R1 0528 pricing & price history
R1 0528 by DeepSeek costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.15 per 1M output tokens, with a 164K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
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About R1 0528
May 28th update to the [original DeepSeek R1](/deepseek/deepseek-r1) 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...
FAQ
How much does R1 0528 cost?
R1 0528 by DeepSeek costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.15 per 1M output tokens, with a 164K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0021.
What is the context window of R1 0528?
R1 0528 supports up to 163,840 tokens of context and up to 32,768 output tokens per request.
Has R1 0528’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is R1 0528 being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for R1 0528 as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to R1 0528?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 ($0.0434/$0.30), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29).