DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 API Pricing
Live token cost for DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 from DeepSeek. Use the figures below for budgeting, then tune your exact request mix in the interactive calculator. Prices refresh every 24 hours from OpenRouter.
Capabilities
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 cost at scale
Estimated monthly cost across common production volumes. Assumes 30-day months and the request shapes shown.
| Tier | Requests / day | In / out tokens | $ / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | 1,000 | 500 / 200 | $8.92 |
| Startup | 10,000 | 1,500 / 500 | $240.12 |
| Growth | 100,000 | 3,000 / 800 | $4,253.76 |
| Enterprise | 1,000,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $109,776.00 |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 cost?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 costs $0.23 per 1M input tokens and $0.91 per 1M output tokens. A typical 1,500-token in / 500-token out request costs $0.00080.
Does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 support cached input?
No. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 does not currently expose cached-input pricing through DeepSeek. Every input token is billed at the full rate.
What is the DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 context window?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 supports a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K). Max output per response is 16,000 tokens.
What is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 good for?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 is a good fit for general-purpose LLM tasks via the DeepSeek API — chat, code, writing, summarization. For other use cases, run your specific input/output mix through the interactive calculator to compare against alternative models.