First-party APIs
OpenAI-compatible
CN
DeepSeek Platform.
DeepSeek's first-party API for V3, R1, and the R1-Distill family. Among the lowest published per-token rates on frontier-tier models.
Cheapest 12 models
Where the floor is.
Sorted cheapest-first by $/M input. Useful when you're looking for the floor before picking a model.
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At a glance
- Service type
- First-party APIs
- Trust tier
- Tier 1
- Headquarters
- CN
- OpenAI-compat
- Yes
- Open weights
- Yes
- Proprietary
- No
When to pick DeepSeek Platform
Best for
- Full feature coverage — prompt caching, batch tier, function calling, fine-tuning.
- The lowest per-token rate for the maker's own models.
- Production workloads where a direct billing relationship matters.
Avoid for
- Multi-model workflows that need a unified billing surface.
- Anywhere the maker's own SLA isn't sufficient.
Models on DeepSeek Platform
Pricing + measured speed + self-host alternative, one row per model. Click a column header to sort.