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DeepSeek Chat

Current DeepSeek general-purpose family for low-cost text generation, JSON output, and tool use.

Creator
DeepSeek
Lifecycle
Active
Context
128.0K
Max output
8.0K
Released
Dec 26, 2024
Status
up
Input
$0.27 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.10 / 1M tokens
Cached read
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Cached write
$0.27 / 1M tokens
Batch discount
—%
Source
DeepSeek Chat pricing
Verified
Apr 2, 2026 (High)

Capabilities

Modalities
text→text
Capabilities
batchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths
Very low cost, Reliable structured output
Tradeoffs
Text-only, Lower reasoning depth than reasoner tier
Official Links
Intro
https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news251201
Docs
https://api-docs.deepseek.com/
Pricing
https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/
Release note
https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates/

Benchmark Coverage

BenchmarkVersionScoreDateSourceNotes

Release History

ReleaseAliasLifecycleRelease DateDeprecationShutdownSummary
DeepSeek Chatdeepseek-chatActiveDec 1, 2025——Current published model family snapshot.

Host Coverage

HostTypeContextPricing NoteDifferences
DeepSeek APIfirst-party128.0KReference pricing for DeepSeek-V3.2 non-thinking mode.JSON output; FIM beta
Migration Guidance

Default DeepSeek choice unless step-by-step reasoning is explicitly needed.

Replacement models: deepseek-reasoner

Change Events
DateTypeTitleDescriptionSource
Dec 26, 2024family_addedDeepSeek Chat publishedInitial public model family launch.DeepSeek Chat release notes

Other models from DeepSeek

DeepSeek Reasoner, DeepSeek V3