DeepSeek Reasoner pricing
Source: litellm · updated 2026-10-27
Short answer: DeepSeek Reasoner costs $0.190 per million input tokens and $0.380 per million output tokens. That is a 3:1 blended rate of $0.237 per million tokens, ranking it #217 of 704 tracked models by input price.
Price breakdown
| Metric | USD |
|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.190 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.380 |
| Output รท input multiple | 2.00× |
| 3:1 blended, per 1M tokens | $0.237 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens |
What a typical workload costs
| Monthly volume | Input cost | Output cost | Total | 1M in / 250K out | $0.190 | $0.095 | $0.285 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $1.90 | $0.950 | $2.85 | ||||
| 100M in / 25M out | $19.00 | $9.50 | $28.50 |
Other inferenceapis models
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | $0.190 | $0.380 |
| Llama 3.1.8 B Instant | $0.200 | $0.500 |
| Llama 3.3 70 B | $0.200 | $0.500 |
| Llama 3.3 70 B Versatile | $0.200 | $0.500 |
| Llama 3.3 70 B Instruct Turbo | $0.200 | $0.500 |
Compare against
Cheaper alternatives
Next cheaper option: Zai GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.150 per 1M input tokens. Next step up: Us Gov Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 at $0.120 per 1M input tokens.