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DeepSeek API pricing

DeepSeek offers a chat app, a desktop Harness app, and an API platform built on its own DeepSeek models.

Visit DeepSeek APIPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does DeepSeek API cost?

PriceNot publishedDeepSeek API asks you to contact sales.
Free plan
Not stated
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How you buy and get started

Sign up
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Setup
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When sales steps in
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What DeepSeek API does

The home page links to a web chat, a desktop app called Harness, an API platform, API docs and a pricing page. It announces a DeepSeek V4.1 Flash update with API support for web search and fetching.

Good for
Developers and users who want to use DeepSeek models via chat or API; details beyond the links are not on the home page.
Channels
Web, Mobile app, Desktop app, API
Main product
DeepSeek models (V4.1 Flash) via chat, desktop app and API platform
Also includes
Web chat, Harness desktop app, API open platform, API docs, Mobile app download
Public API
Yes
MCP server
Not stated
  • Pay-per-token pricingNot stated
  • Multiple models availableNot stated
  • Fine-tuning supportNot stated
  • Streaming responsesNot stated
  • Tool and function callingNot stated
  • SOC 2 complianceNot stated
  • No training on your dataNot stated
  • Discounted batch processingNot stated

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Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?Not stated
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2Not stated
GDPRNot stated
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onNot stated
Trust centerNot stated

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

No prices are published on DeepSeek API's pricing page.

Fine print

Billing increment
Not stated
Billed beyond usage
Not stated
Contract
Not stated
Refunds
Not stated
Auto renew
Not stated
Price change notice
Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.

About the company

Legal name
杭州深度求索人工智能基础技术研究有限公司
Online since
Aug 13, 2000
Domain registration date

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Is DeepSeek API free?

No free plan is stated on DeepSeek API's pricing page.