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DeepSeekGrok

Compare AI products	DeepSeek Visit Site	Grok Visit Site
Rating	9.7	9.5
Category	Chat models	Chat models
Vendor	DeepSeek	xAI
Started	2023	2023
Region	China	Global
China availability	Works in China	Overseas access
Pricing tier	Free tier	Free tier
Current flagship	DeepSeek-V3 / DeepSeek-R1	Grok 4.6 / Grok 3
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hostable	Yes	No
Capability tags	ReasoningLow costCodingStrong Chinese	Realtime infoReasoningCoding
Latest release	May 2026 · DeepSeek V4 Flash / Pro	Aug 2026 · Grok 4.6
Notes	Open weights, self-hostable	—
Strengths	Frontier open-weights pioneer; V3/R1 rival proprietary flagships at fractional cost R1 shows breathtaking mathematical and coding depth with native Chinese fluency	Real-time access to X data stream with unmatched breaking news latency Trained on massive Colossus cluster; major leaps in math and agentic coding
Caveats	Official web portal and API experience occasional queuing during global traffic spikes	Direct/unfiltered style; requires X Premium or dedicated subscription

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