Alternatives

DeepSeek alternatives

DeepSeek is free AI chat for writing, code, and reasoning. It is a poor fit if you need a team plan, audit logs, or a phone number to call. Here are 6 tools on Toolora that do a similar job, 6 of them free or with a free tier, and what each one does differently.

DeepSeek profileFree + paid API
  1. 01

    Kimi

    Free tierToolora score88

    Chat, code, and agent tasks with Moonshot’s Kimi models

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers llm and chat.

    Free + paid plans

  2. 02

    Claude

    Free tierToolora score96

    Thoughtful AI for writing, coding, and analysis

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers llm and coding.

    Free + Pro from $20/mo

  3. 03

    Qwen

    FreeToolora score90

    Chat, code, and generate images with Alibaba Cloud’s open Qwen models from the official studio

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers llm and chat.

    Free chat; API and cloud usage billed by Alibaba Cloud

  4. 04

    Mistral AI

    FreeToolora score90

    European frontier models, chat, and APIs

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers llm and chat.

    Free chat + paid API and team plans

  5. 05

    Poe

    Free tierToolora score88

    Chat with many frontier models in one place

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers llm and chat.

    Free + Subscriber

  6. 06

    Cursor

    Free tierToolora score98

    AI-native code editor that ships with you

    Instead of DeepSeek: Also covers coding.

    Free + Pro from $20/mo

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