DeepSeek vs OpenAI API vs Mistral AI vs Together AI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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DeepSeek
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OpenAI API
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Mistral AI
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Together AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
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Competitor Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 15.2%
▼ 6.4%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-2.4%
-11.3%
+1.9%
Global rank web
#131
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#8,429
#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
15.2M
8.9M
794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
34%
42%
42%
Pages / visit
3.4
5.4
3.3
3.2
Visit duration
5m 33s
3m 56s
3m 42s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
DeepSeekOpenAI APIMistral AITogether AI
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1K100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
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$14.99per month · free tier available
$1.99per month
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API access
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
DocumentsImagesTextCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
Output
TextCode
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
AudioCodeText
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+8 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Large language models
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Document data extraction
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Fine-Tuning
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GPU infrastructure
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Homework assistance
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Models
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Summarizing
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Text extraction
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Translations
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Development
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Document processing
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Math
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