DeepSeek R1 pricing
DeepSeek R1 costs $0.55 per 1M input tokens and $2.19 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 25 July 2026 across 94 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $0.55 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.19 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.06 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 163,840 tokens
No price movement recorded for DeepSeek R1 over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to DeepSeek R1
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | 11% |
| Llama 3.3 70B | $0.60 | $1.20 | 22% |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 22% |
| Grok Code Fast 1 | $0.20 | $1.50 | 45% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 | 53% |
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Text
YemHub (2026). DeepSeek R1 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/deepseek-r1/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026deepseekr1apipricinghistory,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {DeepSeek R1 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/deepseek-r1/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-26}
}