DeepSeek vs Kimi comparison

DeepSeek and Kimi compared side by side in AI.

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DeepSeek

A high-performance Chinese AI chatbot that is free to use. The models are also released as open source

A Chinese AI chatbot strong in long-document processing and agent features

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Item	DeepSeekVisit site	KimiVisit site
Starting price	FreeNot applicable	$7.30+Converted from official price
Free tier	Free	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Average
Main models	DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (multimodal) DeepSeek-V4-Pro	Kimi K3 K2.7-Code K2.6
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models
Company	DeepSeek, China	Moonshot AI, China
Plans	Web and app fully free API pay-as-you-go (50% off off-peak)	Free Go ¥49 Plus ¥99 Pro ¥199 Max ¥699 (official CNY monthly billing, ¥39/¥79/¥159/¥559 per month with yearly billing, no official USD price, ¥49 ≈ $7.3 converted) Existing Andante to Allegro are legacy Vivace (overseas only, price not disclosed) API pay-as-you-go
Pros	Chatbot fully free Good at math and reasoning API is very cheap	Free long-document analysis Models released as open source Good coding and agent performance
Cons	Controversy over overseas transfer of personal data Slows down when traffic is heavy Censorship of sensitive topics	Low name recognition in Korea Data concerns because it is a Chinese service

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.