AI Model Atlas / DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3 0324
One million input tokens cost $0.29 and one million output tokens $1.14. Context window: 164k tokens, about 273 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.0029 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.07 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $0.11 |
Technical details
| Provider | DeepSeek |
| Modalities | text → text |
| Context window | 164k tokens (~273 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 115k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | no |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 |
| Cache read | $0.11 per million |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing DeepSeek V3 0324 is more expensive than 38 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 355 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $0.292026-11-11 · $0.29
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.0029 | 1.1M |
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.0029 | 1.1M |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google | $0.15 | $1.25 | $0.0030 | 1M |
| GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | $0.20 | $1.25 | $0.0031 | 400k |
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