DeepSeek and more
DeepSeek
from $0.025 / 1M
23 models · typical $0.30 · top 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning
Developer head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
DeepSeek vs Anthropic
DeepSeek vs Claude: every model's API price, compared
DeepSeek starts cheaper ($0.025 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens); DeepSeek's typical model costs less ($0.30 vs $7.00); Anthropic has the more accurate top model (95.6% vs 91.7% GPQA).
Claude and more
Anthropic
from $0.20 / 1M
20 models · typical $7.00 · top 95.6% GPQA, max reasoning
- Cheaper entry modelDeepSeek
- More accurate top modelAnthropic
- Cheaper 85%+ GPQA modelDeepSeek
- More modelsDeepSeek
The matchups that matter
| DeepSeek | Anthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest model | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b $0.025 via Nscale | Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.20 via Anthropic · 89.6% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Most accurate (GPQA) | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.63 via DeepInfra · 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning | Claude Sonnet 5.5 $4.00 via Anthropic · 95.6% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Cheapest with 85%+ GPQA | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.105 via DeepInfra · 91.0% GPQA, max reasoning | Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.20 via Anthropic · 89.6% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Typical model price | $0.30 | $7.00 |
| Models we track | 23 | 20 |
Flagships: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5Cheapest: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b vs Claude Haiku 5.5DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
Blended list price per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output) at each model's cheapest provider; only models at least two providers sell. GPQA Diamond by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting.
Every model, cheapest first
DeepSeek
- deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b$0.025 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b44.7% GPQA$0.07 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1.5b33.6% GPQA$0.09 via Nscale
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 073191.0% GPQA, max reasoning$0.105 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash$0.1125 via DeepInfra
- Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 32B64.1% GPQA$0.15 via Nscale
- deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-7b$0.20 via Fireworks AI
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0.21 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash89.8% GPQA, max reasoning$0.21 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-V3.2$0.29 via DeepInfra
- DeepSeek-R1-052876.3% GPQA$0.30 via Lambda
- deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b55.7% GPQA$0.30 via DeepInfra
Anthropic
- Claude Haiku 5.589.6% GPQA, max reasoning$0.20 via Anthropic
- claude-3-5-haiku$1.60 via Amazon Bedrock
- Claude Haiku 4.5$2.00 via Anthropic
- Claude Sonnet 590.5% GPQA, xhigh reasoning$4.00 via Anthropic
- Claude Sonnet 5.595.6% GPQA, max reasoning$4.00 via Anthropic
- Claude Sonnet 4.5$6.00 via Anthropic
- Claude Sonnet 4.683.3% GPQA, high reasoning$6.00 via Anthropic
- claude-3-5-sonnet$6.00 via Amazon Bedrock
- claude-3-7-sonnet$6.00 via Replicate
- claude-4-sonnet$6.00 via Replicate
- Claude Opus 5.590.6% GPQA, max reasoning$8.00 via Anthropic
- Claude Opus 4.5$10.00 via Anthropic
Questions people ask
Is DeepSeek cheaper than Anthropic?
Yes at the cheap end: DeepSeek's cheapest model, deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b, starts at $0.025 per 1M tokens, against $0.20 for Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5. The typical (median) model costs $0.30 at DeepSeek and $7.00 at Anthropic.
Which has the more accurate model, DeepSeek or Anthropic?
DeepSeek's most accurate model we track, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, scores 91.7% GPQA, max reasoning (GPQA Diamond, Epoch AI) for $1.63 per 1M tokens; Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores 95.6% GPQA, max reasoning for $4.00.
How many DeepSeek and Anthropic models can I buy through APIs?
We track 23 DeepSeek and 20 Anthropic models that at least two providers sell, with prices from each provider's pricing page.