DeepSeek V3.1 pricing.
prices as of · 12 providers · 12 prices
DeepSeek V3.1 holds 164k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
DeepSeek V3.1 costs $0.25 in and $0.95 out per million tokens from OpenRouter; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.40 at TensorX, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenRouter list price
$1.70/M tokens
$0.25 in · $0.95 out
read · 52% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$1.40/M tokens
$0.20 in · $0.80 out · 18% under list
read
What it costs for your work
OpenRouter list price
$0.207a month
cheapest we can explain · TensorX
$0.168a month
difference
$0.039saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling DeepSeek V3.1
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against OpenRouter's price. DeepSeek trained DeepSeek V3.1 and sells it on no catalog we read, so the price every row is measured against is OpenRouter's.
Cheaper, and we know why
1 priceBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- TensorX
Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
164k context here$0.20 / $0.80in / out per M
0.82×of list price
Same price as the maker
10 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.25 / $0.95in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $0.95in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $0.95in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.27 / $1in / out per M
1.06×of list price
$0.27 / $1in / out per M
1.06×of list price
$0.27 / $1in / out per M
1.06×of list price
$0.30 / $0.95in / out per M
1.09×of list price
CoreWeave120% above OpenRouter's price.
161k context herefp8 precision$0.55 / $1.65in / out per M
1.94×of list price
Mara140% above OpenRouter's price.
131k context here$0.60 / $1.70in / out per M
2.06×of list price
$0.60 / $1.70in / out per M
2.06×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
1 price · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
SambaNovaWe could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.
$0.65 / $1.50in / out per M
2.03×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells DeepSeek V3.1 cheapest?
- TensorX, at $0.20 in and $0.80 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
- Is DeepSeek V3.1 open weights?
- Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights, so anyone may host DeepSeek V3.1, which is why 12 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does DeepSeek V3.1 hold?
- 163,840 tokens in one call, which is about 164k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does DeepSeek V3.1 compare with the rest of the market?
- At $1.70 per million tokens, OpenRouter's price is 52% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.