Deepseek Chat API Pricing & Quick Start

Name: Deepseek Chat API
Brand: DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations...

Intelligence#585 / 638

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Input Price

$0.40NT$ 13

USD / 1M tokens

Output Price

$1.30NT$ 41

USD / 1M tokens

Provider	DeepSeek
Released	December 2024
Model ID	`deepseek/deepseek-chat`

Technical specifications

Context window

164K tokens

Reasoning

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Output

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Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$0.40NT$ 13

Output$1.30NT$ 41

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3:1 blended (est.)$0.63NT$ 20

All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

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3:1 blended$0.00

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Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 5

Coding

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GPQA

This modelCategory leader

Overall intelligence

#585out of 638 models

Aggregated across academic benchmarks

Intelligence

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This model

Category leader

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Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

1Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)?/claude-fable-5-182$10 / $50

2Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback)?/claude-fable-5-1-xhigh81$10 / $50

3Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback)?/claude-fable-5-1-high79$10 / $50

4GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$4 / $20

5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-578$5 / $25

AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Deepseek Chat via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-chat",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

TypeScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Deepseek Chat via BazaarLink?

✓USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
✓OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
✓Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
✓Chinese-language support — local team, instant help

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Deepseek Chat?

How much does the Deepseek Chat API cost?

Deepseek Chat costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $1.30 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Deepseek Chat with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://api.bazaarlink.ai/v1" and use model ID "deepseek/deepseek-chat". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Deepseek Chat?

Deepseek Chat supports a context window of 163,840 tokens.

Is Deepseek Chat available for free?

Deepseek Chat is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

Relay integrity checks

Tested endpoints: 3 runs
Independent hosts: 2
Model-family fingerprint match: 67%
Anomalies detected: 2 runs
Data range: past 90 days

BazaarLink Probe verifies endpoints that claim to serve this model and flags behavior that differs from the reference baseline.

View the full integrity report →