DeepSeek vs Gemini comparison

DeepSeek and Gemini 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

Google's AI assistant. Connects directly to Google services such as Gmail, Drive and YouTube

Highlighted rows are where they differ.

Item	DeepSeekVisit site	GeminiVisit site
Starting price	FreeNot applicable	$4.99+Official USD price
Free tier	Free	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Good
Main models	DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (multimodal) DeepSeek-V4-Pro	Gemini 4 Argon Gemini 3.8 Flash Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3 Deep Think Nano Banana 2/Pro (image) Gemini Omni/Veo 3.1 (video)
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models	Chatbot/Assistant, Search, Image Generation
Company	DeepSeek, China	Google, United States
Plans	Web and app fully free API pay-as-you-go (50% off off-peak)	Free AI Plus $4.99 AI Pro $19.99 AI Ultra $99.99 (5x), $199.99 (20x) Enterprise from $21
Pros	Chatbot fully free Good at math and reasoning API is very cheap	Strong integration with Google services Good with long documents and video (up to 1M context) Can start with the cheap AI Plus ($4.99)
Cons	Controversy over overseas transfer of personal data Slows down when traffic is heavy Censorship of sensitive topics	Fewer advantages outside the Google ecosystem Features are split up in a complicated way across plans

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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.