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 | $0.55 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $2.19 / 1M tokens |
| Cached read | $0.14 / 1M tokens |
| Source | DeepSeek pricing details |
| Verified | Apr 10, 2026 (High) |
Surface
Capabilities
Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text totext |
| Capabilities | reasoningpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs |
| Strengths | Reasoning, Coding, Math |
| Tradeoffs | Text-only |
References
Official Links
Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| Intro | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120 |
| Docs | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/thinking_mode |
| Pricing | Verify current pricing on provider’s page → |
| Release note | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250120 |
| Release note | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250528 |
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 R1 | deepseek-reasoner | Active | Jan 20, 2025 | — | — | Initial public DeepSeek R1 API release. |
| DeepSeek R1-0528 | deepseek-reasoner | Active | May 28, 2025 | — | — | Official R1 update released on May 28, 2025. |
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 | 64.0K | $0.14/1M cached in · $0.55/1M uncached in · $2.19/1M out | — |
Migration
Migration Guidance
Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Summary |
Timeline
Change Events
Cataloged model-family updates and source references.
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2025 | family_added | DeepSeek R1 released | Official DeepSeek reasoning model announced for API use as `deepseek-reasoner`. | DeepSeek R1 release |
| May 28, 2025 | release_added | DeepSeek R1-0528 update | Official update to the R1 family published on May 28, 2025. | DeepSeek R1-0528 release |
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