How much does DeepSeek R1 cost?

DeepSeek R1 is billed pay-as-you-go at $1.41 per 1M input tokens and $5.64 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.

What can DeepSeek R1 do?

DeepSeek R1 supports Reasoning.

Is DeepSeek R1 free to use?

DeepSeek R1 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.

How do I use DeepSeek R1 via the API?

DeepSeek R1 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID deepseek-r1 with your Api.Airforce API key.

Who makes DeepSeek R1?

DeepSeek R1 is DeepSeek's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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DeepSeek R1

API model name: deepseek-r1

DeepSeek R1 is DeepSeek's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. Capabilities include Reasoning. It is priced at $1.41 per million input tokens and $5.64 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $1.35 official input rate. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

$1.41

Output / 1M tokens

$5.64

Cache read / 1M tokens

$0.141

Cache write / 1M tokens

Free

Official input rate

$1.35

Official output rate

$5.40

Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.

Specifications

Provider: DeepSeek
Type: chat model

Capabilities

Reasoning

Benchmarks

Independent evaluations and measured speed from Artificial Analysis.

Intelligence Index

13.1/100

Math Index

76.0/100

MMLU-Pro85%

GPQA Diamond81%

Humanity's Last Exam16%

LiveCodeBench77%

AIME 202576%

MATH-50098%

DeepSeek R1 0528 (May '25)

Source: Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai)

What is DeepSeek R1 used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
Complex reasoning — math, coding and step-by-step problem solving.

DeepSeek R1 vs. similar models

Model	Intelligence	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
DeepSeek R1	13.1	—	$1.41	$5.64
DeepSeek	—	—	$0.33	$0.66
DeepSeek Chat	—	—	$0.26	$1.03
DeepSeek Chat V3	—	—	$0.32	$1.26

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

DeepSeek R1 — frequently asked questions

How much does DeepSeek R1 cost?: DeepSeek R1 is billed pay-as-you-go at $1.41 per 1M input tokens and $5.64 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What can DeepSeek R1 do?: DeepSeek R1 supports Reasoning.
Is DeepSeek R1 free to use?: DeepSeek R1 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use DeepSeek R1 via the API?: DeepSeek R1 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID deepseek-r1 with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes DeepSeek R1?: DeepSeek R1 is DeepSeek's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Use DeepSeek R1 via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass deepseek-r1 as the model.

cURL

curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "deepseek-r1",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-r1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-r1",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);