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DeepSeek vs Together AI

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

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Modalities — DeepSeek Wins

Modalities: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Text Input	Yes. Core feature	Yes, requires free plan. Serverless inference and playground take chat/completions text.
Image Upload / Vision	Yes	Unknown. Vision on hosted models was not confirmed on the marketing homepage.
Image Generation	No	Unknown. Together is inference/GPU cloud. Image model hosting was not on the homepage snippet.
Voice Mode	No	No. Not a conversational voice product.
Video Understanding	No	No. Not a video-analysis product.
Video Generation	No. Not a video generation product.	No. Not a video generation product.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	Yes	No. Chat/completions, not a PDF uploader.
Code Execution	Yes	Yes, requires plus plan. Code sandboxes are listed on the product page.
Audio Input	No	Unknown. Speech endpoints were not on the homepage snippet.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	No	No. Playground, not a canvas.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No	No. No computer-use product.

Memory & Context — DeepSeek Wins

Memory & Context: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Persistent Memory	No	No. Stateless inference. You keep history.
Large Context Window	Yes. 64k tokens	Unknown. Depends on the open model you host. No single Together window on the homepage.
Custom Instructions	No	Yes, requires free plan. System prompts in the API.
Conversation History	Yes	Partial. Playground/console history. The API is stateless.

Integrations — DeepSeek Wins

Integrations: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Web Search / Browsing	Yes	No. Not a search product.
Plugins / Extensions	No	Partial. Endpoints, batch, dedicated clusters. Not a GPT plugin store.
API Access	Yes, requires pro plan	Yes, requires free plan. Inference API, fine-tuning, GPU cloud. Usage billing, not a seat.
Zapier Integration	No	Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No	No. No GPT store.
Real-time Collaboration	No	No. No multiplayer chat.
Live Social Data Integration		No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping		No. Not a cited-search product.

Developer — DeepSeek Wins

Developer: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Function Calling	Yes, requires pro plan	Unknown. Tool use on hosted models was not confirmed on the homepage.
Streaming Responses	Yes	Yes, requires plus plan. Serverless inference streams tokens. Research kernels (FlashAttention) are the latency pitch.
Fine-Tuning	No	Yes, requires plus plan. Fine-tuning is a listed product next to inference and GPU cloud.
Embeddings API	Yes, requires pro plan	Unknown. An embeddings endpoint was not confirmed on the homepage.
Structured Output (JSON)	Yes	Unknown. JSON mode was not confirmed on the homepage.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	Yes. DeepSeek R1 reasoning model	Unknown. You can host reasoning open models. No Together Deep Think toggle.
Local Execution	Yes. Open weights can be self-hosted; the largest variants need substantial GPU memory.	No. Cloud GPUs / serverless. Not on your laptop.
Open Weights	Yes. DeepSeek R1	Partial. Inference cloud for open models. Together’s serving stack is not a weight release.
Multi-Agent Orchestration		No. You orchestrate in your app.

Platforms — DeepSeek Wins

Platforms: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Web App	Yes	Yes, requires free plan. together.ai console.
iOS App	Yes	No. No iOS app.
Android App	Yes	No. No Android app.
Desktop App	No	No. No desktop app.
Chrome Extension	No	No. No Chrome extension.

Privacy — DeepSeek Wins

Privacy: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
GDPR Compliant	No	Unknown. Needs a current DPA read.
Opt Out of Data Training	Yes	Unknown. Training use of prompts was not checked.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	No	Unknown. Dedicated endpoints exist; enterprise contract terms were not on the homepage.

Workspaces — Tie

Workspaces: DeepSeek compared with Together AI
Feature	DeepSeek	Together AI
Projects / Folders	No	No. No consumer project product.