Claude vs DeepSeek
Claude
claude.ai
DeepSeek
chat.deepseek.comSide by side
| Figure | Claude | DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 3 |
| Spec score · AI chatbots and assistants | 9.2 (#5) | 8.7 (#17) |
| Spec score · Ai Assistant | 9.1 (#5) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Spec score · Virtual Assistant | 9.0 (#4) | 8.6 (#7) |
| File uploads | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Hangzhou, China |
| Integrations | Claude connectors can link to services such as Asana, Linear, Notion, PayPal, Square, Plaid, Intercom, Zapier, and Workato. | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Claude Help Center articles provide product guidance, setup instructions, and troubleshooting information. | DeepSeek lists [email protected] on its official site and [email protected] for privacy questions and requests. |
| Web search | Claude can search the web and provide responses with citations and source links. | Yes |
Plans
Claude
- FreeFree
- ProPrice not published
- Team Standard seatPrice not published
- Team Premium seatPrice not published
- Enterprise$20 a year
- Pro (monthly)$20 a month
- Team standard seat (annual)$20 a year
- Team standard seat (monthly)$25 a month
- Max 5x$100 a month
- Team premium seat (annual)$100 a year
In their own words
Claude
Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic to help users with work. It is available on web, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, through an API and as an extension. Claude can search the web, accept file uploads, create and edit spreadsheets, presentations, Word documents and PDFs, and analyze data using code execution. It can also create and share documents, dashboards, diagrams and interactive tools as artifacts; artifact storage is limited to 20 MB and text only. Connectors can link Claude with services including Asana, Linear, Notion, PayPal, Square, Plaid, Intercom, Zapier and Workato. Research, available on paid plans, runs multiple searches and returns answers with citations. Usage limits reset on a rolling five-hour window, and paid plans have additional weekly limits; usage also varies by conversation length, model and features. The Free plan includes limited usage and up to five projects. Pro costs $20 a month or $17 a year, billed $200 up front. Team plans add central billing and administration; Enterprise includes further access controls.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek is an AI assistant for chatting with AI models, available on the web and through official iOS and Android apps. The free plan is listed at free and includes the assistant and official mobile apps. DeepSeek also offers an API, with deepseek-flash identified as the model name to use; legacy deepseek-v4-flash names route to V4.1-Flash. The API follows a format compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, and their SDKs can be used by changing configuration. It supports external tool calls, with a strict mode that checks tool schemas against supported JSON Schema specifications. DeepSeek says V4.1-Flash is live on the API with native multimodal support. Its desktop Harness can work in the background, edit local files, and handle long, complex tasks; downloads are listed for macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 13 or later) and Windows. DeepSeek is headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Its privacy policy says personal data is processed and stored in China, and advises users not to submit sensitive personal data.