DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek-V3 is a language model from DeepSeek released on Dec 1, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 164K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.32 per million input tokens and $0.89 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling and structured JSON output, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
11 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.27 per million tokens at Merge Gateway.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.32 / $0.89 per 1M
- Context
- 164K
- Max output
- 8K
- Released
- Dec 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
DeepSeek-V3 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.32 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.89 / 1M tokens |
DeepSeek-V3 providers
11 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.27 per million tokens at Merge Gateway. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Infra | $0.32 | $0.89 | – | 164K | 8K |
| Hugging Face | $0.40 | $1.30 | – | 64K | 8K |
| Novita AI | $0.89 | $0.89 | – | 64K | 16K |
| Merge Gateway | $0.27 | $1.10 | – | 164K | 82K |
| Pioneer | $0.27 | $1.12 | $0.135 | 164K | 8K |
| Alibaba (China) | $0.287 | $1.15 | – | 66K | 8K |
| Eden AI | $0.32 | $0.89 | – | 164K | 8K |
| Helicone | $0.56 | $1.68 | $0.07 | 128K | 8K |
| DigitalOcean | n/a | n/a | – | 164K | 131K |
| iFlow | n/a | n/a | – | 128K | 32K |
| Qiniu | n/a | n/a | – | 128K | 16K |
What DeepSeek-V3 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call DeepSeek-V3 through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Temperature
temperature
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DeepSeek-V3 questions
How much does the DeepSeek-V3 API cost?
$0.32 per million input tokens and $0.89 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of DeepSeek-V3?
163,840 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve DeepSeek-V3?
11 providers serve it, including Deep Infra, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.27 per million tokens at Merge Gateway. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does DeepSeek-V3 support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is DeepSeek-V3 open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was DeepSeek-V3 released?
Dec 1, 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on DeepSeek-V3?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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