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DeepSeek vs Groq

A feature-by-feature comparison of DeepSeek and Groq across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — DeepSeek Wins

Modalities: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Text Input	Yes. Core feature	Yes, requires free plan. Chat completions API and Playground take text messages.
Image Upload / Vision	Yes	Unknown. Vision on hosted models was not confirmed on the quickstart page.
Image Generation	No	No. Inference API for language/audio, not an image generator.
Voice Mode	No	No. Speech-to-text exists. That is transcription, not a conversational voice loop.
Video Understanding	No	No. Not a video-analysis product. STT can take video files but only transcribes the first audio track.
Video Generation	No. Not a video generation product.	No. Not a video generation product.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	Yes	No. Chat is messages. Audio files go to the STT endpoint, not a PDF chat uploader.
Code Execution	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. Built-in tools on Compound / gpt-oss include safe code execution on Groq infrastructure.
Audio Input	No	Yes, requires plus plan. OpenAI-compatible transcriptions/translations. Whisper Large V3 and Turbo. Free-tier 25 MB files.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	No	No. Playground is a chat/API console, not an artifacts canvas.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No	No. No computer-use product.

Memory & Context — DeepSeek Wins

Memory & Context: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Persistent Memory	No	No. Stateless API. You keep history in your app.
Large Context Window	Yes. 64k tokens	Unknown. Depends on the hosted model. No single Groq window is on the quickstart page.
Custom Instructions	No	Yes, requires free plan. System messages in the chat API.
Conversation History	Yes	Partial. Playground sessions exist. The API is stateless unless you resend messages.

Integrations — Groq Wins

Integrations: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Web Search / Browsing	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. Built-in tools include web search and website visiting on Compound / gpt-oss.
Plugins / Extensions	No	Yes, requires free plan. Remote MCP tool calling, plus Python/JS SDKs and AI SDK provider.
API Access	Yes, requires pro plan	Yes, requires free plan. api.groq.com OpenAI-compatible chat and audio. Create a key on console.groq.com.
Zapier Integration	No	Unknown. No first-party Zapier app was checked.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No	No. No GPT Store. You build agents on the API.
Real-time Collaboration	No	No. No multiplayer chat.
Live Social Data Integration		No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping		No. Built-in web search is not a cited academic mapper.

Developer — DeepSeek Wins

Developer: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Function Calling	Yes, requires pro plan	Yes, requires free plan. Tool use on all hosted chat models: local functions, remote MCP, or Groq built-in tools.
Streaming Responses	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. Chat completions support streaming. Groq’s pitch is low-latency tokens.
Fine-Tuning	No	No. You pick hosted models. Groq is inference, not a fine-tune product.
Embeddings API	Yes, requires pro plan	Unknown. An embeddings endpoint was not on the quickstart page checked.
Structured Output (JSON)	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. JSON mode is listed for the hosted chat models.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	Yes. DeepSeek R1 reasoning model	Unknown. Overlapping columns disagreed (yes vs partial); left unverified rather than copying a no.
Local Execution	Yes. Open weights can be self-hosted; the largest variants need substantial GPU memory.	No. Runs on Groq LPUs in their cloud, not on your GPU.
Open Weights	Yes. DeepSeek R1	Partial. Hosts open models (Llama, gpt-oss, Qwen). Groq’s runtime/hardware is not open weights.
Multi-Agent Orchestration		Partial. Compound/built-in tools are a single-call agent loop, not a multi-agent orchestrator product.

Platforms — DeepSeek Wins

Platforms: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Web App	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. Playground on console.groq.com.
iOS App	Yes	No. No iOS app is documented.
Android App	Yes	No. No Android app is documented.
Desktop App	No	No. API + Playground, not a desktop app.
Chrome Extension	No	No. No Chrome extension is documented.

Privacy — DeepSeek Wins

Privacy: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
GDPR Compliant	No	Unknown. Needs a current Groq DPA read.
Opt Out of Data Training	Yes	Unknown. Training use of API prompts was not checked on a privacy policy this round.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	No	Unknown. Enterprise contracts exist in market; specifics were not on the public pricing page fetched.

Workspaces — Tie

Workspaces: DeepSeek compared with Groq
Feature	DeepSeek	Groq
Projects / Folders	No	No. No project/folder product in the API.