AI Model Atlas / DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3
One million input tokens cost $0.32 and one million output tokens $0.89. 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 | $0.0024 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.06 |
| 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 | 16k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | no |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-07-31 |
| Cache read | no data |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing DeepSeek V3 is more expensive than 42 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 355 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $0.322026-11-11 · $0.32
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Coder FlashQwen (Alibaba) | $0.20 | $0.98 | $0.0024 | 1M |
| GLM 4.6VZ.ai | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.0024 | 131k |
| Codestral 2508Mistral AI | $0.30 | $0.90 | $0.0024 | 256k |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen (Alibaba) | $0.14 | $1.00 | $0.0024 | 262k |
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