Name: DeepSeek
Author: DeepSeek AI

Question 1

Is DeepSeek free?

Accepted Answer

The web and app chat are free; the API is paid but among the cheapest available, with extra discounts when context is cached.

Question 2

Can I run it offline?

Accepted Answer

Yes — weights are MIT-licensed. Distilled R1 variants run locally via Ollama or vLLM, and the full models on capable GPU servers.

Question 3

Is my data safe?

Accepted Answer

By default, API and app data are processed on DeepSeek’s servers in China; for sensitive work, self-host the open weights instead.