DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek-R1, the open-weight reasoning model that popularized transparent chain-of-thought, available across inference gateways.

ActiveReleased May 28, 2025Available from 10 providers
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data.

Source: DeepSeek API models, DeepSeek models

Price per 1M tokens via DeepInfra (OpenRouter)
$0.5 in / $2.15 out
Context window131,072
Max output65,536
Cache read$0.35 / M
ModalitiesText → Text
Priced across10 providers

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$0.5 / M
Output$2.15 / M
Cache read$0.35 / M

Cost calculator

Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$229
at current list prices
Fresh input$100
Cached input$0.00
Output incl. thinking$129
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Compare providers

The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MCache read / MBatchAccess
DeepInfraLowest
$0.5$2.15$0.35—via OpenRouter
SiliconFlow
$0.5$2.18——via OpenRouter
StreamLake
$0.571$2.29——via OpenRouter
Novita
$0.7$2.5$0.35—via OpenRouter
Azure AI Foundry
$1.35$5.4——Direct
Azure AI Foundry · Data zone
$1.49$5.94——Direct
Azure OpenAI
$1.49$5.94——via OpenRouter
Azure AI Foundry · Regional
from$1.49$5.94——Direct
Together AI
$3$7——Direct
Fireworks AI
$3$8——Direct

Regional deployments are priced per region; the lowest available region rate is shown.

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

No changePriced at $0.5 / $2.15 per 1M since July 10, 2026.

More from DeepSeek

Other models from the same provider.

DeepSeek-V4 Pro
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
$1.74 / $3.48 in / out per 1M
DeepSeek-V4 Flash
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
$0.14 / $0.28 in / out per 1M
DeepSeek-V3.2
deepseek/deepseek-v3.2
$0.2288 / $0.3432 in / out per 1M
DeepSeek-V3.1
deepseek/deepseek-v3.1
$0.21 / $0.79 in / out per 1M
DeepSeek-V3
deepseek/deepseek-v3
$0.2002 / $0.8001 in / out per 1M

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