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Deprecated model

Deprecation date: 2026-07-24.

Use OpenRouter DeepSeek V4 Flash →
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OpenRouter DeepSeek ChatPricing & API costs

Deprecated DeepSeek alias. The official updates page points callers to deepseek-v4-flash.

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Official docs
Rates checked USD pricing
OPENROUTER CHANNEL
Published rates

$0.32 input · $0.89 output / 1M tokens

Official pricing

Context window

163,840 tokens

Maximum output

16,384 tokens

Release date

2024-12-26

API model ID

deepseek/deepseek-chat

Model overview

Understand the model before estimating your workload.

Use the model ID deepseek/deepseek-chat through OpenRouter. The prices and limits on this page apply to that specific listing, with source data checked on 2026-10-12.

OpenRouter DeepSeek Chat has a published context window of 163,840 tokens. The maximum output for this channel is 16,384 tokens. Budget context space for your prompt, conversation history, retrieved material, and the response. Context capacity and output limits are different; your input and response must fit within the request limits. A larger window does not make those tokens free.

This listing uses the DeepInfra endpoint rate through OpenRouter. Routing to another endpoint can change the price or output limit. Compare the endpoint shown here with the one your application actually uses.

Pricing

DeepInfra rate via OpenRouter.

Per 1M tokens

Input

$0.32

Output

$0.89

Batch pricing

OpenRouter has separate batch model IDs; those rates are not included in the standard listing.

How billing works

The details that turn a token rate into an actual bill.

Use the published billing unit

This model uses / 1M tokens. Do not substitute a text-token estimate for image, audio, video, or document charges.

A missing rate is not free usage

If a price, discount, or limit is marked not published, confirm it with the provider before estimating spend. The calculator does not invent a separate cache discount when no cached-input rate is available.

Check discounts and rate tiers

No batch multiplier is applied to the examples on this page. Check the pricing source before assuming an asynchronous job receives a discount. Review the provider's pricing terms for workload-specific conditions.

Account for the complete workflow

Retries, follow-up calls, and agent tool loops increase request counts. Search, storage, and other tool charges can be billed separately from model inference. Use actual API usage logs to calibrate a budget before scaling traffic.

Capabilities and limits

What the API supports and where limits apply.

Provider
OpenRouter
Model type
Text tokens
Family
deepseek
Access
OpenRouter
Modalities
Text
Context window
163,840 tokens
Max output
16,384 tokens
Released
2024-12-26
Deprecation date
2026-07-24

Model relationships

Aliases, snapshots, and replacements for this model.

Replacement
OpenRouter DeepSeek V4 Flash

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Direct provider APIdeepseek-chat
Deprecated

Deprecation date:

Max output: not published

Pricing not published

OpenRouterCurrent pagedeepseek/deepseek-chat
Deprecated

Deprecation date:

Max output: 16,384 · DeepInfra endpoint

$0.32 input · $0.89 output / 1M tokens

Sources

Official pages and the date this information was checked.

Last checked
2026-10-12
Source links
3

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OpenRouter pricing checked on 2026-10-12: $0.32 input · $0.89 output / 1M tokens. These are OpenRouter channel rates; a different endpoint may have different pricing.

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