Roundup
Best AI Models for Coding
Which frontier models actually hold up in multi-file refactors, agentic tooling and test-driven work, and what they cost per million tokens.
Provider
DeepSeek
Low-cost open-weight reasoning and chat models.
- Priced models
- 18
- Listed last 30d
- 3
- Cheapest
- $0.044
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
- Median blended
- $0.431
- USD per 1M
- Market median
- $0.800
- all providers
- Largest context
- 1.3M
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Catalogue
All DeepSeek models
Newest listings first. Prices are USD per million tokens as listed on OpenRouter.
| Model | Input | Output | Blended | Context | Capabilities | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash | $0.150 | $0.600 | $0.262 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSONImage | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch) deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp:batch | $0.110 | $0.330 | $0.165 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSONImage | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp | $0.216 | $0.647 | $0.323 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSONImage | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 | $0.532 | $1.60 | $0.798 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (batch) deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813:batch | $0.660 | $1.98 | $0.990 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | $0.040 | $0.080 | $0.050 | 1.3M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch) deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731:batch | $0.110 | $0.330 | $0.165 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | $0.422 | $0.845 | $0.528 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | $0.036 | $0.071 | $0.044 | 1.0M | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | $0.269 | $0.400 | $0.302 | 164K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-exp | $0.270 | $0.410 | $0.305 | 164K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus deepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus | $0.270 | $1.00 | $0.453 | 164K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 | $0.250 | $0.950 | $0.425 | 164K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: R1 0528 deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528 | $0.500 | $2.15 | $0.913 | 164K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 | $0.250 | $1.00 | $0.438 | 164K | ToolsJSON | |
| DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | $0.800 | $0.800 | $0.800 | 8K | Reasoning | |
| DeepSeek: R1 deepseek/deepseek-r1 | $0.700 | $2.50 | $1.15 | 64K | ToolsReasoningJSON | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 deepseek/deepseek-chat | $0.320 | $0.890 | $0.462 | 164K | ToolsJSON |
Capability chips reflect what the listing declares; absence is not evidence a feature is missing.
Analysis
DeepSeek in our coverage
Review
DeepSeek Review
Open-weight, remarkably cheap and genuinely capable. Where DeepSeek fits and what to watch for.
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