Claude vs DeepSeek
Claude is a premium model family known for careful work. DeepSeek reasons well for very little. Used together, the cheap one does the bulk and the premium one finishes.
Write and edit with care, read images, and hold long tasks together.
Think step by step for a fraction of the price, mostly on text.
Draft and explore on DeepSeek, polish on Claude, one thread.
Counts and limits from Portail's live model catalog.
Run brainstorming, outlines and first passes on DeepSeek. When you're happy with the direction, switch the conversation to Claude Sonnet or Opus for the final write-up. Claude reads everything DeepSeek produced, so it doesn't start from zero.
For a lot of reasoning and coding questions DeepSeek is competitive at far lower cost. Claude tends to be preferred for polished writing and image input. Test both on your task.
Yes. Portail keeps one history across every model, so the switch is a single click.
Every model, one thread, one memory. Free to start.