DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek chattool_use

API ID: deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3

Input Price
$0.30
/1M tokens
Output Price
$1.20
/1M tokens

About DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperforms other open-source models and rivals leading closed-source models. For model details, please visit [the DeepSeek-V3 repo](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3) for more information, or see the [launch announcement](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news1226).

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Price Ranking
#888 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
164k
Max Output
16k
Release Date
2024-12-26
Capabilities
chat tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.49
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$15.30
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each

DeepSeek Model Lineup

Compare all models from DeepSeek to find the best fit

Model Input Output Context Capabilities
DeepSeek V3 Current Free Free 164k chat tool_use
DeepSeek V3.1 Base Free Free 164k chat
DeepSeek V3.1 Base Free Free 164k chat
DeepSeek Prover V2 Free Free 164k chat
DeepSeek V3 Base Free Free 131k chat
DeepSeek V3 Base Free Free 131k chat

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with DeepSeek V3 API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)