Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek: R1
Head-to-head API pricing and cost comparison between Anthropic’s Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 and DeepSeek’s DeepSeek: R1. Prices auto-refresh daily from OpenRouter.
DeepSeek: R1 is 86% cheaper for input tokens; DeepSeek: R1 also wins on output tokens.
Side-by-side comparison
| Spec | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 | DeepSeek: R1 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price (per 1M) | $5.00 | $0.70 |
| Cached input (per 1M) | $0.50 | — |
| Output price (per 1M) | $25.00 | $2.50 |
| Batch input (per 1M) | $2.50 | — |
| Batch output (per 1M) | $12.50 | — |
| Reasoning price (per 1M) | — | — |
| Context window | 1000K | 64K |
| Vision support | Yes | No |
| Caching support | Yes | No |
| Batch API | Yes | No |
| Reasoning capability | No | No |
Monthly cost at volume
Estimated monthly API spend at common production traffic levels (input/output tokens per request shown).
| Volume | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 | DeepSeek: R1 | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
1K req/day 500in / 200out tokens | $225.00 | $25.50 | $199.50 DeepSeek: R1 wins |
10K req/day 1500in / 500out tokens | $6,000 | $690.00 | $5,310 DeepSeek: R1 wins |
100K req/day 3000in / 800out tokens | $105,000 | $12,300 | $92,700 DeepSeek: R1 wins |
1M req/day 8000in / 2000out tokens | $2,700,000 | $318,000 | $2,382,000 DeepSeek: R1 wins |
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 or DeepSeek: R1?
For input tokens, DeepSeek: R1 is roughly 86% cheaper at $0.70/1M vs $5.00/1M. For output tokens, DeepSeek: R1 wins at $2.50/1M. Real-world cost depends on your input/output ratio — use the calculator to model your actual workload.
What’s the context window difference?
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 has a context window of 1000K tokens. DeepSeek: R1 offers 64K tokens. Larger context windows are valuable for long documents, RAG pipelines, and multi-turn conversations — but they come with higher input-token bills if you fill them every request.
Should I use Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 or DeepSeek: R1?
Choose Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 if you’re already on the Anthropic stack, want broad ecosystem support, or prefer its feature set. Choose DeepSeek: R1 for DeepSeek’s ecosystem, or its cheaper input tokens. Run a small benchmark on your own prompts before committing — price is only one axis.
How are these prices kept current?
Prices are pulled directly from OpenRouter’s public models API once every 24 hours via a Convex cron job, then normalized to per-1M-token figures. Last refresh: Apr 21, 2026.