Home AI terms of service DeepSeek Terms of Use DeepSeek Terms of Use: Benchmark and Analysis Clause Does DeepSeek Terms of Use restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Our reading of the terms on Oct 18, 2026: no clause found . Our reading · Observed Last checked Oct 18, 2026 · Source · Methodology
How we got this number What we read: the official wording on cdn.deepseek.com Checked: Oct 18, 2026 ; tracked since Oct 16, 2026Shown in: the United StatesChecks so far: 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026What changed: no change since Oct 16, 2026 Page updated: Oct 17, 2026 Other measured facts Question Answer Checked Status Does DeepSeek prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Terms of Use? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does DeepSeek use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Terms of Use? Yes. De-identified Inputs and Outputs, with an opt-out ("Improve the model for everyone"). Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does the DeepSeek free tier allow commercial use, according to its Terms of Use? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed When was the DeepSeek Terms of Use last updated? 2026-03-27 Oct 18, 2026 Observed
History Same value in all 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026.
Record history — 15 records for 5 questions Last record Oct 18, 2026 Shown in the United States Does DeepSeek Terms of Use restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does DeepSeek prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Terms of Use? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does DeepSeek use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Terms of Use? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 Yes. De-identified Inputs and Outputs, with an opt-out ("Improve the model for everyone"). Observed Oct 17, 2026 Yes. De-identified Inputs and Outputs, with an opt-out ("Improve the model for everyone"). Observed Oct 16, 2026 Yes. De-identified Inputs and Outputs, with an opt-out ("Improve the model for everyone"). Observed
Does the DeepSeek free tier allow commercial use, according to its Terms of Use? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
When was the DeepSeek Terms of Use last updated? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 2026-03-27 Observed Oct 17, 2026 2026-03-27 Observed Oct 16, 2026 2026-03-27 Observed