DeepSeek's general-purpose chat models. The V-series delivers strong all-around performance at aggressive prices, making it one of the best value propositions in the LLM market.
chatcodingfast
pros
excellent value per token
strong coding ability
good multilingual support
competitive with models 5x the price
cons
less polished than Claude/GPT
weaker on safety alignment
can be verbose
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