# DeepSeek

Chat, search for information, and build AI applications with reasoning and image-capable models.

- Findings24: <https://findings24.com/tools/deepseek>
- Website: <https://www.deepseek.com>
- Pricing: Freemium
- Categories: AI Chatbot, LLM API

## 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?

### AI chat and search

Ask follow-up questions and use intelligent search in the DeepSeek assistant.

### 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.