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AI assistant from the Chinese vendor DeepSeek: chat via web and app plus a token-billed API for its own language models.
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DeepSeek is an AI tool for Assistants & workspaces (category: Productivity). Free access: Free plan. 3 plans available (API deepseek-flash, API deepseek-v4-pro, API Search & Fetch).
Category: Productivity · Assistants & workspaces
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| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Web / App (Chat) | contact sales | Free | Home page: 'Free access to DeepSeek. Experience the intelligent model.' Access via web chat (chat.deepseek.com) and the DeepSeek app Per the home page DeepSeek-V4-Pro is 'fully available across the web, mobile app, and API' The vendor publishes no paid subscription tier for the chat product |
| API deepseek-flash | $0.15 (off-peak) / $0.30 (peak) | 1 million Entry tokens (cache miss, off time / peak time) | Input cache hit: $0.003 (off-peak) / $0.006 (peak) per 1M tokens Input cache miss: $0.15 (off-peak) / $0.30 (peak) per 1M tokens Output: $0.60 (off-peak) / $1.20 (peak) per 1M tokens Context length 1M, max output 384K, model version DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 Concurrency limit 2500 Vendor note: 'Off-peak rates are half of the peak rates. Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC, Monday through Friday' Legacy names deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp are still accepted but since 2026-10-17 are served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 at the Flash price; image input (vision) supported. |
| API deepseek-v4-pro | $0.66 (off-peak) / $1.32 (peak) | 1 million Entry tokens (cache miss, off time / peak time) | Input cache hit: $0.022 (off-peak) / $0.044 (peak) per 1M tokens Input cache miss: $0.66 (off-peak) / $1.32 (peak) per 1M tokens Output: $1.98 (off-peak) / $3.96 (peak) per 1M tokens Context length 1M, max output 384K, model version DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 Concurrency limit 500 Per the vendor's own announcement, API service continues past September 14, 2026 at unchanged pricing |
| API Search & Fetch | $0.75 | per 1,000 successful requests | Search API and Fetch API open to everyone since 2026-10-17: $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each, billed per request. Server-side Search/Fetch calls via DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code and Codex are currently free; billing starts 2026-10-31 16:00 UTC (2026-11-01 00:00 Beijing time). |
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Prices last checked: 2026-10-09
Short overview of the vendor's current main models. The API calculator may list more snapshots and variants.
Lower-priced variant with a higher concurrency limit; now unified with image input.
Source https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/
Higher-priced V4 variant; web chat lists access to DeepSeek-V4-Pro.
Source https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/
The API is billed by usage. What it costs you depends on how much you use it.
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Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial.
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. is based in China. Regardless of that location, data processing and privacy terms are governed by the vendor's own contract.
The vendor does not assert any country restriction. Web chat, app and API platform are advertised without regional restrictions. The privacy policy contains an additional clause for the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and names the Prighter Group as the designated representative for the EU and the United Kingdom (contact rep_deepseek@prighter.com). The service is therefore explicitly aimed at users in the EEA as well. Whether a Chinese mobile number is required to sign up is not publicly documented. As jurisdiction and governing law, the terms of use name exclusively the law of the People's Republic of China and the registered seat of Hangzhou DeepSeek. DeepSeek bills API usage uniformly in USD worldwide. There is no regional EUR or CHF billing.
According to our catalog data, Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. is the company behind DeepSeek, so a charge under this name may come from a subscription or purchase at DeepSeek. The exact wording on a bank or card statement is set by the vendor and its payment provider; it can differ and is not recorded here. The invoices in your DeepSeek account help to match the charge; for an unknown charge, contact your bank.
3 plans available (API deepseek-flash, API deepseek-v4-pro, API Search & Fetch).
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