OpenRouter
60 pts
0 wins
VS
👑 
DeepSeek
95 pts
3 wins
🏆 Overall, DeepSeek offers more free value (3/6 categories)
📊 Side-by-Side
Category
OpenRouter
DeepSeek
Free Tier
✅ Varies by model
✅ 50 requests/day
Free API
✅ Free models
✅ $5
Rate Limit
20 RPM
2 RPM
Open Source
❌ No
✅ Yes
Free Models
1
4
GitHub Stars
-
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🧠 Model Details
OpenRouter 1 models Free Models (多个)
Multiple free models available (Llama, Gemma, etc.)
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