DeepSeek

What It Does

Open-source reasoning model from China that rivals frontier Western models at a fraction of the training cost. Available as both an API and a free chat interface.

Available On

• Web app - chat.deepseek.com (free)
• API - DeepSeek API (extremely cheap pricing)
• Open source - Full model weights on Hugging Face
• Local - Run via Ollama, LM Studio, or any GGUF-compatible tool

Key Features

• DeepSeek-R1 - Reasoning model competitive with OpenAI o1
• DeepSeek-V3 - General purpose model rivaling GPT-4
• Open weights - Download and run locally or fine-tune
• 128K context - Large context window for document analysis
• Dirt cheap API - Orders of magnitude cheaper than OpenAI/Anthropic