AI chat and search
Ask follow-up questions and use intelligent search in the DeepSeek assistant.
DeepSeek
Freemium
Chat, search for information, and build AI applications with reasoning and image-capable models.
What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek combines an AI assistant with a developer model API. Use its browser chat or mobile app to ask questions, work through problems, and search for information. Developers can integrate DeepSeek models into applications through OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible interfaces. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash also accepts images for tasks such as describing pictures, reading screenshot text, and interpreting charts.
What can DeepSeek do?
Optional reasoning
Choose thinking or non-thinking modes when calling models through the API.
Image understanding
Send images to the Flash API to describe their contents, read text, or analyze charts.
Application integration
Connect applications using OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible API formats and an API key.
Structured and tool-based workflows
Use JSON output and tool calls to connect model responses with application logic.
Use Cases
“Explore a question”
Discuss a topic with the assistant, ask follow-up questions, and search for relevant information.
“Interpret visual material”
Build a workflow that asks the Flash model about screenshots, diagrams, or charts supplied as images.
“Add AI to an application”
Combine reasoning, structured responses, and tool calls with your application’s own data and functions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I use DeepSeek?
Use the browser chat or the official iOS and Android assistant. Developers can create an API key to integrate model calls into their own applications.
Is the mobile assistant free?
The official DeepSeek mobile assistant offers free interaction with its AI models. Developer API usage is billed separately by token consumption.
What does the Flash API cost?
For deepseek-flash, off-peak rates per one million tokens are $0.003 for cached input, $0.15 for uncached input, and $0.60 for output. Peak rates are $0.006, $0.30, and $1.20 respectively. Peak hours are 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday, excluding Chinese public holidays; all other hours are off-peak. Rates apply to API usage and depend on the selected model and cache status.
Which model supports image input?
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, called through the deepseek-flash API model name, accepts images alongside text. It can describe pictures, read screenshot text, and analyze charts.
DeepSeek Traffic Analysis
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- Domain Rating
- 90
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