Google vs DeepSeek: pricing and rate limits compared
As of the latest verified sweep, Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview tier runs $2.00 against DeepSeek's deepseek-v4-flash tier at $0.30. See every tracked tier and rate limit for both vendors below, refreshed the moment VendorSpies detects a change on either published rate card.
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