Pricing
Model Overview
Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.
| Price field | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.27 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $1.10 / 1M tokens |
| Cached read | $0.07 / 1M tokens |
| Cached write | $0.27 / 1M tokens |
| Source | DeepSeek Chat pricing |
| Verified | Apr 2, 2026 (High) |
Surface
Capabilities
Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text totext |
| Capabilities | batchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs |
| Strengths | Very low cost, Reliable structured output |
| Tradeoffs | Text-only, Lower reasoning depth than reasoner tier |
References
Official Links
Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| 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/ |
Coverage
Benchmark Coverage
Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.
| Benchmark | Version | Score | Date | Source | Notes |
|---|
Lifecycle
Release History
Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.
| Release | Alias | Lifecycle | Release Date | Deprecation | Shutdown | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Chat | deepseek-chat | Active | Dec 1, 2025 | — | — | Current published model family snapshot. |
Surfaces
Host Coverage
Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.
| Host | Type | Context | Pricing Note | Differences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek API | first-party | 128.0K | Reference pricing for DeepSeek-V3.2 non-thinking mode. | JSON output; FIM beta |
Migration
Migration Guidance
Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Summary | Default DeepSeek choice unless step-by-step reasoning is explicitly needed. |
| Replacement models | deepseek-reasoner |
Timeline
Change Events
Cataloged model-family updates and source references.
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2024 | family_added | DeepSeek Chat published | Initial public model family launch. | DeepSeek Chat release notes |
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