DeepSeek vs Tongyi Qianwen
Compare DeepSeek and Tongyi Qianwen: free credits, features, and ratings. Which one is right for you?
Category
LLM
LLM
Rating
β 3.5
β 4
Free Credits
0 undefined
2.5 Max generates watermark-free images and videos for free
Refresh Period
one-time
one-time
Resolution
N/A
N/A
Watermark
No
No
Commercial Use
No
No
Paid From
API $0.14/million tokens
API $0.12/million tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek's flagship model, the cost-performance king of Chinese AI. V4 is free to use, API pricing is 1/10th of GPT-4o. Excellent at coding and math, competitive with closed-source models in benchmarks.γ
Pros
- βExcellent value
- βStrong reasoning
- βOpen source for local deployment
- βCheap API
Cons
- βMay queue during peak hours
- βNot as creative as GPT
Key Features
DeepSeek-V4 free to useDeepSeek-R1 reasoning model200K long contextMulti-language coding supportTop-tier math reasoningWeb search capability
Tongyi Qianwen
Alibaba's model family, from lightweight 0.5B to flagship 235B. Qwen3 series is the all-rounder among open-source models. Free to use, cheap API. Supports multimodal (text, image, video, code).γ
Pros
- βGenerous new user credits
- βAffordable API
- βAlibaba ecosystem
- βStrong multimodal
Cons
- βAverage creativity
- βReasoning not as good as DeepSeek
Key Features
Qwen3 full series open sourceMultimodal support (text/image/video/code)0.5B to 235B multiple sizes200K context windowTool calling capabilityAgent framework support