Alternatives to DeepSeek
Ranked by capability overlap. Money plays no part in the order.
Privacy-first AI assistant from Proton in Switzerland
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 67%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
FreeUnverifiedAnonymous chat with AI models, from DuckDuckGo
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 67%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
FreeUnverifiedFree AI assistant from Meta, also inside WhatsApp and Instagram
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Image generation
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 50%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
FreeUnverifiedOne app to chat with many different AI models
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Image generation
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 50%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
FreeUnverifiedGerman AI platform for companies, with chat and custom assistants
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: AI agents, Chat with documents
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 40%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
—AI assistant from xAI, also built into X
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Image generation, Research with citations
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 40%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
FreeUnverifiedEuropean AI assistant from France's Mistral AI
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Chat with documents, Long-form writing, Research with citations, Translation
Lacks: Coding assistant
Overlap 29%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
Automatic code reviews on your pull requests
Shared capabilities: Coding assistant
Lacks: General AI assistant
Overlap 25%(computed)Compare with DeepSeek
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