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R1 API pricing

R1 is DeepSeek’s model on the API market, released 20 Jan 2025. Prices are per million tokens in USD, as last read from the price list.

$0.70Input / 1M
$2.50Output / 1M
64KContext
16KMax output
Specification
USD per million tokens
Provider
DeepSeek
Model id
deepseek/deepseek-r1
Input
$0.70
Output
$2.50
Cached input
Not published
Context window
64K tokens
Maximum output
16K tokens
Takes
text
Returns
text
Tool use
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Released
20 Jan 2025
First tracked
17 Sept 2026

At $0.70 per million input tokens, R1 is dearer than 197 of the 326 models on the price list.

Price changes
Tracked since 17 Sept 2026

No price change has been recorded since tracking began on 17 Sept 2026. Prices are checked every six hours, and any change is listed here and on model changes.

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Prices and specifications come from OpenRouter’s catalogue, last read 17 Sept 2026. A provider’s own price may differ; how this is collected.