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Published: November 5, 2026 Current status: DeepSeek’s official status page reported “Everything is running smoothly” and “All systems are operating as expected” when checked on November 6, 2026, at 9:21 a.m. Eastern Time (14:21 UTC). The page showed the listed…

DeepSeek is worth using for non-sensitive chat, coding, technical problem-solving, and cost-conscious API workloads. Its official consumer assistant is free, its current model performs competitively on coding and reasoning evaluations, and its developer API combines low token prices with a…