How much does DeepSeek R1 0528 cost?

On the Respan gateway, DeepSeek R1 0528 costs from $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.15 per 1M output tokens on DeepInfra and OpenRouter, after gateway discounts. Averaged across its 5 providers, it costs $0.72 per 1M input tokens and $2.88 per 1M output tokens.

Which providers serve DeepSeek R1 0528 on Respan?

DeepSeek R1 0528 is available through 5 providers: DeepInfra, OpenRouter, IO.net, Novita, and Tera. Tera requires your own provider API key (BYOK).

What is DeepSeek R1 0528's context window?

DeepSeek R1 0528 accepts up to 164K tokens of context on its largest provider route.

How do I use DeepSeek R1 0528 with the Respan gateway?

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "deepseek-r1-0528". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

How fast is DeepSeek R1 0528?

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was Novita at 17 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 4.1 seconds on DeepInfra. Speed varies with request size and provider.

DeepSeek R1 0528

Q: What is DeepSeek R1 0528?

DeepSeek R1 0528 is a model from Deepseek, released on May 28, 2025. DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with OpenAI o1, but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. $0.70 per million input tokens, $2.50 per million output tokens. 163,840 token context window, maximum output of 16,000 tokens. Higher uptime with 2 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with OpenAI o1, but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. $0.70 per million input tokens, $2.50 per million output tokens. 163,840 token context window, maximum output of 16,000 tokens. Higher uptime with 2 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

Input / output, from: $0.50 / $2.15 per 1M
Weekly tokens / requests: 223.1K / 73
Context: 164K tokens
Released: May 28, 2025

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Agent setup

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Help me set up the Respan gateway: fetch and follow https://www.respan.ai/docs/agent-setup.md. Use model "deepseek-r1-0528".

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(

    base_url="https://api.respan.ai/api/",

    api_key="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

)

response = client.chat.completions.create(

    model="deepseek-r1-0528",

    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],

)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({

  baseURL: "https://api.respan.ai/api/",

  apiKey: "YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({

  model: "deepseek-r1-0528",

  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],

});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://api.respan.ai/api/chat/completions \

  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY" \

  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

  -d '{

    "model": "deepseek-r1-0528",

    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]

}'

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Providers

5 providers, cheapest first, priced per 1M tokens after gateway discounts. BYOK routes use your own key.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Cache read	Capabilities
DeepInfra`deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528`	164K	$0.50/M	$2.15/M	$0.35/M	+2
OpenRouter`openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528`	164K	$0.50/M	$2.15/M	$0.35/M	+2
IO.net`ionet/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528`	128K	$0.53/M	$2.19/M	$0.27/M	+2
Novita`novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528`	164K	$0.70/M	$2.50/M	$0.35/M
TeraBYOK only`tera/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528`	164K	$1.35/M	$5.40/M	$0.00/M	+2

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Pricing

Averaged across 5 providers, in USD per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.

Average input: $0.72 per 1M
Average output: $2.88 per 1M
Average cache read: $0.26 per 1M

Cost by volume

Total cost from 0 to 1T tokens on the cheapest and most expensive provider.

Highest$1.35/MTeraLowest$0.50/MDeepInfra and OpenRouter

Throughput and latency

30-day averages from requests through the Respan gateway, 4 of 5 routes had traffic in that window. Under each figure, every model on the gateway by its average, this one in blue.