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DeepSeekQwen

Compare AI products	DeepSeek Visit Site	Qwen Visit Site
Rating	9.7	9.5
Category	Chat models	Chat models
Vendor	DeepSeek	Alibaba / Alibaba Cloud
Started	2023	2023
Region	China	China
China availability	Works in China	Works in China
Pricing tier	Free tier	Free tier
Current flagship	DeepSeek-V3 / DeepSeek-R1	Qwen2.5-Max / Qwen2.5-Coder
Open source	Yes	Yes
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
Capability tags	ReasoningLow costCodingStrong Chinese	Strong ChineseMultimodalLow costCoding
Latest release	May 2026 · DeepSeek V4 Flash / Pro	Sep 2026 · Qwen3.8 Max / Flash-Next
Notes	Open weights, self-hostable	Full open-weight range from 0.5B to MoE
Strengths	Frontier open-weights pioneer; V3/R1 rival proprietary flagships at fractional cost R1 shows breathtaking mathematical and coding depth with native Chinese fluency	Qwen 2.5-Max tops domestic Arena; rock-solid instruction following and Chinese nuance Full-spectrum open weights (0.5B to 72B & MoE) with top Coder variant for private hosting
Caveats	Official web portal and API experience occasional queuing during global traffic spikes	Web consumer UI is utilitarian; advanced tooling relies heavily on DashScope

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