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DeepSeek Chat

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DeepSeek's consumer chat app — not the developer API (that's a separate card).

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The chat surface for DeepSeek's models. Bot fetches to chat.deepseek.com 403; the app is still the canonical URL. This is not the API rate card. China hosting and topic filters apply. Compare with ChatGPT/Claude on this shelf. No logged-in session in this pass.

Strengths

  • Free consumer chat for DeepSeek's own models.
  • Direct alternative shelf to ChatGPT/Claude.

Known limitations

  • chat.deepseek.com is aggressive toward bots (403); humans still use the app.
  • Data residency is a compliance blocker for many orgs (same as the API card).
  • Censorship on some topics is baked in.
  • Do not confuse free chat with the paid, peak/off-peak API.

Use it when

  • Personal chat when you want DeepSeek's models without API setup.
  • Comparing DeepSeek output against ChatGPT/Claude.

Skip it when

  • Data residency or China hosting is a compliance blocker.
  • You need uncensored responses.
  • You actually need the API rate card and peak/off-peak pricing.

Buy-check

  • ·Price — free, web/app chat is free; API is a different product (see DeepSeek API) with peak/off-peak token rates as of 2026-08-24. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
  • ·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
  • ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
  • ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
  • ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: Data residency or China hosting is a compliance blocker.; You need uncensored responses..

Price trail — 2 revisionschangelog →

  • 2026-W35freemiumfree
  • 2026-W35web/app chat is free-to-start; API is a different pro…web/app chat is free; API is a different product (see…

Facts

pricing
free1
price note
web/app chat is free; API is a different product (see DeepSeek API) with peak/off-peak token rates
free tier
yes
open source
no
api
no
self-host
no
category
productivity
evidence
source-verified

Data: trains on inputs yes · local processing no

Sources

  1. 1api-docs.deepseek.com[snapshot]
  2. 2deepseek.com[snapshot]

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