# DeepSeek: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 3 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/deepseek

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Address verification tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/address-verification/index.md) | 0% | 60 | 100% | 1 |
| [Chatbots and conversational AI for support](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/chatbots-and-conversational-ai-for-support/index.md) | 0% | 69 | 0% | 1 |
| [Conversational intelligence and call recording](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/conversation-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 69 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Deepseek, can be unpredictable and inaccurate" (Llama 4 Maverick, Address verification)
- "Chinese-hosted ones (e.g., certain DeepSeek variants or Qwen) raise flags for storage on foreign servers, censorship, or murky security" (Grok 4.20, Conversation intel)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DeepSeek, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- capterra.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- techradar.com: 2
- trustpilot.com: 2
- zdnet.com: 2
- aitoolsbakery.com: 1
- au.pcmag.com: 1
- beyondtrust.com: 1
- capterra.ae: 1
- chatimize.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aitoolsbakery.com/blog/chorus-review: 1
- https://au.pcmag.com/ai/119429/your-ai-prompts-arent-private-the-most-and-least-invasive-chatbots-ranked: 1
- https://beyondtrust.com/blog/entry/security-questions-companies-must-address-around-their-website-chatbots-and-conversation-marketing-practices: 1
- https://capterra.ae/software/165384/engati: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/157969/Gong-io/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/165384/Engati/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/204314/WATI/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/resources/best-chatbot-software: 1

## In its own words

What DeepSeek's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: an AI research company focused on building world-leading general artificial intelligence (https://deepseek.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page deepseek.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 53 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- news or press: 32 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-10
- Recent: 2026-09-10 news or press: Deepseek v4 1 flash https://www.deepseek.com/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Recent: 2026-09-10 news or press: Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Recent: 2026-04-24 news or press: V4 preview https://www.deepseek.com/news/v4-preview
- Recent: 2026-04-24 news or press: DeepSeek-V4 Preview: Entering the Era of Affordable Million-Token Context https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/v4-preview
- Recent: 2025-12-01 news or press: Deepseek v3 2 https://www.deepseek.com/news/deepseek-v3-2
- Recent: 2025-12-01 news or press: DeepSeek-V3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v3-2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.