KuraberuAIupdated 16 Sept 2026

R1 0528 pricing.

prices as of · 37 providers · 46 prices

DeepSeek's R1 0528 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.

R1 0528 costs $0.55 in and $2.19 out per million tokens from DeepSeek; the cheapest price we can explain is $1.20 at Lambda, checked 16 Sept 2026.

tool callingreasoningstructured outputopen weights164k contextreleased 28 May 2025
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DeepSeek list price

$3.84/M tokens

$0.55 in · $2.19 out

read · 8% above the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$1.20/M tokens

$0.20 in · $0.60 out · 69% under list

Lambda
View at Lambda ↗

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What it costs for your work

pages a month

DeepSeek list price

$0.461a month

cheapest we can explain · Lambda

$0.156a month

difference

$0.305saved

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 R1 0528

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 DeepSeek's price.

The maker's list price

1 price

What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.

  • DeepSeek

    The price DeepSeek charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.

    66k context hereDeepSeek ↗

    $0.55 / $2.19in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

14 prices

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Lambda

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    131k context hereLambda ↗

    $0.20 / $0.60in / out per M

    0.31×of list price

  • Hyperbolic

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    33k context hereHyperbolic ↗

    $0.40 / $0.40in / out per M

    0.42×of list price

  • NanoGPT

    Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.

    128k context hereNanoGPT ↗

    $0.40 / $1.70in / out per M

    0.76×of list price

  • OpenRouter

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    OpenRouter ↗

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • DeepInfra

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    DeepInfra ↗

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • Submodel

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    75k context here

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • Meganova

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    Meganova ↗

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • DeepInfra

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    fp4 precisionDeepInfra ↗

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • Nous Portal

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    Nous Portal ↗

    $0.50 / $2.15in / out per M

    0.95×of list price

  • SiliconFlow (China)

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    164k context hereSiliconFlow (China) ↗

    $0.50 / $2.18in / out per M

    0.96×of list price

  • SiliconFlow

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    164k context hereSiliconFlow ↗

    $0.50 / $2.18in / out per M

    0.96×of list price

  • SiliconFlow

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    fp8 precisionSiliconFlow ↗

    $0.50 / $2.18in / out per M

    0.96×of list price

  • FastRouter

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    FastRouter ↗

    $0.50 / $2.18in / out per M

    0.96×of list price

  • TrustedRouter

    4% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    TrustedRouter ↗

    $0.53 / $2.27in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Same price as the maker

28 prices

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

showing the 25 cheapest of 28 · every row in the open dataset

Cheaper, and nobody says why

2 prices · never ranked

Below list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.

  • Featherless

    We could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.

    131k context hereFeatherless ↗

    $0.39 / $1.63in / out per M

    0.72×of list price

  • SambaNova

    We could not read this provider's prices reliably, so the row is listed but never ranked.

    33k context hereSambaNova ↗

    $5 / $7in / out per M

    5.73×of list price

Given away with limits

1 free tiers · never ranked

These providers give R1 0528 away inside a quota of their own. A limit is not a price, so none of them counts as cheapest here or anywhere else on the site.

  • iFlow

Frequently asked

Who sells R1 0528 cheapest?
Lambda, at $0.20 in and $0.60 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 R1 0528 open weights?
Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights, so anyone may host R1 0528, which is why 37 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
How much context does R1 0528 hold?
163,840 tokens in one call, which is about 164k, and it can call your own functions.
How does R1 0528 compare with the rest of the market?
At $3.84 per million tokens, DeepSeek's price is 8% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.
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