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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DeepSeek vs Claude
DeepSeek (DeepSeek) and Claude (Anthropic) both sit in Writing. DeepSeek is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go API pricing (not fully detailed in text). Free tier or flat-rate seats not specified.. Claude shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (12 vs 11). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | DeepSeek DeepSeek | Claude Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 | 5.5 |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go API pricing (not fully detailed in text). Free tier or flat-rate seats not specified. | Free tier · from $17/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pay-as-you-go API free | Free free · Pro (Annual Subscription Discount) $17 · Pro (Billed Monthly) $20 · Max $100 · Ultra $200 · Team Standard seat (Billed Monthly) $25 · Team Standard seat (Billed Annually) $20 · Team Premium seat (Billed Monthly) $125 |
| Model stack | deepseek-flash · 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 · DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 | Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Mythos 5 · Claude Mythos 5.1 · Claude Opus 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Opus 4.6 · Opus 4.7 · Sonnet 4.5 · Sonnet 4.6 |
| Context window | 1000000 | 1M |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 11 | 12 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Reasoning mode, Open weights (MIT), OpenAI-compatible API, Context caching, Function calling, Thinking Mode, Context Caching, JSON Output | Extended thinking, Agentic research, Computer use, Projects & memory, Artifacts, MCP connectors, Vision, Code execution |
Claude
Known for long context, careful reasoning, and artifact-style document editing.
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