DeepSeek Reasoner
helicone/deepseek-reasoner · family deepseek-thinking · in: text → out: text · price provider-declared (via models.dev). Capabilities: reasoning text.
$0.84
Blended $/1M (3:1)
$0.56
Input $/1M
$1.68
Output $/1M
$2.24
1M in + 1M out
$0.07 −88%
Cache read $/1M
#4030 of 8,509
Cheapest rank
- Provider
- Helicone (
helicone) - Kind
- text (outputs text)
- Context
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 64,000 tokens
- Capabilities
- reasoning text
Same model, other providers
“DeepSeek Reasoner” is offered by 2 providers — cheapest-effective first. OrcaRouter is the cheapest at $0.36 blended.
| Provider | Input | Output | Blended | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrcaRouter | $0.242 | $0.726 | $0.36 | 1M |
| Helicone (this) | $0.56 | $1.68 | $0.84 | 128k |
Call it
jishie indexes & prices models; it does not proxy inference.
Most providers are OpenAI-compatible — point base_url at Helicone and pass this model id:
curl $BASE_URL/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"deepseek-reasoner","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}]}'
Route programmatically with MCP find_model / get_model, or fetch this record free (no wallet):