DeepSeek: R1 API Pricing
Live token cost for DeepSeek: R1 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: R1 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 | $25.50 |
| Startup | 10,000 | 1,500 / 500 | $690.00 |
| Growth | 100,000 | 3,000 / 800 | $12,300.00 |
| Enterprise | 1,000,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $318,000.00 |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does DeepSeek: R1 cost?
DeepSeek: R1 costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. A typical 1,500-token in / 500-token out request costs $0.00230.
Does DeepSeek: R1 support cached input?
No. DeepSeek: R1 does not currently expose cached-input pricing through DeepSeek. Every input token is billed at the full rate.
What is the DeepSeek: R1 context window?
DeepSeek: R1 supports a context window of 64,000 tokens (64K). Max output per response is 16,000 tokens.
What is DeepSeek: R1 good for?
DeepSeek: R1 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.