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 | $0.28 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $0.42 / 1M tokens |
| Cached read | $0.03 / 1M tokens |
| Batch discount | 50% |
| Source | DeepSeek pricing |
| Verified | Apr 10, 2026 (High) |
Surface
Capabilities
Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text totext |
| Capabilities | reasoningbatchSupportfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs |
| Strengths | Low blended token cost, Strong coding value |
| Tradeoffs | Smaller host ecosystem than hyperscaler-backed families |
References
Official Links
Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| Intro | https://api-docs.deepseek.com |
| Docs | https://api-docs.deepseek.com |
| Pricing | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing |
| Release note | https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news |
Coverage
Benchmark Coverage
Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.
| Benchmark | Version | Score | Date | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HumanEval | 2026-Q1 | 91.2 pass@1 | Feb 18, 2026 | DeepSeek news | Use as raw evidence only. |
Lifecycle
Release History
Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.
| Release | Alias | Lifecycle | Release Date | Deprecation | Shutdown | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3 | deepseek-v3 | Active | Dec 26, 2025 | — | — | Current DeepSeek frontier family for production API workloads. |
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 and official model aliases. | Direct vendor access |
| OpenRouter | aggregator | 128.0K | Third-party routing with model discovery and multi-provider failover. | Aggregator routing |
Migration
Migration Guidance
Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Summary | Strong price-performance destination for teams moving off more expensive general-purpose text families. |
| Breaking changes | Tooling and guardrail behavior differ from proprietary-provider ecosystems. |
Timeline
Change Events
Cataloged model-family updates and source references.
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2025 | family_added | Family launched | DeepSeek V3 launched as the vendor's current production API family. | DeepSeek news |
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