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DeepSeek R1 API pricing
As of October 16, 2026, DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.19 per million output tokens on the DeepSeek API. Cached input is $0.14 per million.
It is the 6th cheapest of 7 DeepSeek models tracked here, by blended price. The closest Standard-tier model from another provider is Mistral Large 4 (Mistral) at $0.68 / $2.09; DeepSeek R1 is 7% cheaper. First listed in the LiteLLM price data on June 27, 2025.
Input / 1M tokens$0.55
Output / 1M tokens$2.19
Context window66K
Max output8K
Every published rate
| Rate | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input (standard) | $0.55 |
| Output (standard) | $2.19 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.14 |
What it costs in practice
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot reply | 1,000 in / 500 out | $0.0016 | $1.65 |
| Summarize a long document | 20,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.01 | $13.19 |
| Coding agent step | 50,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.03 | $31.88 |
Standard rates, no caching or batch discount. Compare your own numbers across all models →
Price history
| Date | Model | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | DeepSeek R1 | New model listed: $0.55 in / $2.19 out source |
Dates are when each change first appeared in the LiteLLM price data, usually within days of the provider's announcement.
Details
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Price tier | Standard |
| Features | Reasoning, Prompt caching, Tool use |
| API model names | deepseek-r1 |
| Official pricing | api-docs.deepseek.com |
Models at a similar price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | $0.50 | $1.50 |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 | $2.50 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 |
| Mistral Large 4 | $0.68 | $2.09 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
Other DeepSeek models
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.32 | $3.96 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.27 | $1.10 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.28 | $0.40 |
| DeepSeek Coder | $0.14 | $0.28 |