DeepSeek R1 Zero: API pricing, providers and specs
DeepSeek R1 Zero is a text model by DeepSeek. One provider serves it: AIHubMix, at $2.20 /1M.
How DeepSeek R1 Zero compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $2.20 /1M against a median of $1.10; 65% of comparable models cost less.
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the MIT license: commercial use allowed.
DeepSeek R1 Zero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | $2.20/1M | $2.20/1M | — | — |
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- DeepSeek
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Jan 20, 2025
- License
- MITcommercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 684B
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The lowest price for DeepSeek R1 Zero is $2.20 /1M, at AIHubMix.
Yes. DeepSeek R1 Zero's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the MIT license.
About 684B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
1 API providers serve DeepSeek R1 Zero. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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