Meta AI
Meta AI is the widest-distributed assistant by install base, running Meta's own Llama models and available free inside the social apps.
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Meta AI vs DeepSeek
Meta AI (Meta) and DeepSeek (DeepSeek) both sit in Writing. DeepSeek shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (11 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Meta AI Meta | DeepSeek DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | Muse | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 |
| Entry cost | Free to use on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads). | Pay-as-you-go API pricing (not fully detailed in text). Free tier or flat-rate seats not specified. |
| Pricing tiers | Free free | Pay-as-you-go API free |
| Model stack | Llama · Llama 3 · Llama 3.3 · Llama 4 · Llama 4 Maverick · Llama 4 Scout · Muse · Muse Glimmer · Muse Image · Muse Spark · Muse Spark 1.1 · Muse Spark 1.2 · Muse Spark 1.3 · Muse Spark Open · Muse Voice Transcribe · Muse Wonder · Muse Wonder Full · SAM 3.1 · Segment Anything (SAM) 3.1 | 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 |
| Context window | 1M | 1000000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 8 | 11 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | In-app assistant, Image generation, Voice mode, Standalone app, Ray-Ban glasses integration, image generation, agentic planning, task execution | 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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