DeepSeek vs Llama comparison

DeepSeek and Llama 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

Open AI models released by Meta. You can download them and build them into your own service

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Item	DeepSeekVisit site	LlamaVisit site
Starting price	FreeNot applicable	FreeNot applicable
Free tier	Free	Free
Korean support	Good	Average
Main models	DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (multimodal) DeepSeek-V4-Pro	Llama 4 Scout/Maverick Llama 3.3 70B Llama 3.2/3.1 Successor open models: Muse Glimmer 30B Muse Spark Open 816B
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Open Models	Open Models
Company	DeepSeek, China	Meta, United States
Plans	Web and app fully free API pay-as-you-go (50% off off-peak)	Free model download (license terms apply) Cloud APIs billed by usage
Pros	Chatbot fully free Good at math and reasoning API is very cheap	Download and use for free Very large ecosystem and many resources
Cons	Controversy over overseas transfer of personal data Slows down when traffic is heavy Censorship of sensitive topics	Running it yourself needs a server and GPU License terms need checking No new version since April 2025

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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.