DeepSeek
DeepSeek
✓ 17 Aug 2026
Free chat with open-weight reasoning models, and the cheapest serious API anywhere — though DeepSeek announced a substantial price rise in August 2026.
Overview
Text, voice and video models under one roof, with open-weight text releases and a pay-as-you-go developer platform.
Pricing
Free
Free
API
Metered
Usage-based plans are shown as Metered and are excluded from stack totals.
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Price history
- API recorded at metered · 17 Aug 2026
- Free recorded at $0 · 17 Aug 2026
Facts
| Category | Open models |
|---|---|
| Company | MiniMax |
| Free plan | Yes |
| Starting price | Free |
| Top plan | Not verified |
| Pricing model | free and usage |
| API | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes |
| Commercial use | Not verified |
| Rating | Not rated — we do not publish scores we cannot source. |
Data
Last verified: 17 Aug 2026
Pricing source: minimax.io
Listing status: Unclaimed, verified
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