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DeepSeek V3 API pricing
As of October 16, 2026, DeepSeek V3 costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens on the DeepSeek API. Cached input is $0.07 per million.
It is the 3rd cheapest of 7 DeepSeek models tracked here, by blended price. The closest Budget-tier model from another provider is GPT-5.4 Nano (OpenAI) at $0.20 / $1.25; DeepSeek V3 is 3% more expensive. First listed in the LiteLLM price data on June 27, 2025.
Input / 1M tokens$0.27
Output / 1M tokens$1.10
Context window66K
Max output8K
Every published rate
| Rate | Per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input (standard) | $0.27 |
| Output (standard) | $1.10 |
| Cached input (read) | $0.07 |
What it costs in practice
| Task | Tokens | Per request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatbot reply | 1,000 in / 500 out | $0.00082 | $0.82 |
| Summarize a long document | 20,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0065 | $6.50 |
| Coding agent step | 50,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.02 | $15.70 |
Standard rates, no caching or batch discount. Compare your own numbers across all models →
Price history
| Date | Model | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | DeepSeek V3 | New model listed: $0.27 in / $1.1 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 | Budget |
| Features | Prompt caching, Tool use |
| API model names | deepseek-v3 |
| Official pricing | api-docs.deepseek.com |
Models at a similar price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| Codestral | $0.30 | $0.90 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | $0.20 | $1.25 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| GPT-5 Mini | $0.25 | $2.00 |
Other DeepSeek models
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.32 | $3.96 |
| DeepSeek R1 | $0.55 | $2.19 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.30 | $1.20 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.28 | $0.40 |
| DeepSeek Coder | $0.14 | $0.28 |