ChatGPT
The most widely used consumer AI assistant, spanning writing, analysis, images and voice.
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ChatGPT vs DeepSeek
ChatGPT (OpenAI) and DeepSeek (DeepSeek) both sit in Writing. ChatGPT shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (11 vs 9). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | ChatGPT OpenAI | DeepSeek DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | GPT-6 Astra | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash |
| Entry cost | Pricing not published in the provided documentation | Pay-as-you-go API pricing. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash starts at $0.15/1M input tokens (cache miss, off-peak) and $0.60/1M output tokens (off-peak). |
| Pricing tiers | Free Tier free | deepseek-flash (Input Cache Hit - Off-Peak) $0.003 · deepseek-flash (Input Cache Hit - Peak) $0.006 · deepseek-flash (Input Cache Miss - Off-Peak) $0.15 · deepseek-flash (Input Cache Miss - Peak) $0.3 · deepseek-flash (Output - Off-Peak) $0.6 · deepseek-flash (Output - Peak) $1.2 |
| Model stack | GPT Image · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.2 Thinking · GPT-5.4 · gpt-5.6 · gpt-6-astra | DeepSeek-R1 · DeepSeek-V3.2 · deepseek-v4-flash · DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 · DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp · DeepSeek-V4-Pro · DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 · DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash |
| Context window | 196K tokens on Plus | 1M |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 11 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Voice mode, Deep research, Canvas, Agent mode, Projects, Connectors, Realtime API, Voice agents | Reasoning mode, Open weights (MIT), OpenAI-compatible API, Context caching, Function calling, Thinking Mode, Context Caching, JSON Output |
DeepSeek
Hangzhou lab whose V and R series models are released under permissive licences and undercut Western API pricing by an order of magnitude.
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