DeepSeek R1 pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-11-05
Short answer: DeepSeek R1 costs $0.500 per million input tokens and $2.18 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.920 per million tokens, ranking it #454 of 813 tracked models by input price.
Input / 1M
$0.500
Output / 1M
$2.18
Output ÷ input
4.36×
Context window
131,072
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.500 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $2.18 |
| Output ÷ input multiple | 4.36× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.920 |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens |
| Vendor | gmi |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.500 | $0.545 | $1.04 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $5.00 | $5.45 | $10.45 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $50.00 | $54.50 | $104 |
Other gmi models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3 235 B A22 B Instruct 2507 Fp 8 | $0.087 | $0.350 |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7 B | $0.100 | $0.200 |
| Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120 B A12 B Bf 16 | $0.100 | $0.500 |
| GPT-4 O Mini | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30 B A3 B Bf 16 | $0.150 | $1.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: DeepSeek R1 0528 at $0.500 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Qwen 3.6 27 B at $0.413 per 1M input tokens.
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