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DeepSeek vs. Grok Premium
pricing checked June 2026
Cheaper start
$0/mo
Open-weight LLM with cheap API access and strong reasoning benchmarks.
- Best for: developers who need cheap inference
- Model: custom
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$8/mo
xAI assistant bundled with X Premium, real-time data and image gen.
- Best for: users who want X-native + AI
- Model: per-seat
Pricing math
DeepSeek is 100% cheaper than Grok Premium on starting plans — roughly $8/mo · $96/yr per seat.
Formula: monthly = pricier − cheaper · percent = round((monthly / pricier) × 100) · annual = monthly × 12
Verdict
Pick DeepSeek if you're developers who need cheap inference. Pick Grok Premium if you're users who want x-native + ai.
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Caveats
- DeepSeek: China-based; review data residency and compliance
- Grok Premium: Quality is uneven vs ChatGPT/Claude on long-context reasoning
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