OpenAI
70 pts
0 wins
VS
👑 
DeepSeek
95 pts
3 wins
🏆 Overall, DeepSeek offers more free value (3/6 categories)
📊 Side-by-Side
Category
OpenAI
DeepSeek
Free Tier
✅ ChatGPT free tier unlimited
✅ 50 requests/day
Free API
✅ $5
✅ $5
Rate Limit
3 RPM (free tier)
2 RPM
Open Source
❌ No
✅ Yes
Free Models
3
4
GitHub Stars
⭐ 30,649
⭐ 102,923
🧠 Model Details
OpenAI 3 models GPT-5.2
Latest flagship model, strong multimodal capabilities
GPT-5.4 mini
Lightweight fast model, cost-effective
GPT Image 2
Latest image generation model
DeepSeek 4 models DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Released April 2026, 1.6T param MoE (49B active), 1M context, thinking/non-thinking modes
DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Lightweight V4, 284B params (13B active), 1M context, excellent value
DeepSeek-V3
Previous flagship, still available
DeepSeek-R1
Reasoning model, strong at math/code