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 Grok
DeepSeek (DeepSeek) and Grok (xAI) 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.. DeepSeek shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (11 vs 10). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | DeepSeek DeepSeek | Grok xAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 | Grok 4.7 |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go API pricing (not fully detailed in text). Free tier or flat-rate seats not specified. | from $2/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pay-as-you-go API free | Grok 4.7 Input (per 1M tokens) $2 · Grok 4.7 Output (per 1M tokens) $6 |
| 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 | grok-4.5 · grok-4.6 · grok-4.7 · grok-imagine-image · grok-imagine-image-2.0 · grok-imagine-image-quality · grok-imagine-video · grok-imagine-video-1.5 |
| Context window | 1000000 | 500000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 11 | 10 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Reasoning mode, Open weights (MIT), OpenAI-compatible API, Context caching, Function calling, Thinking Mode, Context Caching, JSON Output | Real-time X search, Think and Big Brain modes, Voice mode, Image generation, API access, text generation, agentic coding, voice agent |
Grok
Grok pairs xAI's in-house models with live access to the X firehose, sold standalone and bundled into X Premium tiers.
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