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DeepSeek Chat
deepseek·deepseek/deepseek-chat·GA·Open weights·deepseek series
DeepSeek chat model for instruction following, coding, and analysis
At a glance
Official price$0.14 / $0.28 per 1M
Cache read $0.0028 · DeepSeek
Lowest paid$0.14 / $0.28
OrcaRouter Gateway · 2.9× spread
Context1,000,000
⚠ Providers report 128,000–1,000,000; the table below is authoritative
Output limit384,000
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ Temperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-09
Released / updated2025-12-01 / 2026-02-28
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 7 providers6 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrcaRouter | Gateway | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.028 | — | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | |
| DeepSeekOfficial | First-party | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.0028 | — | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | |
| Eden AI | Gateway | $0.28 | $0.42 | $0.028 | — | 131,072 ⚠ | 384,000 | |
| 302.AI | Gateway | $0.29 | $0.43 | — | — | 128,000 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.257 | $1.03 | — | — | 163,840 ⚠ | 16,000 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.40 | $1.30 | — | — | 128,000 ⚠ | 16,000 | |
| AnyAPI | Gateway | — | — | — | — | 1,000,000 | 384,000 | hostTable.undisclosed |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1DeepSeek · Official$25.54
2OrcaRouter$28.56
3Eden AI$46.76
4302.AI$79.50
5OpenRouter$102.92
6Kilo Gateway$145.00
The cheapest paid channel is official.
Benchmark1 items
| Name | Conditions | Score | Metric | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 70.2 | percent correct | Source ↗ |
The same benchmark scores very differently across harness / dataset, so the qualifying conditions must be shown together.
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