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DeepSeek vs Perplexity
Compare DeepSeek vs Perplexity: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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Free tier
Fully free in the consumer app
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
API only — API only
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
API only — API only
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$0.27 Best
$3.00
API output / 1M tokens
$1.10 Best
$15.00
Capability
Context window
128K
200K Best
Max output tokens
8K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
70% Best
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Math (AIME 2025)
72% Best
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
73% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1356 Best
1280
Features
Image input
Partial
✓
Voice mode
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Web search
✓
✓
File upload
Partial
✓
Image generation
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Code execution
Partial
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Agent / tool use
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Persistent memory
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DeepSeek
Open weights. ~20× cheaper API than GPT-5.2. Chinese hosting raises data-residency considerations for some.
Perplexity
Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.
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