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Google vs DeepSeek

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Google and DeepSeek side by side on everything we track. Each lab’s own page has the full detail.

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Both labs at a glance. Every figure links to the lab’s page, which cites its source.

Each lab’s flagship price, disclosed revenue, demand share, open roles, incidents, and newest alert
Lab Flagship $/Mtok SEC revenue Demand share Open roles Incidents 30d Newest alert
Google Tear sheet $2.00 / $10.00in / out · gemini-4-argon$75.5Bnine months to 2026-09-30 · Google Cloud segment2.4%−0.1 ppof all OpenRouter tokens, 7 days149+6 in 3d3 physical infrastructure0vs 0none openGoogle adds two DeepMind product roles: "Product…
DeepSeek Tear sheet Not mappedNone filed39.2%+3.5 ppof all OpenRouter tokens, 7 daysNo public feed7vs 8none opennone

API prices

$ per million tokens, like for like on each vendor’s own recommendation.

Like-for-like API pricing in dollars per million tokens, by lab and class
Lab Flagship the vendor’s own “start here” model for hard workBalanced the vendor’s stated intelligence-for-cost tradeoffEconomy the vendor’s model for cost-sensitive, high-volume work
Google
gemini-4-argon

$2.00 in $10.00 out

ai.google.dev
Not mapped
gemini-3.5-flash-lite

$0.30 in $2.50 out

ai.google.dev
DeepSeek
Not mapped
Not mapped
Not mapped

Each lab in full: Google, DeepSeek.

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