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DeepSeek Models

DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab that gained attention with DeepSeek V3 and R1, offering frontier-level performance at dramatically lower prices. Their Mixture-of-Experts architecture delivers strong reasoning at a fraction of competitor costs.

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8

Models Available

$0.14

Cheapest Input / 1M

164K

Largest Context

What is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek is an AI model provider offering 8 large language models for developers. Their cheapest model starts at $0.14 per 1M input tokens, and their largest context window reaches 164K. DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab that gained attention with DeepSeek V3 and R1, offering frontier-level performance at dramatically lower prices. Their Mixture-of-Experts architecture delivers strong reasoning at a fraction of competitor costs.

DeepSeek Strengths

Lowest pricing among frontier models
Strong reasoning (R1)
Mixture-of-Experts efficiency
Open-weight availability

All DeepSeek Models

Model Input $/1M Output $/1M Context Max Output Released
Deepseek Coder $0.14 $0.28 128K 4,096
Deepseek $0.27 $1.10 66K 8,192
Deepseek Chat NEW $0.28 $0.42 131K 8,192 2024-12
Deepseek Reasoner NEW $0.28 $0.42 131K 65,536 2025-01
Deepseek Chat $0.28 $0.42 131K 8,192
Deepseek Reasoner $0.28 $0.42 131K 65,536
Deepseek V3.2 $0.28 $0.40 164K 163,840
Deepseek R1 $0.55 $2.19 66K 8,192

Model Details

Deepseek Coder

Deepseek Coder is available via DeepSeek with a 128K context window and up to 4,096 output tokens. Pricing: $0.1400/1M input tokens, $0.2800/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.14/1M Output: $0.28/1M Context: 128K
text function calling

Deepseek

Deepseek is available via DeepSeek with a 66K context window and up to 8,192 output tokens. Pricing: $0.2700/1M input tokens, $1.10/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.27/1M Output: $1.10/1M Context: 66K
text function calling

Deepseek Chat

Latest

DeepSeek V3 is a 671B Mixture-of-Experts model that matches GPT-4o performance at a dramatically lower price. Its efficient architecture activates only 37B parameters per token, enabling fast inference at low cost.

Input: $0.28/1M Output: $0.42/1M Context: 131K
text function calling coding

Deepseek Reasoner

Latest

DeepSeek R1 is a reasoning model that uses chain-of-thought to solve complex math and coding problems. It achieves performance comparable to OpenAI o1 on major benchmarks at roughly 95% less cost.

Input: $0.28/1M Output: $0.42/1M Context: 131K
text reasoning coding

Deepseek Chat

Deepseek Chat is available via DeepSeek with a 131K context window and up to 8,192 output tokens. Pricing: $0.2800/1M input tokens, $0.4200/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.28/1M Output: $0.42/1M Context: 131K
text function calling json mode

Deepseek Reasoner

Deepseek Reasoner is available via DeepSeek with a 131K context window and up to 65,536 output tokens. Pricing: $0.2800/1M input tokens, $0.4200/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.28/1M Output: $0.42/1M Context: 131K
text reasoning json mode

Deepseek V3.2

Deepseek V3.2 is available via DeepSeek with a 164K context window and up to 163,840 output tokens. Pricing: $0.2800/1M input tokens, $0.4000/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.28/1M Output: $0.40/1M Context: 164K
text function calling reasoning

Deepseek R1

Deepseek R1 is available via DeepSeek with a 66K context window and up to 8,192 output tokens. Pricing: $0.5500/1M input tokens, $2.19/1M output tokens.

Input: $0.55/1M Output: $2.19/1M Context: 66K
text function calling reasoning

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