DeepSeek V3 API Pricing / Price per 1M tokens

Name: DeepSeek V3
Brand: DeepSeek

DeepSeek • API Price Comparison

Also known as: deepseek-v3 · deepseekv3

Updated on 2026-10-16 · Published currencies / per 1M tokens; cheapest ranked by input

Official and cheapest channel API pricing
Channel	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cache read / 1M	Updated / verified on
Official	No official quote recorded
OpenRouterLowest input	USD 0.259	USD 0.8	USD 0.14	2026-10-16
XycAi	CNY 8.4525	CNY 8.4525	—	2026-10-16

— means the price or date is not recorded. Cross-currency ranking uses exchange rates.

📏 Context: 128,000 tokensReleased Dec 1, 2025

DeepSeek V3 is a large language model by DeepSeek with a 128K-token context window. Across the 2 API channels tracked here, input pricing ranges from $0.26–$1.23 per 1M input tokens (USD-normalized); the cheapest is OpenRouter at $0.26 per 1M input tokens. Channels reachable from mainland China without a VPN include XycAi. Prices are collected daily from official provider pages and every tracked channel, then cross-checked by a data-accuracy audit.

Model performance benchmarks

Scores retain their original benchmark, version and metric. We do not combine them into a site-wide score; results from different versions are not directly comparable.

GPQA Diamond

55.7%

DiamondArtificial Analysis current suite · ACCURACYAs of 2026-10-15

Humanity's Last Exam

2.9%

Text onlyArtificial Analysis current suite · ACCURACYAs of 2026-10-15

SciCode

35.8%

MainArtificial Analysis current suite · PASS_RATEAs of 2026-10-15

Terminal-Bench Hard

6.8%

HardArtificial Analysis current suite · SUCCESS_RATEAs of 2026-10-15

IFBench

34.8%

MainArtificial Analysis current suite · ACCURACYAs of 2026-10-15

💰 Cheapest Option

OpenRouter

$0.26/1M input

$0.80/1M output

🏢 Official Price

N/A

No official channel available

🇨🇳 Best in China

XycAi

¥8.45/1M input

¥8.45/1M output

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📊 Channel Price Comparison

Compare deepseek-v3 API prices across all available channels • 2 channels available

Channel	Type	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Rate Limit	China	vs Official
OpenRouter22 variants💰 Best Price	聚合平台	$0.26	$0.80	-	-	-
Show all price variants for this channel OpenRouter Auto / default routeDefault $0.26 / $0.80 per 1M default_route Cheapest endpoint: GMICloud $0.21 / $0.31 per 1M cheapest_endpoint GMICloud \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.21 / $0.31 per 1M upstream_provider SiliconFlow \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 $0.25 / $1.00 per 1M upstream_provider DeepInfra \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 $0.25 / $0.95 per 1M upstream_provider StreamLake \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3 $0.26 / $1.03 per 1M upstream_provider SiliconFlow \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.26 / $0.80 per 1M upstream_provider AtlasCloud \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.26 / $0.38 per 1M upstream_provider DeepInfra \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.26 / $0.38 per 1M upstream_provider Venice \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.27 / $0.39 per 1M upstream_provider SiliconFlow \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 $0.27 / $1.00 per 1M upstream_provider SiliconFlow \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-exp $0.27 / $0.41 per 1M upstream_provider SiliconFlow \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus $0.27 / $1.00 per 1M upstream_provider Baidu \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.28 / $0.42 per 1M upstream_provider GMICloud \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 $0.29 / $1.14 per 1M upstream_provider DigitalOcean \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.30 / $0.96 per 1M upstream_provider StreamLake \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus $0.34 / $1.03 per 1M upstream_provider Friendli \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.50 / $1.50 per 1M upstream_provider CoreWeave \| deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 $0.55 / $1.65 per 1M upstream_provider Google \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $0.56 / $1.68 per 1M upstream_provider Phala \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $1.00 / $1.00 per 1M upstream_provider Mara \| deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-20251201 $3.00 / $4.50 per 1M upstream_provider
XycAi	转售商	¥8.45	¥8.45	-		-

📈 Price History

Every scraper-detected price change is recorded. Same-day multiple changes take the last value; unchanged channels carry the last observed price forward.

151 changes · 2/2 channels

💵 Estimated Monthly Costs

Based on typical usage patterns (input:output = 2:1 ratio); all channels converted to USD for comparison

Usage Level	Tokens/Month	OpenRouter	XycAi
🐣 Light	0.1M in + 0.1M out	$0.07	$0.18
📊 Medium	1.0M in + 0.5M out	$0.66	$1.84
🚀 Heavy	10.0M in + 5.0M out	$6.59	$18.38
🏢 Enterprise	100.0M in + 50.0M out	$65.90	$183.75

Frequently asked questions about deepseek-v3

How much does the DeepSeek V3 API cost?

The lowest input rate is USD 0.259 per 1M tokens; output on that channel is USD 0.8 per 1M tokens.

Which channel has the cheapest DeepSeek V3 API?

OpenRouter has the lowest input rate: USD 0.259 per 1M tokens. Cross-currency ranking uses exchange rates; compare output and cache prices separately.