DeepSeek V2
retiredDeepSeek · Mid
Open-weight MoE whose ~$0.14/MTok input price triggered China's May 2024 LLM price war — Alibaba and Baidu slashed rates within weeks.
Input / 1M
$0.14
Output / 1M
$0.28
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
128K
Where it sits
69% below the mid median
blended $/Mtok across 262 mid models
Output costs 2× input
$0.14 in / $0.28 out per 1M
Held flat since launch (May 2024)
no blended price change recorded
Computed live from current prices and this model's history — not hand-written, so it stays accurate as prices move.
Price history
Only one price on record so far — the history chart appears once a price changes.
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2024 | $0.14 | $0.28 | — | ¥1/¥2 per MTok converted; confirmed first-party via Wayback platform.deepseek.com capture 2024-05-25 (deepseek-chat $0.14/$0.28) | api-docs.deepseek.com |