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DeepSeek-R1 API pricing: cheapest provider

8 providers sell DeepSeek-R1. SiliconFlow is cheapest; the most expensive charges 6.0× as much for the same model.

Cheapest$0.92per 1M · SiliconFlow
Input · output$0.50 / $2.18per 1M tokens
Price gap6.0×across 8 providers
Accuracy69.2%GPQA
Context164Kmax tokens

$0.92 SiliconFlow6.0× spread$5.50 SambaNova

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Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Sep 28, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices

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DeepSeek-R1 monthly cost by provider

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

More requirements: caching, context, features, provider

Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input / 1M	Context
1 SiliconFlowInference provider - lowest for your volumePricing page	$9.36	$0.50	$2.18	Not listed	164,000
2 DeepSeekModel developerPricing page	$9.88	$0.55	$2.19	$0.14	65,536
3 DeepInfraInference providerPricing page	$11.80	$0.70	$2.40	Not listed	163,840
4 Nebius Token FactoryCloud platformPricing page	$12.80	$0.80	$2.40	Not listed	128,000
5 Fireworks AIInference providerPricing page	$46.00	$3.00	$8.00	Not listed	163,840
6 Novita AIInference providerPricing page	$48.00	$4.00	$4.00	Not listed	64,000
7 ReplicateInference providerPricing page	$57.50	$3.75	$10.00	Not listed	65,536
8 SambaNovaInference providerPricing page	$64.00	$5.00	$7.00	Not listed	32,768

Order depends on listed price for your volume only. No provider pays for its position.

Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.

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| DeepSeek-R1 provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| SiliconFlow | $0.50 | $2.18 | $9.36 |
| DeepSeek | $0.55 | $2.19 | $9.88 |
| DeepInfra | $0.70 | $2.40 | $11.80 |
| Nebius Token Factory | $0.80 | $2.40 | $12.80 |
| Fireworks AI | $3.00 | $8.00 | $46.00 |
| Novita AI | $4.00 | $4.00 | $48.00 |
| Replicate | $3.75 | $10.00 | $57.50 |
| SambaNova | $5.00 | $7.00 | $64.00 |

Standard list prices as of Oct 31, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/deepseek-r1)

Accuracy: GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science questions) measured by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) on DeepSeek-R1, run May 26, 2025. The model is the same at every provider, though quantized deployments can score lower.

Price history

The cheapest price has not changed since tracking started on Sep 28, 2026: $0.92 per 1M tokens at SiliconFlow. All price changes

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from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.siliconflow.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["SILICONFLOW_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

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SiliconFlow lists DeepSeek-R1 4% below the developer's own API (DeepSeek) on a blended basis. Check rate limits, data retention and model quantization before switching.

Context windows differ by provider, from 33K to 164K tokens. A cheaper host may not accept your longest prompts.

1 of 8 providers list a cached-input price. Repeated system prompts or documents can cost much less there than the standard input rate shown above.

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