R1 pricing & price history
R1 by DeepSeek costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 64K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
Cost calculator
Cheaper alternatives to R1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai (Zhipu) | $0.0399 | $0.0784 | 1M | 27.8 | compare |
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About R1
DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with [OpenAI o1](/openai/o1), but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....
FAQ
How much does R1 cost?
R1 by DeepSeek costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 64K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0027.
What is the context window of R1?
R1 supports up to 64,000 tokens of context and up to 16,000 output tokens per request.
Has R1’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is R1 being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for R1 as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to R1?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), Granite 4.2 8B ($0.06/$0.15), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ($0.07/$0.20), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29).