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DeepSeek vs Meta AI
Compare DeepSeek vs Meta AI: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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chat.deepseek.com ↗ Meta AI
meta.ai ↗ Pricing
Free tier
Fully free in the consumer app
Fully free across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, web
Standard plan
API only — API only
Free — API only
Top plan
API only — API only
API via Together/Groq — API only
API input / 1M tokens
$0.27 Best
$0.50
API output / 1M tokens
$1.10 Best
$1.50
Capability
Context window
128K
1M Best
Max output tokens
8K
8K Best
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
2026-01
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
70% Best
64%
Math (AIME 2025)
72% Best
70%
Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
73% Best
70%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1356 Best
1340
Features
Image input
Partial
✓
Voice mode
—
Partial
Web search
✓
✓
File upload
Partial
Partial
Image generation
—
✓
Code execution
Partial
Partial
Agent / tool use
—
Partial
Persistent memory
—
Partial
DeepSeek
Open weights. ~20× cheaper API than GPT-5.2. Chinese hosting raises data-residency considerations for some.
Meta AI
Free across Meta apps (FB/IG/WhatsApp). Open weights for self-hosting. Imagine for image gen. No premium tier — fully free.
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