DeepSeek Chat: API pricing, providers and specs
DeepSeek Chat is a text model by DeepSeek. 4 providers serve it, from $0.28 to $1.03 /1M; the lowest price is at Requesty.
How DeepSeek Chat compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.28 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 78% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 164K-token context window is larger than 30% of them (median 262K), about 250 pages of text.
- 4 providers serve it; 60% of comparable models have fewer.
DeepSeek Chat prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Requesty | $0.14/1M | From$0.28/1M | $0.028/1M | 1M |
 CometAPI | $0.12/1M | From$0.48/1M | — | — |
 OrcaRouter | $0.22/1M | $0.66/1M | $0.007/1M | 1.05M |
| OpenRouter | $0.257/1M | From$1.03/1M | — | 164K |
- RequestyFrom$0.28
- CometAPIFrom$0.48
- OrcaRouter$0.66
- OpenRouterFrom$1.03
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- DeepSeek
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 164K≈ 250 pages of text
- Max output
- 16K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Dec 26, 2024
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The lowest price for DeepSeek Chat is $0.28 /1M, at Requesty.
Requesty, at $0.28 /1M. 4 providers serve DeepSeek Chat; the table above lists every one with its price.
DeepSeek Chat reads up to 164K tokens per request and writes up to 16K.
We have not found DeepSeek Chat's weights published by its maker.
4 API providers serve DeepSeek Chat. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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