general
DeepSeek
Chat with DeepSeek's AI models on the web, in the app or through the API.
chat.deepseek.com ↗Web · API
what it is
DeepSeek is an AI lab whose chat app gives you access to its latest models, with DeepThink reasoning and web search. Developers can use the same models through an API that's compatible with the OpenAI and Anthropic formats.
who it's for
Anyone looking for a capable AI chat assistant, and developers who want an affordable, compatible API.
how to start
- 1Go to chat.deepseek.com and sign up, or get the mobile app from deepseek.com.
- 2Start chatting; turn on DeepThink or Search when needed.
- 3Developers: create an API key on the DeepSeek API Platform and follow api-docs.deepseek.com.
what you need
- A DeepSeek account
- For the API: an API key
pricing
API pricing is published in the API docs; chat app pricing not stated on the pages we fetched.
pricing page ↗checked Oct 10, 2026
key features
- DeepThink reasoning
- Web search
- Multimodal visual understanding
- OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API