DeepSeek R1 pricing for data extraction

Quick start

Call DeepSeek R1 with the OpenAI Python SDK pointed at api.deepseek.com:

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.deepseek.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["DEEPSEEK_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek-r1",
    max_tokens=1000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.004390 per call at standard rates
# Input:  $0.55/MTok
# Output: $2.19/MTok

How DeepSeek R1 compares on cost

Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on data extraction benchmarks. Hover for details.

Highest-quality affordable option: Gemini 3 Flash at $0.005000/call (1.1x the cost, 86/100 quality). DeepSeek R1 is already the cheapest choice for data extraction.

What drives data extraction cost

Extraction is input-heavy and output-light (the raw document goes in, structured fields come out), which makes it one of the cheapest tasks per unit of value on this list. Output is small enough that output pricing is nearly irrelevant. Cost tracks document size, so the lever is sending only the pages that contain the fields you want.

For DeepSeek R1 specifically, that means output tokens cost 4.0x more than input, at $2.19 vs $0.55 per MTok. At this use case’s 4,000/1,000 token split, output accounts for 50% of the $0.004390 per-call cost.

DeepSeek R1 quality benchmarks for data extraction

Benchmark data for data extraction is pending for DeepSeek R1. Test against your own evaluation suite before moving to production.

Benchmark data is not yet available for DeepSeek R1. We recommend testing against your own evaluation criteria.

About DeepSeek R1

Prices are off-peak rates from api-docs.deepseek.com (read 2026-10-11). Peak-hour prices are 2x the listed input and output rates — Tokeven does not model time-of-day tiers; off-peak is used as the base. Cache hit: $0.14/MTok input. No batch discount published. Reasoning model: output includes chain-of-thought tokens. Not yet benchmarked, so never recommended.

Other models from DeepSeek

You can compare DeepSeek R1 head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.

Frequently asked questions