DeepSeek alternatives
Tools that do what DeepSeek does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from DeepSeek.
Read 2026-10-17 · DeepSeek itself: From $0.02 per use
With a free plan or free to use: Lumen AI, Flaq AI API Platform, Yolo-Auto.
- #1
ChatGPTAI assistants
Answers questions and generates text, images, and code through conversation.
Also: Chat assistant, Code generationAround longer, since 2015
95.2M2015 - #2
Qwen CloudDeveloper tools
Provides API access to large language models, vision models, and video generation tools.
Same job
77ActiveFrom $5/mo - #3
Lumen AI
Provides chat access to Moonshot AI's Kimi models with 256k context, vision, and agent swarm capabilities.
Free planAlso: Chat assistant, Agents
1.3kMaintainedFrom $4.49/mo - #4
KimiAI assistants
Serves open-weights large language models through a web chat, an API and a command-line coding agent that accepts image and video input.
Also: Chat assistant
184kActive2023 - #5
Microsoft CopilotAI assistants
Chat assistant that takes typed prompts and returns generated answers and drafts for users.
Also: Chat assistant
5.3MFrom $25.20/user/mo - #6
Perplexity Enterprise Pro (Support)AI assistants
AI search engine that answers questions from live web sources with citations, with plans for teams and companies.
Same job
4.2M - #7
ModelsLabDeveloper toolsMCP · open
Provides APIs for generative AI models including image, video, audio, and language model capabilities.
Own MCP server
2.6kActiveFrom $21/mo2022 - #8
Flaq AI API PlatformDeveloper tools
Unified API platform providing access to multiple AI models for image, video, and language generation at lower costs than official APIs.
Free planCosts more
531ActiveFrom $10 per use - #9
Reka AIDeveloper toolsMCP · open
Builds multimodal AI models and infrastructure for processing and generating video, images, and other data types in real time.
Costs moreOwn MCP server
2.3kActiveFrom $0.10 per use2022 - #10
Yolo-AutoDeveloper tools
Provides flat-rate API access to language models for coding agents and development tasks.
Free planAlso: Code generation
2ActiveFrom $19/mo
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How this list is made: the words DeepSeek is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.