DeepSeek vs Google Gemini

Side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek and Google Gemini: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	DeepSeek Frontier AI models with world-class reasoning — free to chat, open to build on Visit	Google Gemini Google's multimodal AI — native integration with Search, Docs, Gmail, and the entire Google ecosystem. Visit
Category	Chat assistants	Chat assistants
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price		USD 20/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	DeepSeek	Google
Founded	2023	2023
Headquarters	Hangzhou, China	Mountain View, US
Key strengths	·World-class reasoning performance with DeepSeek-R1 ·Open-source models available for self-hosting and fine-tuning ·Low-cost API access with OpenAI-compatible endpoints ·Strong coding capabilities via DeepSeek-Coder series	·Google Search grounding ·Workspace integration ·2M token context ·Gemini 2.0 Pro