordably

    10-100x cost savings at scale
  • Math and coding

    Strong STEM performance

  • Open-source deployments

    Self-host for full control

Ideal For

Best For

  • Extreme cost optimization
  • High-volume production workloads
  • Chinese language applications
  • Open-source deployments
  • Math and coding tasks

Integrations

100+integrations available
API Support
Webhook Support
SDK Available
SDK:PythonJavaScript

Deployment

Self-Hosted
Cloud-Hosted
On-Premise
DeepSeek CloudSelf-hosted (MIT license)Hugging FaceReplicate

Market & Ratings

Estimated Customers

100K+ developers globally, dominant in China

Leading Chinese AI model, disruptive pricing globally

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • 95% cheaper than GPT-5.4
  • Competitive quality on benchmarks
  • Best Chinese language performance
  • Strong math and coding
  • Open-source (MIT license)
  • Self-hostable

Weaknesses

  • Chinese company (geopolitical concerns)
  • Lower English quality than GPT-5
  • Smaller ecosystem than US models
  • Limited enterprise features
  • No multimodal capabilities

Pricing

Free Trial Available

Open-source

$0

MIT license, free self-hosting

DeepSeek API

$0.14/1M input tokens, $0.28/1M output tokens

Cloud API, 128K context, function calling

DeepSeek Reasoner (R1)

$0.55/1M input tokens, $2.19/1M output tokens

Reasoning-focused variant

95% cheaper than GPT-5.4. Open-source variant free. API pricing is revolutionary.

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