// Comparison
Groq vs DeepSeek
Both are free AI APIs verified on APIVault. Here's how their free tiers, trust scores, and requirements stack up side by side.
Groq
DeepSeek
Trust Score
Trust Score
92/100
92/100
Reliability
Reliability
100/100
100/100
Free Tier
Free Tier
100/100
85/100
Documentation
Documentation
100/100
88/100
Popularity
Popularity
46/100
95/100
Category
Category
LLM
LLM
Free tier
Free tier
14,400 req/day · 30 req/min · no card
5M tokens free · then $0.14/M input · no card
Credit card
Credit card
Not required
Not required
Phone
Phone
Not required
Not required
Models
Models
Llama 3.3 70B, Mixtral, Gemma
DeepSeek-V3, DeepSeek-R1
Groq
- Insane inference speed (500+ tokens/sec)
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Generous free tier with daily resets
- Smaller model selection vs OpenRouter
- Rate limits can hit during peak hours
DeepSeek
- Top-tier reasoning at lowest price
- $0.14/M input is industry-low
- Open weights available
- Server sometimes overloaded
- Limited multimodal support