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DeepSeek review
7.6/10★★★★★Free chatbot from DeepSeek, built on its open-weight V4 models
- Best for
- People who want a capable chatbot at no cost and are comfortable with where it stores data
- Price
- Free
Free: The chatbot is free on the web and in the apps - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China · since 2023
- App store ratings
- iOS 3.9★ (12K)
What it is
DeepSeek is a free AI assistant from the Hangzhou-based lab of the same name, available on the web, iOS and Android. The app supports vision, file uploads and chat history search. Its V4 models launched in April 2026 as open-weight releases, with V4.1-Flash following in September 2026.
Latest: DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash in September 2026, after V4-Pro and V4-Flash in April.
What the AI does
- Chat with reasoning on the V4 model family
- Vision (image understanding)
- File uploads and analysis
- Chat history search
- Open-weight models you can self-host
Pros and cons
- Fully free
- Open-weight models that can be run elsewhere
- Reviewers praise answer reliability for a free tool
- Data is stored on servers in China, and several governments restrict its use
- Reviewers report content filtering on some topics and weak memory in long chats
- Lowest App Store rating in this list (3.9)
How it scores
Strong open-weight models at no cost; fewer extras than rivals and data-location concerns.
Feature checklist · 2 of 9
- Live web search for current answers (yes)
- Deep research reports (no)
- Voice conversation (no)
- Understands photos and files you upload (yes)
- Generates images (no)
- Remembers you across chats (no)
- Connects to your email, calendar or other apps (no)
- Agent that carries out multi-step tasks (no)
- Creates documents, code or slides you can edit (no)
Alternatives
See all DeepSeek alternatives, ranked →
- Gemini 9.3/10People who live in Google's apps and Android
- ChatGPT 9.2/10Most people who want one versatile, easy AI assistant
- Claude 8.9/10Writing, coding and careful analysis of long documents
- Meta AI 8.6/10People who already use WhatsApp, Instagram or Meta glasses and want a free assistant built in
Sources
▸▸ DeepSeek in the news
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DeepSeek Asked for $7 Billion. The Checks Came Back at $12 Billion.
DeepSeek went out for about $7 billion and investors came back with at least $12 billion, in a Tencent- and CATL-led round ahead of a planned 2027 IPO.
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