DeepSeek vs Qwen Chat comparison

DeepSeek and Qwen Chat 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

Alibaba's free AI chatbot. Qwen models are also popular as open source

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

Item	DeepSeekVisit site	Qwen ChatVisit site
Starting price	FreeNot applicable	FreeNot applicable
Free tier	Free	Free
Korean support	Good	Good
Main models	DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (multimodal) DeepSeek-V4-Pro	Qwen3.8-Max Qwen3.7-Plus Qwen3.8-Flash Qwen-Image-3.0 Wan 3.0 (video)
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models, Coding
Company	DeepSeek, China	Alibaba (알리바바), China
Plans	Web and app fully free API pay-as-you-go (50% off off-peak)	Chatbot free API billed by usage (Model Studio)
Pros	Chatbot fully free Good at math and reasoning API is very cheap	Free Among the top-performing open models Includes image and video generation
Cons	Controversy over overseas transfer of personal data Slows down when traffic is heavy Censorship of sensitive topics	Data concerns because it is a Chinese service Censorship of sensitive topics

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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.