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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 API Pricing

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is an API model from deepseek. It costs $0.2574 per 1M input tokens and $1.029 per 1M output tokens. Its context window is 163,840 tokens with up to 16,000 output tokens. A workload of 10M input + 2M output tokens costs about $4.631 per month.
Input
$0.2574
per 1M tokens
Output
$1.029
per 1M tokens
Cached input
—
per 1M tokens
Context window
163K
163,840 tokens
Blended (80/20)
$0.4117
per 1M tokens

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...

How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 cost for a real workload?

At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 costs about $4.631 ($2.574 input + $2.057 output). Try your own volumes in the cost calculator.

What are cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3?

Compare DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 with other models

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Frequently asked questions

How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 cost?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 costs $0.2574 per 1M input tokens and $1.029 per 1M output tokens (list price, snapshot October 21, 2026). At 10M input + 2M output tokens per month that is about $4.631.

What is the context window of DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 has a context window of 163,840 tokens and can return up to 16,000 output tokens per response.

What are cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3?

Cheaper models include MiniMax: MiniMax M2 ($0.255 in / $1.02 out), DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus ($0.27 in / $1 out), MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 ($0.27 in / $0.95 out). See the full list on this page.

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 free to use?

No. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is a paid model at $0.2574 input / $1.029 output per 1M tokens. 20 free models are listed on the free models page.

Provider: deepseek · Model ID: deepseek/deepseek-chat · Modality: text->text · Price snapshot October 21, 2026, refreshed daily. How we collect prices