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DeepSeek API price
OpenRouter does not add a markup on these rates. The number on the provider row is what the credit balance loses, plus the fee you already paid when you bought credits.
Updated 2026-09-27
“DeepSeek API price” on OpenRouter is the pass-through rate for a specific slug. Several V4 Pro revisions are listed at once, and their output prices are not close. Pick the slug before you compare a screenshot.
V4 Pro rates on 27 Sep 2026
| Slug | Input / M | Output / M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (0423) | $0.348 | $0.696 | 1,048,576 |
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 | $0.245 | $3.50 | 1,048,576 |
Those figures come from GET /api/v1/models that day. The model page also prints a provider table, and a batch variant of 0813 was listed separately. A job that looks cheap on input can be expensive on output if you call 0813 and the model writes a long answer. 0423’s card describes 1.6T total parameters with 49B active, and a hybrid attention design shared with V4 Flash.
What a million tokens costs in practice
On the 0423 slug, one million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens are about $0.35 + $0.14 = $0.49 before the credit-purchase fee. The same shape on 0813 is about $0.25 + $0.70 = $0.95. Cache reads are cheaper than fresh input on both slugs. The 0423 cache-read field was $0.029 per million.
Older DeepSeek prices
V3 0324, R1 0528, and V3.1 Terminus were still on the site with their own provider rows, mostly between $0.24 and $0.70 per million input. They are not the V4 price. Use the matching guide if the slug in your code is one of those.
Provider uptime changes the routed price. Re-read the model page on the day you start a batch.
Questions
How much is DeepSeek V4 Pro on OpenRouter?
On 27 Sep 2026, slug deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (the 0423 card) was $0.348 per million input tokens and $0.696 per million output tokens. The GA slug deepseek-v4-pro-0813 was $0.245 and $3.50.
Is that the price on DeepSeek’s own API?
It is the price of the provider OpenRouter is routing to. OpenRouter says it does not mark up inference. DeepSeek’s first-party checkout can still differ.
Does the 5.5 percent fee apply per token?
No. The 5.5 percent fee, $0.80 minimum, is charged when you buy credits. Token prices are deducted from the balance after that.
Related
- DeepSeek V4 Flash price
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 was $0.021 / $0.32 per million tokens on 27 Sep 2026. The 0423 slug was $0.047 / $0.094. Neither was the free router.
- DeepSeek on OpenRouter
OpenRouter lists several DeepSeek slugs at once: V4 Pro, V4 Flash, older V3 chats, and R1 0528. The slug in your request picks the price.
- OpenRouter pricing and credits
OpenRouter credits are a prepaid dollar balance. Buying credits costs 5.5% ($0.80 minimum). Inference uses each provider’s own token price.
- Coding models
Coding-model choice on OpenRouter is price, context, and tool-call reliability. DeepSeek V4, Qwen3.7 Max, GLM 5.2, and Sonnet 5 are the slugs to price first.