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ChatGPT vs DeepSeek
ChatGPT or DeepSeek? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Searches the web, Reads your files, Understands images, Mobile app
- Only ChatGPT states: Makes images, Voice conversation, Remembers you, Projects, Desktop app, Your data kept out of training
- Only DeepSeek states: Developer API
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an AI assistant for writing, research, coding, learning, planning, image analysis, and web search.
Plans
Free
Free
- Unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna
- Limited messages with uploads
- Limited and slower image generation
- Limited voice chats
- Limited deep research
- Limited memory and context
Go
- $8 / month
- Everything in Free and:
- More messages with tools
- More uploads
- More image creation
- More voice chats
- Longer memory
Plus
- $20 / month
- Everything in Go and:
- Advanced reasoning models with GPT-6
- Expanded messages and uploads
- More complex and accurate image creation
- Expanded deep research
- Expanded memory and context
Pro
- From $100 / month
- Everything in Plus and:
- 5x more usage
- Pro reasoning powered by GPT-6 Astra
- Maximum Codex tasks
- Unlimited and faster image creation
- Maximum deep research
Prices checked 2026-09-24 by web search.
Capabilities
- Searches the web — “Yes. ChatGPT can search the web and cite sources when it needs current information.” source
- Reads your files — “Upload a file or image to analyze, summarize, or transform (available on paid plans with data analysis).” source
- Understands images — “Upload a file or image to analyze, summarize, or transform (available on paid plans with data analysis).” source
- Makes images — “Create an image (“Create a watercolor logo of a mountain at sunrise”). ChatGPT images include C2PA provenance metadata.” source
- Voice conversation — “Plan: Free, Feature: Voice, Yes” source
- Remembers you — “Plan: Go, Feature: Memory with past chats, Yes” source
- Projects — “Plan: Free, Feature: Projects, Yes” source
- Mobile app — “Mobile apps: iOS and Android.” source
- Desktop app — “Limited (desktop app) Plan: Free, Feature: ChatGPT Work, Limited (desktop app)” source
- Your data kept out of training — “Opt-out available Learn more Plan: Free, Feature: Content is used to train our models, Opt-out available” source
Latest updates
- GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna
We’re introducing GPT‑6 Sol and GPT‑6 Luna in ChatGPT Work and Codex.
- Create flashcards in ChatGPT
You can now create flashcards in ChatGPT.
- Privacy Center in ChatGPT
Privacy Center brings together information about chat privacy, memory, personalization, data use, connected apps, and account security.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek is a free AI chat service for writing, coding, research, reasoning, web search, and file-based questions.
Plans
deepseek-flash
- $0.003 per 1M input tokens (cache hit), off-peak
- $0.006 per 1M input tokens (cache hit), peak
- $0.15 per 1M input tokens (cache miss), off-peak
- $0.3 per 1M input tokens (cache miss), peak
- $0.6 per 1M output tokens, off-peak
- $1.2 per 1M output tokens, peak
- Context length: 1M
- Maximum output: 384K
- Supports non-thinking and thinking modes
- JSON Output
- Tool Calls
- Vision supported
deepseek-v4-pro
- $0.022 per 1M input tokens (cache hit), off-peak
- $0.044 per 1M input tokens (cache hit), peak
- $0.66 per 1M input tokens (cache miss), off-peak
- $1.32 per 1M input tokens (cache miss), peak
- $1.98 per 1M output tokens, off-peak
- $3.96 per 1M output tokens, peak
- Context length: 1M
- Maximum output: 384K
- Supports non-thinking and thinking modes
- JSON Output
- Tool Calls
- Vision not supported
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Searches the web — “🔍 Web search & Deep-Think mode” source
- Reads your files — “📄 File upload & text extraction” source
- Understands images — “The official version of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash has been released, featuring comprehensive improvements in text and Agent performance, along with native multimodal visual understanding capabilities.” source
- Developer API — “BASE URL (OpenAI Format) https://api.deepseek.com” source
- Mobile app — “📱 Now officially available on App Store & Google Play & Major Android markets” source
Latest updates
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Release (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash)
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is available on the API with native multimodal support; legacy model names route to V4.1 Flash.
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp Release (DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp)
The model is available on the DeepSeek API platform and can be accessed by setting model='deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp'.
- DeepSeek-V4-Pro Update (DeepSeek-V4-Pro)
The GA release rolled out on the APP, Web, and API; the API supports the Responses API format; thinking modes support low / high / max.