DeepSeek Reasoner: API pricing, providers and specs
DeepSeek Reasoner is a text model by DeepSeek. 3 providers serve it, from $0.28 to $1.68 /1M; the lowest price is at Requesty.
How DeepSeek Reasoner 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 1.05M-token context window is larger than 83% of them (median 262K), about 1570 pages of text.
- 3 providers serve it; 52% of comparable models have fewer.
DeepSeek Reasoner 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 |
 OrcaRouter | $0.242/1M | $0.726/1M | $0.008/1M | 1.05M |
 Helicone | $0.56/1M | From$1.68/1M | $0.07/1M | — |
- RequestyFrom$0.28
- OrcaRouter$0.726
- HeliconeFrom$1.68
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- DeepSeek
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 1.05M≈ 1570 pages of text
- Max output
- 384K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
- Released
- Jan 20, 2025
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The lowest price for DeepSeek Reasoner is $0.28 /1M, at Requesty.
Requesty, at $0.28 /1M. 3 providers serve DeepSeek Reasoner; the table above lists every one with its price.
DeepSeek Reasoner reads up to 1.05M tokens per request and writes up to 384K.
We have not found DeepSeek Reasoner's weights published by its maker.
3 API providers serve DeepSeek Reasoner. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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