API PRICES
DeepSeek · DeepSeek-R1
Provider prices, cheapest first
DeepSeek · DeepSeek-R1 official price: not yet recorded. Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.7, output 2.5 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: aws.baby, group "Alibaba Cloud selected special offers [machine translation] (on site: 阿里云精选特惠)" 0.5 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 61 sites have comparable prices; 101 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.15 · median 1.15 · highest 1.15 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.5 · median 7 · highest 70 · 132 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.92 · median 7 · highest 19.6 · 18 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | 0.7 | 2.5 | — | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source |
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.5 · median 7 · highest 70 (132 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 46 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国产特价 Name on site: deepseek-r1 Chinese models special price [machine translation]Original: 国产特价 Operator pending verification | 2.8 | 11.2 | — | 4.9Median price ÷ this price: 1.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 46 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Chinese models special price [machine translation]Group on site: 国产特价 Name on site: deepseek-r1 Chinese models special price [machine translation]Original: 国产特价 Operator pending verification | 2.8 | 11.2 | — | 4.9Median price ÷ this price: 1.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | poloai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Deepseek Name on site: deepseek-r1 deepseek series [machine translation]Original: deepseek系列 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | cn.gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | poloapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Deepseek Name on site: deepseek-r1 deepseek series [machine translation]Original: deepseek系列 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | xy.poloapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Deepseek Name on site: deepseek-r1 deepseek series [machine translation]Original: deepseek系列 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 53 | yutoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 Default channel [machine translation]Original: 默认通道 Operator pending verification | 3.2 | 12.8 | — | 5.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | — | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 7 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: Pro/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | — | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 7 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | — | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 7 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | — | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 Default group (1.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组（1.0倍率） Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | — | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | Evan Name on site: deepseek-r1 Evan Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | GZD Name on site: deepseek-r1 GZD Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | Premium Name on site: deepseek-r1 Premium Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | XM Name on site: deepseek-r1 XM Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | XMGMI Name on site: deepseek-r1 XMGMI Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | XMboss Name on site: deepseek-r1 XMboss Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | cc Name on site: deepseek-r1 cc Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | default Name on site: deepseek-r1 default Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | fanshi Name on site: deepseek-r1 fanshi Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | ggl_an Name on site: deepseek-r1 ggl_an Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | hershe Name on site: deepseek-r1 hershe Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 59 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | minimax Name on site: deepseek-r1 minimax Operator pending verification | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
Related variants · 14 rows · not ranked
These are special editions of the model (thinking, max, search, batch, long context, free, etc.). They are priced differently from the base model, so they are listed separately and not ranked. Names that only add an effort level such as low, high or nothinking are compared with the base model.
- deepseek-r1-searching (-searching · search or tool): 9 rows
- deepseek-r1-search (-search · search or tool): 5 rows
- api.xhuoai.com · deepseek · deepseek-r1-search · Input 2.4 / Output 9.6 USD credits / 1M
- api.xhuoai.com · deepseek · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 2.4 / Output 9.6 USD credits / 1M
- api.xhuoai.com · default · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- api.xhuoai.com · default · deepseek-r1-search · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- api.xistree.hk · default · deepseek-r1-search · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- api.xistree.hk · default · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- xinsuanai.com · default · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- zen-ai.top · default · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 4 / Output 16 USD credits / 1M
- hohoapi.com · default · deepseek-r1-search · Input 5.2 / Output 20.8 USD credits / 1M
- xinsuanai.com · vip · deepseek-r1-searching · Input 12 / Output 48 USD credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 332 recorded prices; 186 can be compared directly (167 ranked, 19 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 97, ratio looks unset 13, billed per request or another unit 9, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 9, display unit not confirmed 8, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 8
137 recent · 8 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
Sources not accepted this cycle and reasons
FAQ
Which API is cheapest for DeepSeek · DeepSeek-R1?
aws.baby, group "阿里云精选特惠 (Alibaba Cloud selected special offers)", 0.5 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 61 sites have comparable prices.
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