How much does DeepSeek V3 cost?

DeepSeek V3 costs $0.26 per million input tokens and $1.03 per million output tokens on standard pricing. A workload of 20M input and 5M output tokens a month is about $10.

What is the context length of DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek V3 accepts up to 163,840 tokens (164K) of input and can return up to 16,000 tokens in one response.

Does DeepSeek V3 support tool calling and structured outputs?

Yes, DeepSeek V3 supports function/tool calling and structured (JSON) outputs. Supported tools: Function calling, Structured outputs, JSON mode, Deterministic seed.

What inputs and outputs does DeepSeek V3 support?

DeepSeek V3 accepts Text as input and produces Text as output.

Which providers serve DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek V3 is available from 2 API providers: StreamLake, DeepInfra. Prices can differ by provider.

When was DeepSeek V3 released?

DeepSeek V3 was released by DeepSeek in 2024-12.

DeepSeek V3

deepseek-v3

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MoE open model with frontier-class quality at low cost. Built by DeepSeek.

Prices updated recently

Input price

$0.26

per 1M tokens · Standard

Output price

$1.03

per 1M tokens · Standard

Input limit

164K

tokens

Output limit

16K

tokens

Input formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Output formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Compare

DeepSeek V3 price history

16 price records since 4/1/2026 · 14 changes

DeepSeek V3 cost calculator

Input20M tokens

Output5M tokens

$10/month

Standard pricing

Gemini 2.5 Flash$19
GPT-4o mini$6.00

Overview

What is DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek V3 is a text & reasoning and code & slms model from DeepSeek. MoE open model with frontier-class quality at low cost. Its 164K context window and $0.26 input price make it a candidate for cost-sensitive, high-throughput applications.

Code generationAgent workflowsContent workflowsClassification

Benchmarks

DeepSeek V3 benchmarks & speed

How DeepSeek V3 scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.

8.5

Intelligence Index

Better than 20% of 153 models

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond

55.7%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 84%

HLE

2.9%

Humanity's Last Exam · top 97%

Coding

SciCode

35.8%

Python for scientific computing · top 89%

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/5/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.

Rates

DeepSeek V3 pricing

Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.

Input · Standard

$0.26

Per 1M tokens

Cached input · Standard

Not available

No listed cached-input rate

Capabilities

DeepSeek V3 Tools

Tools available when using DeepSeek V3 through supported provider APIs.

Function calling

Supported

Structured outputs

Supported

JSON mode

Supported

Reasoning

Not supported

Built-in web search

Not supported

Log probabilities

Not supported

Deterministic seed

Supported

Parallel tool calls

Not supported

Prompt caching

Not supported

Where to run it

DeepSeek V3 API providers

2 providers serve DeepSeek V3. Prices are per 1M tokens; uptime is the last 24 hours.

Provider	Input	Output	Cached	Context	Uptime
StreamLake	$0.26	$1.03	—	128K	99.28%
DeepInfrafp4	$0.32	$0.89	—	164K	93.03%

StreamLake

Input: $0.26
Output: $1.03
Cached: —
Context: 128K
Uptime: 99.28%

DeepInfrafp4

Input: $0.32
Output: $0.89
Cached: —
Context: 164K
Uptime: 93.03%

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

Low input cost at $0.26 per million tokens suits high-volume workloads.
A 164K context window covers most focused application workflows.
Supports text & reasoning and code & slms workloads in one model.

Limitations

Generated tokens cost 4× more than input tokens, which matters for verbose responses.
The 164K context window is smaller than several long-context alternatives.
Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.

Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.

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