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DeepSeek-V3 Pricing & Cost Calculator

Simulate enterprise token spend for DeepSeek-V3. Calculate prompt caching ROI, conversation compounding across multi-turn sessions, and batch execution savings.

Baseline Rate $0.14 in / $0.28 out Per 1,000,000 Tokens
Preset Architecture:

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1 Token ≈ standard BPE tokenizer token

Volume & Architecture Sliders

Daily Requests / Sessions25,000 / day
10 req/day750,000 req/mo500k req/day
System Prompt + RAG Context4,000 tokens
0Pinned Prefix100,000
User Input per Turn350 tokens
Model Output per Turn600 tokens
Conversation Turns per Session2 Turns (Compounding)

Multi-turn compounding re-sends conversation history each turn: cumulative context grows quadratically.

Prompt Cache Hit Rate60%
0% (No Cache)50%95% Max SLA
Batch API (24h Async Queue)50% discount on supported models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google)
Primary Model A
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3

$718.10/ month
Run-Rate: $8,617/yr
Cost / 1k Reqs$0.957
Peak Context5.3k tokens
Comparison Model B
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3

$718.10/ month
Run-Rate: $8,617/yr
Cost / 1k Reqs$0.957
Peak Context5.3k tokens
DeepSeek-V3 is 0.0% cheaper
Net Delta: $0.00/mo ($0.00/year)
0.0% Margin Impact

Token Spend Composition (DeepSeek-V3)

Total 8.14B tokens/mo
Fresh Input
$405.30
2.90B toks (56%)
Cached Input
$60.80
4.34B toks (8%)
Model Output
$252.00
900.00M toks (35%)

Volume Tier Cost Projection Table

Standard enterprise benchmark: 3k prompt tokens, 500 output tokens, 2 turns, 50% prompt cache hit.

Updated Daily
Daily Volume Monthly Requests Monthly Cost Annual Run-Rate Cost per 1k Reqs
1,000 req/day 30,000 / mo $26.19 $314.24 $0.873
10,000 req/day 300,000 / mo $261.87 $3,142 $0.873
100,000 req/day 3,000,000 / mo $2,619 $31,424 $0.873
1,000,000 req/day 30,000,000 / mo $26,187 $314,244 $0.873
Max Context Window 128.0k tokens

Flat unit economics across the entire context window with zero cliff surcharge.

Prompt Cache Read Discount 90% Off

Cached reads cost $0.014/1M vs $0.14/1M for standard input.

Batch API SLA Standard

Batch API discounts are currently not natively supported for this provider endpoint.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official token pricing for DeepSeek-V3?

DeepSeek-V3 standard pricing is $0.14 per 1 million input tokens and $0.28 per 1 million output tokens. Prompt cache reads are billed at $0.014 per 1M tokens (90% discount).

How much does DeepSeek-V3 cost per 1,000 requests?

For a typical enterprise workload (3,000 prompt tokens, 500 output tokens, 2 turns with 50% prompt cache hit), DeepSeek-V3 costs approximately $0.873 per 1,000 requests.

Does DeepSeek-V3 have a context-window cliff surcharge?

No. DeepSeek-V3 features flat, predictable unit economics up to its maximum context window of 128,000 tokens without tiered rate spikes.

What is the best budget alternative model for DeepSeek-V3?

For high-volume non-reasoning tasks or classification, the recommended budget routing alternative is deepseek-v3. Routing 70% of simpler intents to this tier typically reduces monthly invoices by over 50%.