DeepSeek API Cost Calculator
Estimate DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro API costs.
Results update automatically as you type.
Result
$0.000280 per request
~$8.40/month at 1,000 requests/day
- Input cost
- $0.000140
- Output cost
- $0.000140
- Per request
- $0.000280
- Per day
- $0.2800
- Per month
- $8.40
Estimate the cost of DeepSeek's API. DeepSeek is among the cheapest frontier options, with V4 Flash and V4 Pro both offering huge context windows and aggressive cache-hit discounts.
How this is calculated
This calculator uses the api cost formulas described in our methodology. All figures are estimates for planning; verify current pricing with each provider before relying on them.
Worked example (defaults)
With the default inputs above, here is the result:
Result
$0.000280 per request
~$8.40/month at 1,000 requests/day
- Input cost
- $0.000140
- Output cost
- $0.000140
- Per request
- $0.000280
- Per day
- $0.2800
- Per month
- $8.40
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek really that cheap?+
Yes. V4 Flash is a fraction of the price of GPT-5 or Claude Opus, and cache hits cost cents per million tokens, though latency and data-residency may differ.