DeepSeek V3
helicone/deepseek-v3 · family deepseek · in: text → out: text · price provider-declared (via models.dev). Capabilities: tools 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
#3735 of 7,708
Cheapest rank
- Provider
- Helicone (
helicone) - Kind
- text (outputs text)
- Context
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Capabilities
- tools text
Same model, other providers
“DeepSeek V3” is offered by 5 providers — cheapest-effective first. D.Run (China) is the cheapest at $0.49 blended.
| Provider | Input | Output | Blended | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.Run (China) | $0.28 | $1.1 | $0.49 | 131k |
| Alibaba (China) | $0.287 | $1.15 | $0.50 | 66k |
| Helicone (this) | $0.56 | $1.68 | $0.84 | 128k |
| Merge Gateway | $0.58 | $1.68 | $0.85 | 164k |
| DigitalOcean | — | — | — | 164k |
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-v3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}]}'
Route programmatically with MCP find_model / get_model, or fetch this record free (no wallet):