Comparison
Claude vs DeepSeek
Claude: Anthropic's AI assistant, a benchmark for writing and coding. DeepSeek: Free, unlimited AI chatbot with very capable open-weight models.
| Claude | DeepSeek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Price | Freemium Pro plan from €18/month. Free plan available. | Free Free, unlimited chat. Pay-as-you-go API from $0.14 per million tokens. |
| Free plan | ||
| API available | ||
| Open source | ||
| In Spanish | ||
| No watermark | — | — |
| Platforms | Web · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android | Web · iOS · Android |
Claude
- Very natural writing, in Spanish too
- Excellent for coding (Claude Code)
- Handles very long documents
- Stricter usage limits than ChatGPT on the free plan
- No image generation
DeepSeek
- Completely free chat, with no daily limits or paywalled features
- Open-weight models you can run or audit yourself
- Extremely cheap API (~10x less than equivalent competitors)
- 'Server busy' notices at peak times
- Chinese company: its data policy raises concerns in corporate settings